| Initialize, Roll, and Update Scenario |  |
| Use this session to carry out the following actions: Initialize the scenario after changes in the plan period definition. Roll the scenario. Initialize the master plans for every new plan item. In addition, you can use this session to: Aggregate goods-flow data by means of aggregation relationships. Recompute the inventory levels and the ATP based on data from the execution level. If the Maintain Master Plan check box in the Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000) session is selected, you can also update a multisite scenario. ERP LN also updates channel master plans. ERP LN only updates the channel master plans that you specified in the Plan Item - Channels (cpdsp5100m000) session. Procedure This session carries out the following steps: Roll the scenario If the scenario is a rolling plan, and a certain number of days passed since the reference date, the plan is shifted forward in time. See To use a rolling scenario. Update the master plan ERP LN updates the master plan of each selected plan item. See To update master-plan data. Note If a scenario is rolled forward, ERP LN updates all plan items, regardless of what range of plan items is specified. Note If you specify a Scenario Finish Date for your scenario that does not match the end of the last plan period, the length of this last plan period is not equal to the plan period length you defined in the Scenario - Periods (cprpd4120m000) session. This leads to disproportionate planning values if you roll the scenario with the Initialize, Roll, and Update Scenario (cprpd4200m000) session. Related topics To update master-plan data To use a rolling scenario To use a details session To use From and To fields
Fields | Description
Scenario | The identification of an overall planning solution. 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. 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 LN.
Planner | The employee or department responsible for planning the production, purchase and distribution of items. The planner takes into account the inventory levels, availability of materials, and capacities of resources, and reacts on signals such as rescheduling messages that ERP LN generates.
Planner | The employee or department responsible for planning the production, purchase and distribution of items. The planner takes into account the inventory levels, availability of materials, and capacities of resources, and reacts on signals such as rescheduling messages that ERP LN generates.
Channel | A sales or distribution channel used to assign goods to customer groups. You can link channels to sold-to business partners and to items. Channels can be used in connection with available-to-promise (ATP). You can assign a certain ATP volume to a channel. This volume limits the ATP for that channel to a maximum.
Channel | A sales or distribution channel used to assign goods to customer groups. You can link channels to sold-to business partners and to items. Channels can be used in connection with available-to-promise (ATP). You can assign a certain ATP volume to a channel. This volume limits the ATP for that channel to a maximum.
From 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.
To 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.
Update Goods Flow Data | If this check box is selected, ERP LN reads the goods flow data and the capacity utilization of orders from the execution level and aggregates this data in the aggregation relationships structure. If this session rolls the scenario, this check box will automatically be selected. If this check box is cleared, the scenario retains the current goods flow data. Related topics To update goods-flow data
Multisite Updating | If this check box is selected, ERP LN carries out a multisite update. That means that ERP LN updates each scenario in the multisite structure of the specified scenario. You can only access this field if the scenario is a multisite scenario. Related topics The use of centralized multisite planning
Generate Requirements | If this check box is selected, ERP LN generates material requirements and capacity requirements. The capacity utilization is also updated. ERP LN generates these receipts and requirements on the basis of: The production plan The bill of critical material (BCM) The bill of Critical Capacity (BCC) Note The receipts and requirements are only updated for the selected plan items. For example, if the production of plan item A results in a material requirement for plan item L, and this session is run for plan items in the range A to K, the requirements for plan item L are not updated. The receipts and requirements generation overwrites the existing requirements and receipts. If this session rolls the scenario, this check box will automatically be selected. Related topics To update master-plan data To generate critical material requirements To generate critical capacity requirements
Generate Item/Channel Master Plan | If this check box is selected, ERP LN generates an item master plan for the selected plan items, and a channel master plan if you linked channels to the plan items in the Plan Item - Channels (cpdsp5100m000) session. A plan item does not need to have a master plan. A plan item can have a master plan if the Maintain Master Plan check box in the Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000) session is selected. However, you can postpone the initialization of this master plan. Note The session Initialize, Roll, and Update Scenario (cprpd4200m000) session is the only session that creates master plans. Related topics Master planning, an overview
Parallel Processing | If this check box is selected, Common uses Parallel Processing to roll plans or initialize the plan. Related topics RRP run, Parallel Processing
Generate Resource Master Plan | If this check box is selected, ERP LN creates a capacity overview for the resources you select. You can view these capacity overviews in the Resource Master Plan (cprmp3501m000) session. Note It is recommended to only create capacity overviews for the most important resources. These capacity overviews slow down the performance of your system.
Resource | A group of machines or employees in Enterprise Planning, corresponding to a work center in other ERP LN packages. Each operation performed to manufacture an item requires a certain capacity amount from a resource (for example, production hours). The capacity of the resource can be a constraint in the planning. The availability of a resource can be specified by using the resource calendar.
Resource | A group of machines or employees in Enterprise Planning, corresponding to a work center in other ERP LN packages. Each operation performed to manufacture an item requires a certain capacity amount from a resource (for example, production hours). The capacity of the resource can be a constraint in the planning. The availability of a resource can be specified by using the resource calendar.
Initialize Only for Items Without Existing Plan | If you selected the Generate Item/Channel Master Plan check box, you can select the Initialize Only for Items Without Existing Plan check box, if ERP LN must only initialize the scenario that you selected for plan items that do not have an item master plan or a channel master plan yet. The Initialize Only for Items Without Existing Plan check box is implemented for performance reasons. Related topics Scenarios in Enterprise Planning
Commands | Description
Initialize | Initializes, rolls, and updates the scenario.