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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/ff/warehousing/warehousing_ff_inp" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title> Inventory Planning</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e442222">
         <Level1>Functions and features</Level1>
         <Level2>Inventory Planning</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e442228">
         <Level1>Inventory Planning</Level1>
         <Level2>functions and features</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <ConceptSection>
      <Paragraph>You can use <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inp" role="module">Inventory Planning</GUIRef> to:</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListItem>Review all <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000012" role="glossary">planned inventory transactions</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>Handle <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000029" role="glossary">inventory commitments</Link>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
   </ConceptSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000035" role="manual" Update="No">Planned inventory transactions</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Any requirements for
			 inventory issues, receipts, transfers, or item transfers originated by other
			 packages, result in <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000012" role="glossary">planned inventory transactions</Link> in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inp" role="module">Inventory Planning</GUIRef>. When the planned inventory
			 transactions result in actual inventory transactions, ERP Enterprise generates a
			 warehousing order.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000034" role="manual">Inventory commitment</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Inventory commitment
			 allows you to reserve inventory for specific orders. You can also cancel
			 inventory commitments, if required. In addition to the inventory commitment
			 method, you can also use the allocation and hard pegging to allocate inventory
			 to orders, provided that this functionality is in use in your organization. For
			 more information, refer to Allocation and hard pegging overview.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000310" role="manual">To generate order advice (SIC)</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>You can use order
			 advice (SIC) to replenish purchased and manufactured items based on the <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000414" role="glossary">order horizon</Link> and <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000374" role="glossary">reorder point</Link>. You can use the orders (TPOP) to replenish the items for a
			 specific warehouse based on time-phased supply system within an <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000414" role="glossary">order horizon</Link>.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000309" role="manual">To generate orders (TPOP)</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>You can use order
			 advice (TPOP) to replenish items for a specific warehouse based on time-phased
			 supply system within an <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000414" role="glossary">order horizon</Link>. ERP Enterprise generates the orders based on the item and warehouse combination's <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000377" role="glossary">safety stock</Link> and <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000435" role="glossary">projected on hand</Link>.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000315" role="manual">Order Controlled/Single setup and order generation</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>
               <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000408" role="glossary">Order Controlled/single</Link> is a demand-pull system that
			 regulates the supply of items to shop floor warehouses. In this supply system,
			 a specific production order for a specific product pulls the required items
			 from a supply warehouse to the shop floor warehouse. A direct link is
			 established between the production order for which the items are required, and
			 the warehousing order that regulates the supply of the required items to the
			 shop floor warehouse.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000313" role="manual">Order Controlled/Batch setup and order generation</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>
               <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000404" role="glossary">Order Controlled/Batch</Link> is a demand-pull system that
			 regulates the supply of items to shop floor warehouses. The items are supplied
			 to the shop-floor warehouse by batch with no direct link between the items and
			 the assembly orders for which they are used.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000005" role="manual">To calculate demand forecast for each period</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>You can calculate demand forecast for each period of the
			 financial year. For planning purposes, it is important to have information on
			 the expected demand for items. It takes much effort to determine the logistic
			 parameters in order to analyze the expected demand.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>