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   <Header>
      <Title>To use planning and requirements scheduling</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2605868">
         <Level1>PSS parameters</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2605871">
         <Level1>parameters</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>There are two parts of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pss" role="module">Project Requirements</GUIRef> module dedicated to project scheduling:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Project planning enables
		  you to maintain the activity structures, financial analysis, general planning
		  data and links with external scheduling packages.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Project requirements
		  enables you to generate planned orders for material, equipment, and
		  subcontracting, by using data supplied from the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/ptc" role="module">Project Planning</GUIRef> module and project planning.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>External scheduling
		packages (ESP) <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp" role="package">Project</GUIRef> can
		also use an external scheduling package (for example, Microsoft Project) to
		determine scheduling information for activities, budget milestones, OBS
		elements, and baselines. The External Scheduling Package (ESP) link in the
		Schedule Link field must be set to Create Link for activities in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pss/tppss2500m000" role="session">Activities (tppss2500m000)</GUIRef> session. (See also the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/ptc/tpptc2111s000" role="session">Activity Budget (Labor) (tpptc2111s000)</GUIRef> session). For standard cost object the Used in
		Schedule check box must be selected. The ESP currency that is defined in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pss/tppss0100s000" role="session">Project Planning Parameters (tppss0100s000)</GUIRef> session will be used in ESP. The external scheduling
		packages do not support multi currency. If the cost rate of a cost object
		defined in ERP Enterprise is in a
		currency other than the ESP currency, the rate for the currency is calculated
		with the Exchange Rate Type of the project definition. In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ccp/tcccp0100m000" role="session">CCP Parameters (tcccp0100m000)</GUIRef> session you can enter a maximum calendar code length
		for ESP of 59. The default start time is the time the ESP calendar day starts.
		The ESP time unit that is defined in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pss/tppss0100s000" role="session">Project Planning Parameters (tppss0100s000)</GUIRef> session will be the unit for budget lines, such as
		labor, equipment and subcontracting in the integration.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pss/tppss0100s000" role="session">Project Planning Parameters (tppss0100s000)</GUIRef> session enables you to set parameters that relate to
		both parts of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pss" role="module">Project Requirements</GUIRef> module.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Project Planning
		parameters</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>These parameters cover
		the default project <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000059" role="glossary">plan</Link> and details that relate
		to the external scheduling package (including currency, time unit, and details
		of code lengths).</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Planning</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Project planning
		provides the functionality for time-driven budgets, revenues, and costs in a
		project. It covers maintenance of planning data, setting up the activity
		structure, and performing a financial analysis.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro> 
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pss" role="module">Project Requirements</GUIRef> module incorporates scheduling sessions that use
		  derived financial planning data to present analytical information on liquidity
		  and performance measurement:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pss/tppss0701m000" role="session">Display Financial Analysis (tppss0701m000)</GUIRef> session to compare budgeted costs,
		  actual costs, and revenues from the activity budget.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pss/tppss0702m000" role="session">Performance Measurement using EVM (tppss0702m000)</GUIRef> session to display a performance measurement graph
		  that uses information generated in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/ppc/tpppc5540m000" role="session">Performance Measurement Activity (tpppc5540m000)</GUIRef> session and the time phased budget.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>You can maintain more
		  than one plan for an individual project: for example, to simulate different
		  project scenarios.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
      <Paragraph>Project Requirements
		Planning parameters</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>These parameters cover
		the default number groups and series used by warehouse orders and purchase
		orders. You can also decide here whether or not you require inventory checks to
		be made for warehouse deliveries by default.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Requirements</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Requirement scheduling
		enables you to generate and maintain planned orders for material, equipment,
		and subcontracting during a project.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>These recommendations
		are based on the activity or element control data in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/ptc" role="module">Project Planning</GUIRef> module (depending on the budget type project control) and
		the planning data stored in the activity-budget line of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pss" role="module">Project Requirements</GUIRef> planning module part. Create the planned purchase orders or planned warehouse
		orders in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pss/tppss6200m000" role="session">Generate Planned PRP Orders (tppss6200m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>After you confirm these orders you can transfer:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Planned purchase orders
		  to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur" role="module">Purchase Control</GUIRef> (as
		  either a purchase order, a request for quotation, or a purchase schedule).</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Planned warehouse orders
		  to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh" role="package">Warehousing</GUIRef> (as
		  a transfer order).</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>ERP Enterprise also records the planned
		transactions in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Order Line Balance (tppss6500m000)</GUIRef> session
		and the delivery transactions in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Delivered Order Lines (tppss6550m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Rescheduling Messages
		Project requirements planning also includes the generation of rescheduling
		messages. These messages appear when you change either the budget or the timing
		and quantity of an order.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Control Data Generate
		orders using a project requirement planning run from the control data. This
		data is based on the actual budget. You define the control data in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/ptc" role="module">Project Planning</GUIRef> module. If you select multiple projects, a control budget
		is created for each project.</Paragraph>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>Generating orders is
		  called project requirements planning (PRP). Purchase orders and warehouse
		  orders are referred to collectively as PRP orders.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/000035" role="manual">To use an external scheduling package</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/000034" role="manual">To use rescheduling messages</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>