Using planning clusters in distribution planning

If you define supplying relationships between a supplying and a receiving warehouse in the Supplying Relationships (cprpd7130m000) session, the planned item can be supplied by an other warehouse linked to a planning cluster through planned distribution orders.

Distribution in a planning cluster

Enterprise Planning always performs planning for the default warehouse.

If you want to replenish a specific warehouse in a planning cluster that is not the default warehouse, you can manually enter a warehouse transfer between two warehouses in the planning cluster in the Warehousing Orders (whinh2100m000) session.

An alternative way to create warehouse transfer orders is based on the reorder point. In the Item Data by Warehouse (whwmd2510m000) session, you can set the Supply System field to Time-Phased Order Point and specify a quantity in the Reorder Point field. The result is that LN generates warehouse transfer orders if you run the Generate Order Advice (SIC) (whina3200m000) session.

Example: distribution structure with planning clusters

In the following example, R is a resource, A through F are warehouses. The arrows represent supplying relationships.

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Cl XPlanning Cluster X
Cl YPlanning Cluster Y
Cl ZPlanning Cluster Z