| # Send Forecast to Supplier (cpvmi0202m100) Use this session to send the forecast to the supplier that takes care of the supply planning in a vendor managed inventory (VMI) setup. You can send the data by publishing Business Object Documents (BODs) or through other means. If you send the forecast to the supplier without using BODs, you must print the forecast in this session. After you print or publish the forecast, you can view the sent or printed forecast revision in the Forecast Revisions to Supplier (cpvmi0503m000) session. If you publish or print the forecast using this session, LN records the date and time in the Date Sent field in the Forecast Revisions to Supplier (cpvmi0503m000) session. Related topics Supply planning by supplier Forecast (VMI) Configuring LN for BOD publishing Buy-from BP The business partner from whom you order goods or services; this usually represents a supplier's sales department. The definition includes the default price and discount agreements, purchase-order defaults, delivery terms, and the related ship-from and invoice-from business partner. Planner The planner or range of planners for which you send the forecast. The Planner field in the Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000) session specifies which planner plans a particular item. Plan Item An item with the order system Planned. The production, distribution, or purchase of these items is planned in Enterprise Planning based on the forecast or the actual demand. You can plan these items by means of the following: Master-based planning, which is similar to master production scheduling techniques. Order-based planning, which is similar to material-requirements planning techniques. A combination of master-based planning and order-based planning. Plan items can be one of the following: An actual manufactured or purchased item. A product family. A basic model, that is, a defined product variant of a generic item. 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. Send Method The action performed by this session. Print The data not sent, but printed in a report. Publish The data is sent in Business Object Documents. Print and Publish The data is printed in a report and sent in BODs. Print Errors If this check box is selected, any errors that occur are printed in a report. Send Starts sending or printing. |