|   | Confirmed Supply to Customer (cpvmi0108m000) Use this session to prepare the information about confirmed supply to be sent to your customer.   Scenario The identification of an overall planning solution. Each scenario represents one overall planning solution, and
		  involves particular settings for the planning of items and resources. You can
		  use scenarios to analyze and compare various planning options and to find the
		  best planning solution. For example, you can vary demand forecasts or sourcing
		  strategies. One of the scenarios is the actual scenario, which
		  corresponds with the actual planning situation. You can only transfer planned
		  orders and production plans from the actual scenario to the execution level of LN. Plan Item An item with the order system Planned. The production, distribution, or purchase of these items is
		  planned in Enterprise Planning based on the forecast or the actual demand. You can plan these items by means of the following: - Master-based planning, which is similar to master production
			 scheduling techniques.
 - Order-based planning, which is similar to
			 material-requirements planning techniques.
 - A combination of master-based planning and order-based
			 planning.
 
 Plan items can be one of the following: - An actual manufactured or purchased item.
 - A product family.
 - A basic model, that is, a defined product variant of a
			 generic item.
 
 A group of similar plan items or families is called a product
		  family. The items are aggregated to give a more general plan than the one
		  devised for individual items. A code displayed by the item code's cluster
		  segment shows that the plan item is a clustered item that is used for
		  distribution planning. Sold-to BP The business partner who orders goods or services from your
		organization, who owns the configurations you maintain, or for whom you perform
		a project. Usually a customer's purchase department. The agreement with the sold-to business partner can include: - Default price and discount agreements
 - Sales order defaults
 - Delivery terms
 - The related ship-to and invoice-to business partner
 
 Date Sent Confirmed Supply The date you sent the confirmed supply to the customer. Approved  If this check box is selected, this revision has been approved for sending to
		  your customer. Sent  If this check box is selected, this revision was sent to your customer by
		  using the Send Confirmed Supply to Customer (cpvmi0208m100) session.  Note After you click Send in the Send Confirmed Supply to Customer (cpvmi0208m100) session, LN assumes the
			 confirmed supply has been sent to the customer, regardless of the setting in
			 the Send Method group
			 box. Unit The unit of measure in which the inventory of an item is
		recorded, such as piece, kilogram, box of 12, or meter. The inventory unit is also used as the base unit in measure
		  conversions, especially for conversions that concern the order unit and the
		  price unit on a purchase order or a sales order. These conversions always use
		  the inventory unit as the base unit. An inventory unit therefore applies to all
		  item types, also to item types that cannot be kept in stock. Date The date when the supply must be delivered. Confirmed Forecast The part of the total forecast which the customer definitely
		expects to consume. If the customer sends the forecast by period to the supplier
		  that plans the supply, the customer can differentiate between confirmed and
		  unconfirmed forecast. Typically, confirmed forecast of a component is derived from
		  actual sales orders and sales schedules of end item. The user can use various
		  methods to determine how much of the forecast is confirmed forecast. See also unconfirmed forecast. Unconfirmed Forecast The part of the total forecast for which the customer desires a
		supply in addition to the confirmed forecast. Possibly, the customer is unsure
		whether this quantity will be needed. The sum of the confirmed forecast and the unconfirmed forecast
		  is the total forecast. Typically, the total forecast includes not only the demand
		  based on actual sales orders for the customer's end products, but also forecast
		  demand based on estimated future sales of the customer's end products. See also confirmed forecast. Confirmed Supply Type The type of a confirmed-supply record that determines how that
		supply is handled. Typical examples of confirmed supply types are: Stock Supply of type Stock is already present at the customer. Immediate Supply of type Immediate is used to bring the inventory level back to at
			 least the agreed minimum inventory level. Planned Supply of type Planned is not to be transferred to the execution level
			 until after a later planning run. 
 Other confirmed supply types are To Release and Released. Supply Quantity of the item the supplier has confirmed will be
		delivered to the customer on the planned delivery date. Note The confirmed supply can be less than the quantity requested
		  by the customer. Total Difference An indication of the expected inventory level. A negative value
		  shows an anticipated inventory shortage. The Total Difference field is a cumulative value, based
			 on the Total Forecast field and the Supply field. Confirmed Difference A relatively optimistic indication of the expected inventory
		  level. A negative value shows an anticipated inventory shortage. In the
		  confirmed difference, the demand is presumed to only include the . The Confirmed Difference field is a cumulative value
			 based on the Confirmed Forecast field and the Supply field. Specification Specification  If this check box is selected, a specification is present. Reference A reference code to which the confirmed supply must have been allocated.  LN uses this characteristic to match supply and
				demand.  LN can use this field in two ways: - If the Business Partner field is filled, LN uses the Reference field to record a reference
				  code defined by a customer.
 - If the Business Partner field is empty, LN uses the Reference field to record an internal
				  reference.
 
 If related parts follow different
				routings, such as if some of the parts are transported to a subcontractor to be
				returned later, you can use a reference code to keep the parts linked together. Reference from Message The value of the Take Reference from Message check box in the Planning Terms and Conditions (tctrm1135m000) session for the
			 applicable terms and conditions agreement.  Note After this record has been created, the
				value of this check box is kept unchanged, even if the terms and conditions
				change. Demand Pegging Type The value of the Demand Pegging Type field in the Demand Pegging Terms and Conditions (tctrm1165m000) session for the applicable terms and conditions agreement.  Note After this record has been created, the
				value of this field is kept unchanged, even if the terms and conditions change. Use Unallocated Inventory  If this check box is selected, Enterprise Planning can use
			 unallocated inventory to supply the demand. Enterprise Planning uses
			 allocated inventory first. If there is not enough allocated inventory, Enterprise Planning also
			 uses unallocated inventory.  If this check box is cleared, Enterprise Planning can only
				use allocated inventory to fill the demand.  Note After this record has been created, the
				value of this field is kept unchanged, even if the terms and conditions change.      |   |