Purpose
You can use Online Planning both for checking the results of automatic planning and on its own. The following figure illustrates possible uses:
You can use Online Planning to verify existing purchase orders and include additional items in them. It can also be used to order articles even if no purchase orders have already been created. You can have the system suggest vendors, articles and order quantities that you then verify based on other information.
In Online Planning, you can plan articles for which a requirement was determined and also articles for which no requirement was determined (for example, to enable you to achieve certain minimum order criteria).
Process Flow
The following is an example of a typical scenario:
He enters the following selection parameters:
Results
These include: