Demand and Inventory PlanningEnterprise Planning contains several types of functionality for demand forecasting and inventory planning. Demand and inventory planning without an item master
plan If you do not maintain an item master plan for a particular plan item, you can only plan supply by means of order planning. In this case, the following functionality is available for demand and inventory planning:
Demand and inventory planning with an item master
plan If an item master plan is maintained for a particular plan item, more advanced functionality for demand and inventory planning is available. With an item master plan, you can use the following types of demand-planning functionality:
To support the actual sales process, an item master plan gives access to a variety of capable-to-promise (CTP) techniques. See also Capable-to-promise, an overview. With an item master plan, you can use the following types of inventory-planning functionality:
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