Managing CUMs of current plans

In the detail views of the Plans, Planning Schedules, and Shipment Schedules pages, you can use these features to manage and check cumulative quantities of the release orders:

Current CUMs

On the Combined Plan tab, you can view the 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.

To check the current status of all the CUM fields, click View CUMs. The CUMs dialog box opens. In this dialog, you can review the current status of CUMs even in case of historic 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.

CUM history

You can also look up the CUM modifications in the CUMs dialog. At the bottom of the CUMs dialog, the CUM history is displayed. Each modification of CUMs is documented.

This information is shown:

  • The log date and time
  • New and previous cumulative quantities
  • The reason for the change
  • The user who is responsible for the modification

Referenced data of CUMs

You can check the referenced data of CUMs, such as single plans, shipment schedules and planning schedules, and the combined plan. To review the data, click the Shipment Schedule, Planning Schedule, and Combined Plan tabs. The shipments are shown in the Shipment dialog box when you click View Shipments.

CUM adjustment

You can adjust the current and total shipped CUMs for the existing plans of a customer. Review the Planning Schedule or Shipment Schedule tabs of the Planning Schedules or Shipment Schedules pages. If the current and total shipped CUMs are incorrect, you can change the CUMs manually. After saving the data, a new revision of the plan is created and the CUM history is updated. You can check the modification in the CUMs dialog, when you click View CUMs in the detail view of the Plans page.

CUM reset

You can manually reset the current received CUM for the selected contract line of a customer. Perform the reset on the Planning Schedule or Shipment Schedule tabs of the Planning Schedules or Shipment Schedules pages. CUMs for the contracts and corresponding plans of a customer are usually reset automatically at the end of a fiscal year.

CUM types

These CUM types are differentiated in Release Management:

CUMs Definition
Current Received CUM The current cumulative quantity of goods that is received and confirmed by the customer. The current cumulative quantity is based on the last CUM reset date.
Total Received CUM The total cumulative quantity of goods that is received and confirmed by the customer. The total cumulative received quantity is based on the contract duration, for example, several years.
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. A manual correction of the shipped cumulative quantity can be required in the case of returns.
Total Shipped CUM The total shipped cumulative quantity of goods that is sent by the supplier. The total shipped cumulative quantity is based on the contract duration, for example, several years. A manual correction of the shipped cumulative quantity can be required in the case of returns.
Current Shipped CUM of LSP The current cumulative quantity of goods under consignment that is shipped to an external logistics service provider's (LSP) stock. CUMs under consignment are required to calculate the exact in-transit quantity of goods if the external LSP and the customer are separated.
Total Shipped CUM of LSP The total cumulative quantity of goods under consignment that is shipped to an external LSP's stock.