To select suppliers

When Enterprise Planning plans supply, it first determines the source of supply: production, purchase, distribution, or a combination of these. For more information, refer to Sources of supply.

In case of purchase or distribution, Enterprise Planning must determine which supplier(s) to use. Supply strategies determine how this selection takes place.

You can define supply strategies in the Supply Strategy (cprpd7120m000) session.

Planned purchase orders

For purchase, LN selects the suppliers on the basis of:

  • Supply strategies for external suppliers.
  • Item-supplier data defined in the Item Purchase Data module.

For more information, refer to Selecting External Suppliers

Planned distribution orders

For distribution, LN selects the suppliers on the basis of:

For more information, refer to Selecting External Suppliers

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