| | Confirmed Supply to Customer (cpvmi0108m000) Use this session to prepare the information about confirmed supply to be sent to your customer. 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. 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. Sold-to BP The business partner who orders goods or services from your
organization, who owns the configurations you maintain, or for whom you perform
a project. Usually a customer's purchase department. The agreement with the sold-to business partner can include: - Default price and discount agreements
- Sales order defaults
- Delivery terms
- The related ship-to and invoice-to business partner
Date Sent Confirmed Supply Approved If this check box is selected, this revision has been approved for sending to
your customer. Sent If this check box is selected, this revision was sent to your customer by
using the Send Confirmed Supply to Customer (cpvmi0208m100) session. Note After you click Send in the Send Confirmed Supply to Customer (cpvmi0208m100) session, LN assumes the
confirmed supply has been sent to the customer, regardless of the setting in
the Send Method group
box. Unit The unit of measure in which the inventory of an item is
recorded, such as piece, kilogram, box of 12, or meter. The inventory unit is also used as the base unit in measure
conversions, especially for conversions that concern the order unit and the
price unit on a purchase order or a sales order. These conversions always use
the inventory unit as the base unit. An inventory unit therefore applies to all
item types, also to item types that cannot be kept in stock. Date The date when the supply must be delivered. Confirmed Forecast The part of the total forecast which the customer definitely
expects to consume. If the customer sends the forecast by period to the supplier
that plans the supply, the customer can differentiate between confirmed and
unconfirmed forecast. Typically, confirmed forecast of a component is derived from
actual sales orders and sales schedules of end item. The user can use various
methods to determine how much of the forecast is confirmed forecast. See also unconfirmed forecast. Unconfirmed Forecast The part of the total forecast for which the customer desires a
supply in addition to the confirmed forecast. Possibly, the customer is unsure
whether this quantity will be needed. The sum of the confirmed forecast and the unconfirmed forecast
is the total forecast. Typically, the total forecast includes not only the demand
based on actual sales orders for the customer's end products, but also forecast
demand based on estimated future sales of the customer's end products. See also confirmed forecast. Confirmed Supply Type The type of a confirmed-supply record that determines how that
supply is handled. Typical examples of confirmed supply types are: Stock Supply of type Stock is already present at the customer. Immediate Supply of type Immediate is used to bring the inventory level back to at
least the agreed minimum inventory level. Planned Supply of type Planned is not to be transferred to the execution level
until after a later planning run.
Other confirmed supply types are To Release and Released. Supply Quantity of the item the supplier has confirmed will be
delivered to the customer on the planned delivery date. Note The confirmed supply can be less than the quantity requested
by the customer. Total Difference An indication of the expected inventory level. A negative value
shows an anticipated inventory shortage. The Total Difference field is a cumulative value, based
on the Total Forecast field and the Supply field. Confirmed Difference A relatively optimistic indication of the expected inventory
level. A negative value shows an anticipated inventory shortage. In the
confirmed difference, the demand is presumed to only include the . The Confirmed Difference field is a cumulative value
based on the Confirmed Forecast field and the Supply field. Specification Business Partner LN uses this characteristic to match supply and
demand. Reference LN uses this characteristic to match supply and
demand. LN can use this field in two ways: - If the Business Partner field is filled, LN uses the Reference field to record a reference
code defined by a customer.
- If the Business Partner field is empty, LN uses the Reference field to record an internal
reference.
If related parts follow different
routings, such as if some of the parts are transported to a subcontractor to be
returned later, you can use a reference code to keep the parts linked together. Reference from Message Note After this record has been created, the
value of this check box is kept unchanged, even if the terms and conditions
change. Allocation and Hard Pegging Type Note After this record has been created, the
value of this field is kept unchanged, even if the terms and conditions change. Use Unallocated Inventory If this check box is selected, Enterprise Planning can use
unallocated inventory to supply the demand. Enterprise Planning uses
allocated inventory first. If there is not enough allocated inventory, Enterprise Planning also
uses unallocated inventory. If this check box is cleared, Enterprise Planning can only
use allocated inventory to fill the demand. Note After this record has been created, the
value of this field is kept unchanged, even if the terms and conditions change. | |