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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/cp" xml:lang="en" TopicType="Overview">
   <Header>
      <Title>Enterprise Planning</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e215476">
         <Level1>Enterprise Planning</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <Paragraph>You can use <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> to carry
		out the logistic planning of your items, your production facilities, and your
		distribution network.</Paragraph>
   </AimSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>You can use <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> to plan supply based on:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Demand forecasts</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Actual customer orders</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Dependent demand for
		  components of manufactured items</ListItem>
      </List>
      <List>
         <ListIntro> 
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> supports logistic planning at various levels of detail in
		  terms of:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Time (from plan periods
		  to seconds)</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Product level (from
		  product families to individual products)</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Degree of explosion of
		  requirements (from a wide range of components and/or work centers to a limited
		  number of critical components and/or work centers).</ListItem>
      </List>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Sourcing</SectionTitle>
         <List>
            <ListIntro> 
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> supports three sources of supply:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem>Production</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Purchase</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Distribution (within
			 your company, or between your company and an <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#AffiliCompan_tc" role="glossary">affiliated company</Link>)</ListItem>
         </List>
      </GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>If you wish, you can
		divide the required supply for an item over several sources and several
		suppliers.</Paragraph>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Planning methods</SectionTitle>
         <List>
            <ListIntro> 
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> offers two basic planning concepts:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem>In <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000059" role="glossary">master planning</Link>, supply is
			 planned in the form of a <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000073" role="glossary">supply plan</Link>.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>In <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000060" role="glossary">order planning</Link>, supply is
			 planned in the form of <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000050" role="glossary">planned orders</Link>.</ListItem>
         </List>
      </GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>You can also combine
		these methods for one item.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>For production planning, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> supports:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Infinite master
		  planning.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Order planning.</ListItem>
         <ListItem> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000013" role="glossary">Workload control (WLC)</Link>: a
		  constraint-based master-planning method</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>You can use <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000007" role="glossary">scenarios</Link> to compare planning alternatives. When you are
		satisfied with the planning solution in the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000093" role="glossary">actual scenario</Link>, you can transfer the planned supply to
		the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000027" role="glossary">execution level</Link> of ERP Enterprise.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>For an overview topic with links to a number of Help topics
		where basic notions and procedures in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> are explained, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000300" role="manual">Enterprise Planning, an Overview</Link>.</Paragraph>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Modules</SectionTitle>
         <List>
            <ListIntro>This package contains the following modules:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem> 
               <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/cpcom" role="manual">Common Data (COM)</Link>
            </ListItem>
            <ListItem> 
               <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/cpwlc" role="manual">Workload Control (WLC)</Link>
            </ListItem>
            <ListItem>
               <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/cprmp" role="manual">Resource Master Planning (RMP)</Link>
            </ListItem>
            <ListItem> 
               <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/cprrp" role="manual">Resource Requirements Planning (RRP)</Link>
            </ListItem>
            <ListItem> 
               <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/cpwlc" role="manual">Workload Control (WLC)</Link>
            </ListItem>
            <ListItem>
               <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/cprao" role="manual">Resource Analysis and Optimization (RAO)</Link>
            </ListItem>
            <ListItem> 
               <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/cpdsp" role="manual">Demand and Sales Planning (DSP)</Link>
            </ListItem>
            <ListItem>
               <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/cppat" role="manual">Plan Aggregation and Transfer (PAT)</Link>
            </ListItem>
         </List>
      </GeneralSection>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>