Demand profile

How the system calculates the demand

Forecast horizon

A horizon in calendar days in which the forecast is not regarded as part of total demand

Pull deployment horizon

The number of days in which the distribution demand is taken into account for calculating deployment

Period split

How the planning data is disaggregated by time when you release the demand plan from Demand Planning to Supply Network Planning

VMI promotion lead time

Like the target days' supply, which refers to the total demand without VMI promotions and is specified in the lot size profile, this lead time refers to the number of days required to satisfy demand, specifically for VMI customer promotions prior to their due date

Supply profile

How the system calculates supply (that is, key figures such as production and distribution receipts)

Production horizon

Where Supply Network Planning ends and Production Planning & Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS) begins

Stock transfer horizon

The number of days, beginning with the start of the heuristic run, during which the system does not plan any stock transfers. The system does not generate planned distribution receipts within this horizon but postpones them until the first day after the stock transfer horizon

Push deployment horizon

The quantity available for distribution in the future. Receipts beyond this period are too uncertain to confirm by deployment

Deployment SS push horizon

The push horizon for deployment when using the safety stock

Firm production

That the production date/time is to lie outside the planning period

Fix transports

That the transport is to lie outside the planning period

Deployment profile

The logic that the system uses during deployment calculations to generate distribution proposals

Fair share rule

If demand exceeds supply, the system can use fair share logic to calculate deployment on the available to deploy (ATD) quantity. These rules allow for alternative methods of allocating a restricted supply of a product to the demand sources

Push distribution

Push rules are used in Supply Network Planning to calculate deployment when the available to deploy (ATD) quantity covers demand

Customer product

The material number used by the customer for this product

VMI purchasing group

The identifier for the buyer or purchasing group responsible for the purchasing tasks associated with the VMI product

Purchasing group

The key for a buyer or group of buyers responsible for certain purchasing activities

Priority

The priority of the product