Reviewing the header information

On the Combined Plan tab, you can view the current status of the current shipped CUM, the current received CUM, and the in-transit quantity. These fields represent the latest CUM status of current plans.

Unlike the Combined Plan tab, the Shipment Schedule and Planning Schedule tabs show the CUM situation at the time of the release order import. This is the last single plan that changes the CUMs. If other shipments or consumption are processed after, the current CUMs may have changed. The CUMs of the single plans remain as they were at the time of the schedule import.

After a successfully performed CUM reset, the Combined Plan, the Shipment Schedule, and the Planning Schedule tabs are updated and show the same CUMs.

Note: If you load a historic plan, the Combined Plan tab shows the CUMs as they were at the creation date of the combined plan. Click View CUMs in the historic plan to view the current CUMs.

To review the header information of the Combined Plan tab:

  1. Select Release Management > Plans.
  2. Click the Drill down button of an active plan.
  3. On the Combined Plan tab, review the header information:
    Version
    The revision number of the combined plan. Whenever an incoming release order for a contract line is processed, the version number of the resulting combined plan is incremented by one.
    Processing Date
    The last processing date of the combined plan.
    Last Processed Schedule
    Shows the schedule that caused the creation of this plan version.
    Current Received CUM
    The current cumulative quantity of goods that is received and confirmed by the customer. The current received cumulative quantity is based on the last CUM reset date.
    Current Shipped CUM
    The current shipped cumulative quantity of goods that is sent by the supplier. The current shipped cumulative quantity is based on the last CUM reset date.
    In-Transit Quantity
    The calculated in-transit quantity.
    CUM Difference
    Displays the CUM difference that occurs in the period between the customer's MRP run and the sending of a new release order. In this period further goods receipts that are booked by the customer are not reflected in his current requirement situation. In consequence, the CUM difference must be subtracted from the effective requirements to prevent these quantities from being shipped again to the customer.