| | Initialize, Roll, and Update Scenario (cprpd4200m000)Use this session to carry out the following
actions: - Initialize the scenario after changes in
the plan period definition.
- Roll the
scenario.
- Initialize the master plans for every new
plan item.
Scenario The identification of an overall planning solution. Each scenario represents one overall planning solution, and
involves particular settings for the planning of items and resources. You can
use scenarios to analyze and compare various planning options and to find the
best planning solution. For example, you can vary demand forecasts or sourcing
strategies. One of the scenarios is the actual scenario, which
corresponds with the actual planning situation. You can only transfer planned
orders and production plans from the actual scenario to the execution level of LN. Planner The employee or department responsible for planning the
production, purchase and distribution of items. The planner takes into account
the inventory levels, availability of materials, and capacities of resources,
and reacts on signals such as rescheduling messages that LN generates. Channel A sales or distribution channel used to assign goods to
customer groups. You can link channels to sold-to business partners and to
items. Channels can be used in connection with available-to-promise (ATP). You can assign a certain ATP volume to a channel. This volume
limits the ATP for that channel to a maximum. From 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. Update Goods Flow Data If this check box is selected, LN reads the goods flow data and the capacity utilization of
orders from the execution level and
aggregates this data in the aggregation relationships structure. If this check box is cleared, the scenario retains the
current goods flow data. Note If the session rolls
the scenario, this check box will automatically be selected. Multisite Updating If this check box is selected, LN carries out a multisite update. That means
that LN updates each
scenario in the multisite structure of the specified scenario. Note You can only access
this field if the scenario is a multisite scenario. Generate Requirements If this check box is selected, LN generates material requirements and capacity
requirements. The capacity utilization is also updated. LN generates these receipts and requirements on the basis of: Note The receipts and
requirements are only updated for the selected plan items. For example, if the
production of plan item A results in a material requirement for plan item L,
and this session is run for plan items in the range A to K, the requirements
for plan item L are not updated. The receipts and
requirements generation overwrites the existing requirements and
receipts. If this session
rolls the scenario, this check box will automatically be selected. Generate Item/Channel Master Plan If this check box is selected, LN generates an item master plan for the
selected plan items, and a channel master plan if you
linked channels to the plan items
in the Plan Item - Channels (cpdsp5100m000) session. A plan item does not
need to have a master plan. A plan item can have a master plan if the Maintain Master Plan check box in the Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000) session is selected. However, you can postpone the
initialization of this master plan. Note The session Initialize, Roll, and Update Scenario (cprpd4200m000) session is the only session that
creates master plans. Parallel Processing If this check box is selected, Common uses Parallel Processing to roll plans or
initialize the plan. Generate Resource Master Plan If this check box is selected, LN creates a capacity overview for the
resources you select. You can view these
capacity overviews in the Resource Master Plan (cprmp3501m000) session. Note It is recommended to
only create capacity overviews for the most important resources. These capacity
overviews slow down the performance of your system. Resource A group of machines or employees in Enterprise Planning,
corresponding to a work center in other LN packages. Each operation performed to manufacture an item requires a
certain capacity amount from a resource (for example, production hours). The
capacity of the resource can be a constraint in the planning. The availability of a resource can be specified by using the
resource calendar. Resource A group of machines or employees in Enterprise Planning,
corresponding to a work center in other LN packages. Each operation performed to manufacture an item requires a
certain capacity amount from a resource (for example, production hours). The
capacity of the resource can be a constraint in the planning. The availability of a resource can be specified by using the
resource calendar. Initialize Only for Items Without Existing Plan If you selected the Generate Item/Channel Master Plan check box, you can select the Initialize Only for Items Without Existing Plan check box, if LN must only initialize
the scenario that you selected for plan items that do not have an item master plan or a channel master plan yet. The Initialize Only for Items Without Existing Plan check box is implemented for performance
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