Release Management terminology

When you use the Release Management area, you should know these terms:

Terms	Definitions
single plan	Consists of release order lines with requirements of a specific message type, shipment schedule or planning schedule, sorted by requirement date. A new single plan is created to validate and process new requirements of incoming release orders. This step is performed before the plan is published and stored in the database. The processing status of a single plan marks the step in a chain of processes that must be performed to integrate the new requirements. Each revision of a single plan is saved. The received cumulative quantities and the last packing slip number are stored in the single plan.
combined plan	Consists of release order lines that represent the combined requirements of different message types and summarizes the effective requirements for shipment schedules and planning schedules. Each revision of the combined plan is saved. References to the message-type-specific single plans are stored.
cumulative quantities (CUMs)	Consists of the shipped cumulative quantities, the up-to-date last received cumulative quantities, and additional data. A cumulative quantity history and the shipments are linked to the CUMs.
unprocessed plans	Plans that have an exception status or plans that must be approved manually.