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About this Guide
Planning Concepts
Enterprise Planning
Enterprise Planning, an Overview
To configure Enterprise Planning
Master planning versus order planning
Horizons and time fences
Lot sizing
Basic Data
Item definition in Enterprise Planning
Plan items in Enterprise Planning
Product families in Enterprise Planning
Project items in Enterprise Planning
Item Order Data in Enterprise Planning
Unit effectivity in Enterprise Planning
Scenarios in Enterprise Planning
Initializing, Rolling and Updating Scenario
Using a rolling scenario
To delete a scenario
Scenario Performance
Calendars in Enterprise Planning
Planning clusters in Enterprise Planning
Multisite planning clusters
Resources in Enterprise Planning
Sales schedules in Enterprise Planning
Lead times and horizons
Horizons and time fences
Cumulative order lead times and horizons
Confirm planned orders based on lead time
Production lead-time calculation in Enterprise Planning
Purchase lead time calculation
Cumulative production lead time
Noncritical cumulative production lead time
Lead-time offsetting
To synchronize order horizons between BOM levels
Defining lead time components
Time units
Planning Framework
Time fences in order planning and in master planning
Bshells for Parallel Processing
Job shop production planning in Enterprise Planning
Purchase planning in Enterprise Planning
Purchase schedules and Enterprise Planning
Example: to calculate the optimized order parameters
Generating Aggregation Relationships
Maintaining Aggregation Relationships
Order Based Planning
Order planning, an overview
Order statuses in Enterprise Planning
Planned orders in Enterprise Planning
Order grouping in Enterprise Planning
Rough Requirement Planning run, an overview
RRP run, item selection
To generate planned orders
RRP run, basic calculation for one item
RRP run, required inventory level
Bshells for Parallel Processing
Simulated time period (RRP run)
Net-change date before time fence
Planning sequence and phase numbers
To compute phase numbers for order-based planning
Forecast Consumption without an Item Master Plan
Material-routing relationship
Phantoms of generic items
Planning customized items
Potential errors caused by inconsistent selection of order system
Example: source allocation in order planning
Example: cumulative order lead time (COLT)
Item selection in order planning, examples
Master Planning
To use master plans
Infinite master planning
To update master-plan data
To update goods-flow data
Plan units in Enterprise Planning
Rules for defining plan units
Plan periods in Enterprise Planning
To maintain an item master plan
Planning sequence and phase numbers
To maintain a resource master plan
To compute phase numbers for master-based planning
To recompute phase numbers
To distribute master-plan quantities over calendar days
To generate critical capacity requirements
Generating critical material requirements
Generating an inventory plan
Deleting Master Plan
Aggregated Planning
Aggregated planning
Plan levels and product families
Aggregation of channels
Multicompany aggregation
Aggregation of planning data
Disaggregation of planning data
Disaggregation rules
To set up an aggregation structure
Channels
Channels in Enterprise Planning
To maintain a channel master plan
Demand forecast by channel
Channel ATP periods
Workload Control
Workload control
Workload control, planning algorithm
Workload control, a graphic example
Workload control, to compute planning priorities
Workload control, a detailed example
Workload control, backward and forward planning
Workload control, production volumes vs. values
Workload control, to plan against constraints
Planning without iterations, an example
Planning with iterations
Planning with iterations, an example
Resource Planning
Sourcing strategies overview
Defining Sourcing Strategy
Sources of supply
Supply planning
To select suppliers
Selecting internal suppliers
Selecting External Suppliers
Supply chain strategies
To plan supply with master planning
Time fences in order planning and in master planning
To search sourcing strategies
To compute supply lead-times
To compute purchase order quantities
To compute distribution order quantities
Demand and Inventory Planning
Example of a weighted average of a negative inventory level
Demand Planning
Demand forecasting in Enterprise Planning
Forecasting methods
Forecast method: moving average
Forecast method: exponential smoothing
Forecast method: polynomial regression
Forecast method: time-series analysis
Forecast errors and seasonal correlation
Forecast Distribution Example
Demand Forecasting without an Item Master Plan
Demand Forecasting with an Item Master Plan
Forecast Consumption
Algorithm for demand forecasting
To compute the demand forecast
To add quotations to customer orders
Principle of polynomial regression
Planning Analysis
Displaying data in Item/Channel Planning Chart
Example of a weighted average of the inventory level
Transfer of Orders to Manufacturing
Transferring Planned Orders
Transferring orders to execution level
Workload-based order transfer
Item Data
Item data structure
Planning clusters and Planned items
Item purchase data
Item structures
Inventory planning in Enterprise Planning
Fields Affected By The Long Item Description Parameter
Vendor Managed Inventory
Supplier Forecast setup
Supply planning by supplier
VMI business partner selection
Determining the VMI Relation
Supply planning by supplier sending the forecast
Confirmed supply (VMI)
Confirmed supply type
Supplier's side
Performing the supply planning for your customer - Setup
Performing supply planning for your customer - Procedure
Customer's side
To let your supplier perform the supply planning - Setup
Supply planning by supplier, sending the forecast
Forecast
Forecast (VMI)
Confirmed forecast and unconfirmed forecast
How to determine the confirmed forecast
How to set up confirmed forecast (customer side)
How to set up confirmed forecast (supplier side)
Forecast frozen zones
Forecast frozen zone calculation
Planning methods
Planning methods (VMI)
VMI planning based on confirmed supply
VMI planning based on forecast
VMI planning based on inventory levels
Replenishment Methods
Replenishment methods (VMI)
Planning on total forecast, replenishment on confirmed forecast
Replenishment based on minimum inventory
Manual replenishment
Minimum and Maximum Inventory
To work with minimum and maximum inventory
Planning based on number of days supply
To specify the minimum and maximum inventory
Glossary
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