Supply planning by supplier, sending the forecast

For the customer, the following procedures are relevant:

  • Procedure 1: Sending the forecast
  • Procedure 2: Receiving the confirmed supply

After you send the forecast and before you receive the confirmed supply, the supplier performs the planning. For a description of the supplier actions, refer to Performing supply planning for your customer - Procedure.

To review previous revisions of the forecast and the corresponding confirmed supply, use the Forecast by Revision to Supplier (cpvmi0503m100) session.

For an overview of the plan during all steps of the procedure, use the Item Supplier Plan (cpvmi0530m000) session.

Step 1.  Generate Order Planning (cprrp1210m000)

Run the Generate Order Planning (cprrp1210m000) session. The planning process determines the value of the VMI Relation field in the Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000) session, based on the available VMI suppliers, valid purchase contracts, and terms and conditions agreements. If a plan item's VMI role is Receive Customer Forecast, the planning process does not generate planned orders for that item, because the supplier takes care of the supply planning.

If in the Terms and Conditions Line (tctrm1620m000) session, on the Planning tab, the Send Forecast to Supplier check box is selected in the relevant terms and conditions agreement, the planning process generates a forecast for the item.

Step 2.  Forecast to Supplier (cpvmi0102m000)

To check and adjust the forecast manually, use the Forecast to Supplier (cpvmi0102m000) session.

Make sure the forecast complies with the frozen zone- and frozen zone+ specified in the relevant terms and conditions agreement.

Step 3.  Approve Forecast to Supplier (cpvmi0202m000)

You must approve the forecast, before you can send the forecast message to the supplier.

To approve the forecast, use one of the following methods:

  • To approve the forecast for a range of items, use the Approve Forecast to Supplier (cpvmi0202m000) session. Specify which checks the session must apply before approving the forecast.
  • To approve the forecast for one particular item, start the Forecast to Supplier (cpvmi0102m000) session, and click Set Approved for Sending.
Step 4.  Send Forecast to Supplier (cpvmi0202m100)

To send the forecast, use the Send Forecast to Supplier (cpvmi0202m100) session.

To send the forecast, use one of the following methods:

  • Using Business Object Documents (BOD)
    Under Send Method, select Publish or Print and Publish.
  • Not controlled by LN
    Under Send Method, select Print. LN does not send the information. You must take care of that by other means, for example fax.

You can send the forecast for a single item also by using the Send command in the Forecast to Supplier (cpvmi0102m000) session.

Reviewing historic data

To display an overview of all stored revisions of forecast and confirmed supply, use the Forecast Revisions to Supplier (cpvmi0503m000) session and double-click a revision to display the details.

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