Planning Clusters (tcemm1135m000)

Use this session to define planning clusters.

Note
  • LN only supports planning clusters for warehouses.
  • To link a warehouse to a planning cluster, select the relevant planning cluster in the Warehouses (tcemm1112m000) session.

 

Planning Cluster

An object used to support business processes such as forecasting, inventory planning, or sales. A planning cluster represents one or more business locations for which these planning processes are performed. Various entities such as warehouses, work centers, sales offices, or purchase offices are grouped by planning clusters to accomplish that planning is performed for these groups of entities.

If multisite is activated, and Enterprise Planning is implemented, a planning cluster must include one or more sites. The site or sites include the entities for which the planning processes are performed.

External

If this check box is selected, the planning cluster is associated with a sold-to business partner for which you perform the supply planning.

You can only select this check box in a vendor managed inventory (VMI) situation.

Sold-to Business Partner

The sold-to business partner associated with this planning cluster.

In a vendor managed inventory (VMI) setup, LN uses the planning cluster's sold-to business partner and optionally the ship-to business partner to search for a terms and conditions agreement between you and a customer for which you perform the supply planning.

Ship-to Business Partner

The ship-to business partner associated with this planning cluster.

In a vendor managed inventory (VMI) setup, LN uses the planning cluster's sold-to business partner and optionally the ship-to business partner to search for a terms and conditions agreement between you and a customer for which you perform the supply planning.