Approve Confirmed Supply to Customer (cpvmi0208m000)
Use this session to approve the confirmed supply before sending the data to your customer.
The confirmed supply you send to your customer constitutes a commitment to deliver.
To view and modify the confirmed supply, use the Confirmed Supply to Customer (cpvmi0108m000) session.
Field Information
- Sold-to BP
- Planner
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The planner responsible for planning this plan item.
You define a plan item's planner in the Planner field in the Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000) session.
- From Plan Item
- Approve unchanged Supply
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If this check box is selected, the confirmed supply is approved even if the dates and quantities are exactly the same as in the previous revision of the confirmed supply.
- Accept Delivery Moments before current Date
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If this check box is selected, the session also approves the confirmed supply if the confirmed-supply records contain dates that lie in the past.
- Accept negative Difference
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If this check box is selected, the session also approves confirmed supply if the confirmed supply quantity is likely to be insufficient to prevent a shortage.
If this check box is cleared, and the confirmed supply is based on the total forecast, this session does not approve the confirmed supply if, within the confirm supply time fence, the total difference becomes negative. If the confirmed supply is based on the confirmed forecast, the check is performed on the confirmed difference.
To view the total difference and the confirmed difference, use the Total Difference field and the Confirmed Difference field in the Confirmed Supply to Customer (cpvmi0108m000) session.
The basis for the calculation of the confirmed supply is specified in the Confirmed Supply Based On field in the Planning Terms and Conditions (tctrm1135m000) session.
The confirm supply time fence is specified in the Confirm Supply Horizon field in the Planning Terms and Conditions (tctrm1135m000) session.
- Approve Inactive Business Partners
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If this check box is selected, you approve the confirmed supply, even for sold-to business partners that have been marked as inactive.
The Business Partner Status field in the Buy-from Business Partners (tccom4520m000) details session indicates whether a business partner is inactive.
- Print Approved Confirmed Supply
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If this check box is selected, the session prints a report with revisions of the confirmed supply you approved for sending to the customer.
- Print Errors
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If this check box is selected, the session prints an error report.