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

      The acquisition of goods from elsewhere in your company or from an affiliated company
    • 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:

  • Selecting External Suppliers
  • Selecting internal suppliers