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<Session ID="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0108m000" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Confirmed Supply to Customer (cpvmi0108m000)</Title>
   </Header>
   <HelpTopic>
      <AimSection>
         <Paragraph> Use this session to prepare the information about <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000461" role="glossary">confirmed supply</Link> to be sent to your customer.</Paragraph>
      </AimSection>
      <RelatedTopics>
         <SectionTitle> Related topics</SectionTitle>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000470" role="manual">Supply planning by supplier</Link>
         </RelTopic>
      </RelatedTopics>
   </HelpTopic>
   <Fields>
      <FieldHelp ID="cpvmi008.plnc" OtherIDs="e.scenario.desc">
         <Header>
            <Title>Scenario</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The identification of an overall planning solution.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>Each scenario represents one overall planning solution, and
		  involves particular settings for the planning of items and resources. You can
		  use scenarios to analyze and compare various planning options and to find the
		  best planning solution. For example, you can vary demand forecasts or sourcing
		  strategies.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>One of the scenarios is the actual scenario, which
		  corresponds with the actual planning situation. You can only transfer planned
		  orders and production plans from the actual scenario to the execution level of ERP Enterprise.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="cpvmi008.plni" OtherIDs="e.plan.item.desc">
         <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 OtherIDs="e.sold.to.bp.desc" ID="e.sold.to.bp">
         <Header>
            <Title>Sold-to BP</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Usually a customer's purchase department, the business partner
		who orders goods or services from your organization, that owns the
		configurations you maintain, or for whom you perform a project.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>The agreement with the sold-to business partner can include
			 the following:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>Default price and discount agreements</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Sales order defaults</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Delivery terms</ListItem>
               <ListItem>The related ship-to and invoice-to business partner</ListItem>
            </List>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="cpvmi008.revi">
         <Header>
            <Title>Revision</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000457" role="glossary">revision</Link> of the message.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="e.date.sent">
         <Header>
            <Title>Date Sent Confirmed Supply</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The date you sent the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000461" role="glossary">confirmed supply</Link> to the customer.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="e.approved">
         <Header>
            <Title>Approved</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc> If this check box is selected, this revision has been approved for sending to
		  your customer.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="e.sent">
         <Header>
            <Title>Sent</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc> If this check box is selected, this revision was sent to your customer by
		  using the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0208m100" role="session">Send Confirmed Supply to Customer (cpvmi0208m100)</GUIRef> session.</FuncDesc>
         <Note>
            <SectionTitle> Note</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>After you click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0208m100#exec.cont.process" role="command">Send</GUIRef> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0208m100" role="session">Send Confirmed Supply to Customer (cpvmi0208m100)</GUIRef> session, ERP Enterprise assumes the
			 confirmed supply has been sent to the customer, regardless of the setting in
			 the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0208m100#cpvmis0208.09" role="groupbox">Send Method</GUIRef> group box.</Paragraph>
         </Note>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="e.inventory.unit">
         <Header>
            <Title>Unit</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The unit of measure in which the inventory of an item is
		recorded, such as piece, kilogram, box of 12, or meter.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>The inventory unit is also used as the base unit in measure
		  conversions, especially for conversions that concern the order unit and the
		  price unit on a purchase order or a sales order. These conversions always use
		  the inventory unit as the base unit. An inventory unit therefore applies to all
		  item types, also to item types that cannot be kept in stock.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="cpvmi008.demo">
         <Header>
            <Title>Date</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The date when the supply must be delivered.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="cpvmi008.tfor">
         <Header>
            <Title>Total Forecast</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The sum of the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000458" role="glossary">confirmed forecast</Link> and the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000459" role="glossary">unconfirmed forecast</Link>
         </FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="cpvmi008.cfor">
         <Header>
            <Title>Confirmed Forecast</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The part of the total forecast which the customer definitely
		expects to consume.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>If the customer sends the forecast by period to the supplier
		  that plans the supply, the customer can differentiate between confirmed and
		  unconfirmed forecast.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>Typically, confirmed forecast of a component is derived from
		  actual sales orders and sales schedules of end item. The user can use various
		  methods to determine how much of the forecast is confirmed forecast.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>See also <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000459" role="glossary">unconfirmed forecast</Link>.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
         <RelatedTopics>
            <SectionTitle> Related topics</SectionTitle>
            <RelTopic>
               <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000474" role="manual">Confirmed forecast and unconfirmed forecast</Link>
            </RelTopic>
         </RelatedTopics>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="cpvmi008.ufor">
         <Header>
            <Title>Unconfirmed Forecast</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The part of the total forecast for which the customer desires a
		supply in addition to the confirmed forecast. Possibly, the customer is unsure
		whether this quantity will be needed.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>The sum of the confirmed forecast and the unconfirmed forecast
		  is the total forecast.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>Typically, the total forecast includes not only the demand
		  based on actual sales orders for the customer's end products, but also forecast
		  demand based on estimated future sales of the customer's end products.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>See also <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000458" role="glossary">confirmed forecast</Link>.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
         <RelatedTopics>
            <SectionTitle> Related topics</SectionTitle>
            <RelTopic>
               <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000474" role="manual">Confirmed forecast and unconfirmed forecast</Link>
            </RelTopic>
         </RelatedTopics>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="cpvmi008.csty">
         <Header>
            <Title>Confirmed Supply Type</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The type of a confirmed-supply record that determines how that
		supply is handled.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>Typical examples of confirmed supply types are:</ListIntro>
               <ListItemHead>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/vmi.sup.type#stock" role="option">Stock</GUIRef>
               </ListItemHead>
               <ListItem>Supply of type <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/vmi.sup.type#stock" role="option">Stock</GUIRef> is already present at the customer.</ListItem>
               <ListItemHead>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/vmi.sup.type#immediate" role="option">Immediate</GUIRef>
               </ListItemHead>
               <ListItem>Supply of type <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/vmi.sup.type#immediate" role="option">Immediate</GUIRef> is used to bring the inventory level back to at
			 least the agreed minimum inventory level.</ListItem>
               <ListItemHead>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/vmi.sup.type#planned" role="option">Planned</GUIRef>
               </ListItemHead>
               <ListItem>Supply of type <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/vmi.sup.type#planned" role="option">Planned</GUIRef> is not to be transferred to the execution level
			 until after a later planning run.</ListItem>
            </List>
            <Paragraph>Other confirmed supply types are <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/vmi.sup.type#to.release" role="option">To Release</GUIRef> and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/vmi.sup.type#released" role="option">Released</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
         <RelatedTopics>
            <SectionTitle> Related topics</SectionTitle>
            <RelTopic>
               <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000492" role="manual">Confirmed supply type</Link>
            </RelTopic>
         </RelatedTopics>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="cpvmi008.csup">
         <Header>
            <Title>Supply</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Quantity of the item the supplier has confirmed will be
		delivered to the customer on the planned delivery date.</FuncDesc>
         <Note>
            <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>The confirmed supply can be less than the quantity requested
		  by the customer.</Paragraph>
         </Note>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="cpvmi008.tdif">
         <Header>
            <Title>Total Difference</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>An indication of the expected inventory level. A negative value
		  shows an anticipated inventory shortage.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0108m000#cpvmi008.tdif" role="manual">Total Difference</GUIRef> field is a cumulative value, based
			 on the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0108m000#cpvmi008.tfor" role="manual">Total Forecast</GUIRef> field and the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0108m000#cpvmi008.csup" role="manual">Supply</GUIRef> field.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="cpvmi008.cdif">
         <Header>
            <Title>Confirmed Difference</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>A relatively optimistic indication of the expected inventory
		  level. A negative value shows an anticipated inventory shortage. In the
		  confirmed difference, the demand is presumed to only include the .</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0108m000#cpvmi008.cdif" role="manual">Confirmed Difference</GUIRef> field is a cumulative value
			 based on the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0108m000#cpvmi008.cfor" role="manual">Confirmed Forecast</GUIRef> field and the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0108m000#cpvmi008.csup" role="manual">Supply</GUIRef> field.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldGroup>
         <Title>Specification</Title>
         <FieldHelp ID="e.spec.present">
            <Header>
               <Title>Specification</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc> If this check box is selected, a <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000455" role="glossary">specification</Link> is present.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>To display the specification, in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual" Update="No">appropriate</GUIRef> menu, click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0108m000#cprrp0501m000" role="command">Specification</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle> Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000460" role="manual">Demand pegging overview</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="e.alloc.to.bp" OtherIDs="e.alloc.t.bp.desc">
            <Header>
               <Title>Demand Pegged to BP</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#SoldtoBusine_tc" role="glossary">sold-to business partner</Link> to which the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000461" role="glossary">confirmed supply</Link> must have been <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000450" role="glossary">allocated</Link>.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph> ERP Enterprise uses this characteristic to match supply and demand.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle> Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000460" role="manual">Demand pegging overview</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="e.alloc.to.ref">
            <Header>
               <Title>Demand Pegged to Reference</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>A reference code to which the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000461" role="glossary">confirmed supply</Link> must have been <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000450" role="glossary">allocated</Link>.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph> ERP Enterprise uses this characteristic to match supply and demand.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
            <SimpleSection>
               <List>
                  <ListIntro> ERP Enterprise can use this field in two ways:</ListIntro>
                  <ListItem>If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0108m000#e.alloc.to.bp" role="manual">Demand Pegged to BP</GUIRef> field is filled, ERP Enterprise uses the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0108m000#e.alloc.to.ref" role="manual">Demand Pegged to Reference</GUIRef> field to record a reference
				  code defined by a customer.</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0108m000#e.alloc.to.bp" role="manual">Demand Pegged to BP</GUIRef> field is empty, ERP Enterprise uses the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0108m000#e.alloc.to.ref" role="manual">Demand Pegged to Reference</GUIRef> field to record an internal
				  reference.</ListItem>
               </List>
            </SimpleSection>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>If related parts follow different routings, such as if
				some of the parts are transported to a subcontractor to be returned later, you
				can use a reference code to keep the parts linked together.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle> Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000460" role="manual">Demand pegging overview</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="cpvmi008.refm">
            <Header>
               <Title>Reference from Message</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The value of the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/trm/tctrm1135m000#tctrm135.trfm" role="formfield">Take Reference from Message</Link> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/trm/tctrm1135m000" role="session">Planning Terms and Conditions (tctrm1135m000)</GUIRef> session for the
			 applicable <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000500" role="glossary">terms and conditions agreement</Link>.</FuncDesc>
            <Note>
               <SectionTitle> Note</SectionTitle>
               <Paragraph>After this record has been created, the value of this
				check box is kept unchanged, even if the terms and conditions change.</Paragraph>
            </Note>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle> Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000460" role="manual">Demand pegging overview</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="cpvmi008.pgtp">
            <Header>
               <Title>Allocation and Hard Pegging Type</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The value of the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/trm/tctrm1165m000#tctrm165.ahpt" role="formfield">Demand Pegging Type</Link> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/trm/tctrm1165m000" role="session">Demand Pegging Terms and Conditions (tctrm1165m000)</GUIRef> session for the applicable <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000500" role="glossary">terms and conditions agreement</Link>.</FuncDesc>
            <Note>
               <SectionTitle> Note</SectionTitle>
               <Paragraph>After this record has been created, the value of this
				field is kept unchanged, even if the terms and conditions change.</Paragraph>
            </Note>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle> Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000460" role="manual">Demand pegging overview</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="e.use.unalloc.inv">
            <Header>
               <Title>Use Unallocated Inventory</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc> If this check box is selected, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> can use
			 unallocated inventory to supply the demand. <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> uses
			 allocated inventory first. If there is not enough allocated inventory, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> also
			 uses unallocated inventory.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph> If this check box is cleared, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> can only
				use allocated inventory to fill the demand.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
            <Note>
               <SectionTitle> Note</SectionTitle>
               <Paragraph>After this record has been created, the value of this
				field is kept unchanged, even if the terms and conditions change.</Paragraph>
            </Note>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle> Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000460" role="manual">Demand pegging overview</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
      </FieldGroup>
   </Fields>
   <FormCommands>
      <CommandHelp ID="cpvmi0408m000">
         <Header>
            <Title>Print Confirmed Supply to Customer</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Prints the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000461" role="glossary">confirmed supply</Link>.</FuncDesc>
      </CommandHelp>
      <CommandHelp ID="set.approved">
         <Header>
            <Title>Approve</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Approves the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000457" role="glossary">revision</Link> for sending to the sold-to business partner.</FuncDesc>
      </CommandHelp>
      <CommandHelp ID="reset.approved">
         <Header>
            <Title>Reset Approved</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Cancels the approval of the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000457" role="glossary">revision</Link>.</FuncDesc>
      </CommandHelp>
      <CommandHelp ID="send.confirmed.supply">
         <Header>
            <Title>Send</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Starts the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0208m100" role="session">Send Confirmed Supply to Customer (cpvmi0208m100)</GUIRef> session.</FuncDesc>
      </CommandHelp>
      <CommandHelp ID="add.delivery.moments">
         <Header>
            <Title>Add Delivery Moments</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc> No Help topic is associated with this item.</FuncDesc>
      </CommandHelp>
      <CommandHelp ID="tcccp0190m000">
         <Header>
            <Title>Patterns</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Starts the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ccp/tcccp0190m000" role="session">Patterns (tcccp0190m000)</GUIRef> session.</FuncDesc>
      </CommandHelp>
      <CommandHelp ID="cprrp0501m000">
         <Header>
            <Title>Specification</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Displays the selected record's <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000455" role="glossary">specification</Link>.</FuncDesc>
      </CommandHelp>
   </FormCommands>
</Session>