| Supply planning Enterprise Planning can plan
supply for a plan item within this item's planning horizon. Enterprise
Planning plans supply on the basis of the forecast and actual demand. For supply planning,
there is a division of labor between order planning and master planning. Planning supply with order planning Within the order horizon, supply is
planned by means of order planning, in the form of planned orders. Planned orders are generated during an order simulation.
You can start an order simulation by running one of the following sessions: - Generate Order Planning (cprrp1210m000)
- Generate Order Planning (Item) (cprrp1220m000)
Planning supply with master planning Within the master-planning horizon,
supply is planned by means of master planning, in the form of a supply plan. Supply plans are generated during a master-plan
simulation. You can start a master-plan simulation by running one of the
following sessions: - Generate Master Planning (cprmp1202m000)
- Generate Master Planning (Item) (cprmp1203m000)
Order planning and master planning When you run an
order simulation, you can indicate that a master-plan simulation must be
performed as well. In both master
planning and order planning, the various plan items involved are planned in a
particular order, to take logistic dependencies between plan items into
account. Five sources of supply Enterprise Planning works with five sources of supply: Job Shop The manufacture
goods at a production facility Purchase The acquisition of
goods from a business partner Distribution Repetitive The manufacture of goods based on a limited number of
predefined configurations Subcontract The outsourcing of parts, or the whole manufacture to
another company.
For more information, refer to Sources of supply.
Supplier selection If LN selects the source Distribution, LN must then select the internal suppliers
( clusters). If LN selects the source Purchase, LN must then select the external suppliers
( buy-from business partners). For more information, refer to: | |