General overview and basic concepts

The planning logic within LN provides a mechanism where supply and demand are balanced taking into account existing receipts, supply and inventory levels. The planning takes care of fulfilling unfulfilled demand by generating various sorts of supply orders, such as these:

• Planned production orders (an order to make the item)
• Planned distribution orders (an order to get the item from another site)
• Planned purchase orders (an order to buy the item)

You can set up the planning system by specifying this data:

• Scenarios
  Specify multiple scenarios, in order to compare various planning strategies.
• General item data
  Specify the various items.
• Clusters and plan items
  Differentiate the item planning characteristics for different warehouses, production sites, and suppliers.