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<Session ID="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0506m200" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Forecast by Revision from Customer - Find... (cpvmi0506m200)</Title>
   </Header>
   <HelpTopic>
      <AimSection>
         <Paragraph>Use this session to select the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#PlanItems_ti" role="glossary">plan item</Link>, <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000457" role="glossary">revision</Link>, and date for which to display the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000456" role="glossary">forecast</Link>.</Paragraph>
      </AimSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <Paragraph>For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0506m100" role="session">Forecast by Revision from Customer (cpvmi0506m100)</Link>.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
   </HelpTopic>
   <Fields>
      <FieldHelp ID="e.plan.item">
         <Header>
            <Title>Plan Item</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>An item with the order system <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/osys#mps" role="option">Planned</GUIRef>.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>The production, distribution, or purchase of these items is
		  planned in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> based on the forecast or the actual demand.</Paragraph>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>You can plan these items by means of the following:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>Master-based planning, which is similar to master production
			 scheduling techniques.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Order-based planning, which is similar to
			 material-requirements planning techniques.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>A combination of master-based planning and order-based
			 planning.</ListItem>
            </List>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>Plan items can be one of the following:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>An actual manufactured or purchased item.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>A product family.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>A basic model, that is, a defined product variant of a
			 generic item.</ListItem>
            </List>
            <Paragraph>A group of similar plan items or families is called a product
		  family. The items are aggregated to give a more general plan than the one
		  devised for individual items. A code displayed by the item code's cluster
		  segment shows that the plan item is a clustered item that is used for
		  distribution planning.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="e.revision">
         <Header>
            <Title>Revision</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The revision number linked to the messages that communicate
		demand and supply data between customer and supplier.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>A business partner can send multiple revised versions of
		  messages with demand and supply data. Each revised version gets a revision
		  number that has been incremented by one.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>The customer generates the revision numbers. The supplier uses
		  the same revision to mark a corresponding message to the customer.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="e.date">
         <Header>
            <Title>Date</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The date and time as of which you want to display the supply
		  and demand.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
   </Fields>
</Session>