EP Parameters (cprpd0100m000)

Use this session to initialize and maintain the Enterprise Planning parameters, which can be used to tailor the workings of Enterprise Planning to company-specific requirements.

If you run this session, LN executes the following steps:

Automatically set the EP parameters to their default values.
Initialize the EP Parameters, after which you can modify the settings of the parameters.

Note: You can operate Enterprise Planning either using the default values of parameter, or set you own preferred values.

Field Information

Effective Date

The date and time that the parameters are valid up to the effective date of a more recent parameter setting.

Description

The description of the parameter set. For example, you can indicate why you change the parameters.

General Parameters

Actual Scenario

actual scenario

Note: A Capable-to-Promise (CTP) check during sales-order entry in Sales is always based on the actual scenario. Likewise, when a sales order is recorded, only the ATP of the actual scenario can be updated online.

Series for Order Grouping

The series that is used for planned-order groups in Enterprise Planning .

Refresh Rate

The rate in seconds that determines how often LN performs an automatic refresh in a session.

An automatic refresh retrieves and displays the current data from the database.

Note: A refresh rate of 0 (zero) means that no refresh is performed.

Displayed Period Date

This field determines if the period start date or the period finish date is displayed in various sessions for plan periods that are defined in days.

This applies to the following sessions:

Item Master Plan (cprmp2101m000)
Resource Master Plan (cprmp3501m000)
Channel Master Plan (cpdsp5130m000)

Availabilities

Company Availability Type

The availability type that LN uses for production planning.

Purchase Availability Type

The availability type that LN uses for purchase planning.

You can specify this availability type in the Procurement Parameters (tdpur0100m000) session.

Warehouse Availability Type

The availability type that LN uses when planning inbound lead times, and outbound lead times.

You can specify this availability type in the Availability Type field in the Warehouse Master Data Parameters (whwmd0100s000) session.

Availability Type for Transport

The availability type that LN uses when planning transportation lead times.

You can specify this availability type in the Availability Type for Carrying Goods field in the COM Parameters (tccom0000s000) session.

Exception Messages

Currency for Minimum Standard Cost: The currency that LN uses to express the minimum standard cost value in the Exception Message Types by Planner (cprao1110m000) session.

Planning Parameters

General Parameters

Round Values

If this check box is cleared, no rounding is used in planning.

Note:

The unit of a quantity determines how it is rounded.
If this check box is selected, Enterprise Planning rounds all displayed values.

Performance may be impacted if rounding is implemented.

Online Phase Number Update

If this check box is selected, LN updates the phase numbers of items and plan units immediately when a change occurs in a bill of material (BOM) or bill of critical material (BCM).

If you select this check box, the phase numbers of items and plan units are always consistent with the data in the BOMs and BCMs.

Performance aspects

The setting of this field could affect system performance and database growth. For more information, refer to Online phase-number update.

Multicompany Planning

If this check box is selected, the central-multicompany-planning functionality of Enterprise Planning is in use.

If this check box is cleared, you cannot use the following sessions:

Multicompany Scenarios (cprpd4140m000)
Print Multicompany Scenarios (cprpd4420m000)

Pegging Horizon

The number of days into the future for which the order-based planning generates pegging relations.

LN calculates the date of the pegging horizon by using the company calendar. LN records no pegging relations for transactions with a transaction date beyond this horizon.

In general, a shorter pegging horizon can give a better system performance, but offers you less pegging information.

Note:

Set the signal horizon for pegging signals to a lower value than the pegging horizon. Otherwise, LN can generate false Pegging: No Planned Inventory signals and Pegging: No Planned Material Inventory signals in some situations.

You can define the signal horizons in the Exception Message Types by Planner (cprao1110m000) session.

Performance aspects

The setting of this field could affect system performance and database growth. For more information, refer to Pegging horizon.

Constraint Planning

Constraint Planning Implemented

If this check box is selected, constraint planning in Enterprise Planning is implemented.

Constraint planning allows for planning accounting for constraints placed on selected resources.

Master Planning Implemented

If this check box is selected, the master-based planning functionality of Enterprise Planning is in use.

If this check box is cleared, you cannot use several sessions that are related to:

Moreover, the Convert Master Plan to Planned Orders (cprmp2240m000) session is disabled.

Note: If this check box is cleared, you can still maintain item master plans and use CTP checks. However, you cannot use master-based supply planning.

Workload Control Implemented

If this check box is selected, the workload-control functionality of Enterprise Planning is in use.

If this check box is cleared, you cannot use the sessions in the Work Load Control module.

Online Update Resource Master Plan

If this check box is selected, LN updates the resource master plan for a plan item immediately when the capacity utilization changes, for example, when a capacity CTP reservation is recorded for the resource or when a new planned order is inserted, and so on.

If this check box is cleared, you must update the resource master plan manually, by using the Rebuild Resource Planning (cprmp3200m000) session.

Order Planning

Order Planning Implemented

If this check box is selected, the order-based planning functionality of Enterprise Planning is in use.

If this check box is cleared, you cannot use the following sessions:

Generate Order Planning (cprrp1210m000)
Generate Order Planning (Item) (cprrp1220m000)

Only Reschedule Total Order Quantity

The Only Reschedule Total Order Quantity check box determines how Enterprise Planning generates rescheduling messages during an order-planning run.

If this check box is selected, Enterprise Planning only generates rescheduling messages for the total order quantity of a planned order. If the total order quantity exceeds the requirement, no signal will be generated to cancel part of the order.

If this check box is cleared, Enterprise Planning can also generate rescheduling messages for a part of a planned order's order quantity. If the total order quantity exceeds the requirement, a cancel message can be generated for the surplus quantity.

Planned Order before Firm/Actual

This check box determines whether LN can plan a planned production order, planned purchase order, or planned distribution order before a certain event.

This check box determines whether LN can do one of the following:

Plan a planned production order before the last firm-planned order or actual production order.
Plan a planned purchase order before the last firm-planned order or actual purchase order.
Plan a planned distribution order before the last firm-planned order.

If this check box is selected, LN can generate planned orders before firm-planned orders, or actual orders with the same source, in case of production or purchase.

If this check box is cleared, LN sets the finish date of a planned order on or after the finish date of the last firm-planned order, or actual order with the same source, in case of production or purchase.

Note: For purchase schedule items, LN only takes into account the Planned Order before Firm/Actual check box for the source types Manufacturing and Distribution. For the planning of purchase schedule items, LN acts as if this check box were selected.

Generate Freight Order during MRP Run

If this check box is selected, Freight generates freight orders during an order-planning run.

If this check box is cleared, Freight generates freight orders when you carry out the Generate Freight Orders (fmfoc1234m000) session.

Create Back Orders for Warehouse Orders with origin EP

If this check box is selected, LN creates an extra outbound-order line for a back order in the Outbound Order Lines (whinh2120m000) session of Warehousing if the inventory of the supplying warehouse is not sufficient to carry out the warehousing order with order origin Enterprise Planning . As soon as the quantity of this back order is present in the supplying warehouse, the quantity can be shipped to the receiving warehouse.

The advantage of creating back orders in case of insufficient inventory is that a planned distribution order is entirely dealt with in Warehousing after you transferred it to the execution level. Enterprise Planning does not have to generate a new planned distribution order when you generate the order planning.

If this check box is cleared, LN does not create extra outbound-order lines in case of insufficient inventory in the supplying warehouse, but ships the quantity that is available. If you subsequently generate the order planning, Enterprise Planning comes across the quantity that was not available, and that could not be shipped to the receiving warehouse, and, as a result, creates a new planned distribution order.

Use Available to Transfer

If this check box is selected, material designated available to transfer can be used.

Allow Buyer Assignment on Planned Purchase Order

If this check box is selected, the Buyer field in the Planned Orders (cprrp1100m000) session becomes editable.

Note: If this check box is cleared, the Buyer field will remain view only.

Transfer Order Planning

Exclude Planner on Planned Purchase Order: If this check box is selected, the Planner field in the new purchase order will be blank after transfer from a planned purchase order.

Online ATP Update in EP

If this check box is selected, LN updates the ATP for a plan item online, when a planned or actual inventory transaction is recorded for the plan item.

LN updates the ATP over the entire planning horizon, but only in the actual scenario.

Performance aspects

The setting of this field could affect system performance and database growth. For more information, refer to Online ATP update.

CTP Check for Sales

If this check box is selected, LN carries out a capable-to-promise (CTP) check when a sales order for an item is closed.

If this check box is cleared, LN does not carry out any CTP check, regardless of the values of CTP-related parameters in the Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000) session.

Note: If you want to use online ATP/CTP checks, but only for particular items, you must set the CTP horizon in the Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000) details session of all other items to zero .

Performance aspects

The setting of this field could affect system performance and database growth. For more information, refer to CTP check for sales.

Delivery Schedule based on Warehouse Calendar

If this check box is selected, and you check the ATP in the ATP Handling (cprrp4800m000) session, LN adjusts the delivery schedule as follows. If a planned delivery date falls on a non-workable moment of the warehouse specified on the sales order line, LN shifts that delivery date forward to the next workable date and time.

Note:

If the Delivery Schedule based on Warehouse Calendar check box in the Planning Parameters (cprpd0100m000) session is selected, channel ATP checks can give incorrect results.

A quantity of channel ATP is only valid for a specific period. LN cannot transfer unconsumed channel ATP to the next period. If you select the Delivery Schedule based on Warehouse Calendar check box, LN may shift the planned delivery date to a future period that has insufficient channel ATP.

Include Fixed Delivery Date of Top Item

If this check box is selected, LN runs a check on the fixed delivery type date linked to the plan item.

Apply Lot Sizing Rules to Delivery Schedule

If this check box is selected, lot sizing rules defined in the Items - Ordering (tcibd2100m000) are applied to the delivery schedule calculation.

VMI Parameters

Number of Revisions

The maximum number of revisions of the forecast and the maximum number of revisions of the confirmed supply that LN stores. LN always stores the most recent revisions and discards older revisions.

Note: To monitor how well your customer forecasts the demand or to monitor whether your supplier delivers the confirmed supply as promised, set the Number of Revisions field sufficiently high. That enables you to discuss any deviations with your business partner afterwards.

If the maximum number of revisions has been reached, and you, as customer, generate orders again, LN deletes the corresponding forecast revision that has the oldest value of the Date Sent field from the Forecast Revisions to Supplier (cpvmi0503m000) session.

If the maximum number of revisions has been reached, and you, as supplier, receive another revision of the forecast from your customer, LN deletes the oldest corresponding revision from the Forecast Revisions from Customer (cpvmi0506m000) session.

Automatic Accept Forecast

If this check box is selected, LN automatically accepts any forecast message that you receive from your customer.

As long as a forecast revision has not been accepted, the planning process does not take that forecast into account. If the Automatic Accept Forecast check box is cleared, you must accept the received forecast manually.

To accept forecasts manually, use the Accept Forecast command in the Forecast by Revision from Customer (cpvmi0506m100) session or accept a range of forecasts in the Accept Forecast from Customer (cpvmi0206m000) session.

If you do not select the Automatic Accept Forecast check box, you have more control over the received forecasts. For example, you can verify whether the forecast has not been increased in the frozen zone+ or decreased in the frozen zone-.

Automatic Accept Confirmed Supply

If this check box is selected, LN automatically accepts any confirmed-supply message that you receive from your supplier.

As long as a confirmed-supply revision has not been accepted, the planning process does not take that confirmed supply into account. If the Automatic Accept Confirmed Supply check box is cleared, you must manually accept the confirmed supply.

To accept the supply manually, use the Accept Confirmed Supply from Supplier (cpvmi0205m000) session.

If you do not select the Automatic Accept Confirmed Supply check box, you have more control over the received confirmed supply. For example, you can verify whether the confirmed supply does not have receipt dates before the current date and you can verify whether the communicated delivery moments match the fixed delivery pattern agreed in the terms and conditions agreement.