| | Active Suppliers by Plan Item (cprpd1500m000)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. 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)
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)
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. | |