| Active Suppliers by Plan Item (cprpd1500m000) |  |
| Use this session to view the list of suppliers from which the order-based planning engine selects the planned order's suppliers. This session lists regular suppliers and VMI suppliers. The regular suppliers are defined in the following sessions: Items - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000) Purchase Contracts (tdpur3100m000), in connection with Purchase Contract Lines (tdpur3101m000) VMI suppliers are defined in the Terms and Conditions Line (tctrm1620m000) session, in connection with the Planning Terms and Conditions (tctrm1135m000) session. Related topics VMI business partner selection To determine the VMI role
Fields | Description
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.
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.
Supplier (Ship-From) | The business partner that ships the ordered goods to your organization. This usually represents a supplier's distribution center or warehouse. The definition includes the default warehouse at which you want to receive the goods and if you want to inspect the goods, the carrier that takes care of the transport, and the related buy-from business partner.
Priority | An option that enables you to add a certain rating for suppliers. If the priority is defined, the item/supplier combinations are sorted according to descending priority. These values are defined in the following sessions: Items - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000) Purchase Contract Line Logistic Data (tdpur3102m000) Related topics To use priorities
Percentage | A percentage used to calculate how orders are divided among suppliers. These values are defined in the following sessions: Items - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000) Purchase Contract Line Logistic Data (tdpur3102m000) Related topics To use sourcing percentages
Effective Date | The date as of which this record is valid.
Expiry Date | The date up to which this record is valid.
VMI Business Partner | If this check box is selected, the supplier is a VMI supplier. Related topics VMI business partner selection