Planning Schedule with Release Capabilities

A planning schedule transaction can be used to inform vendors of future demand. The demand is released in time-buckets, which can be daily, weekly, or monthly. This transaction can be used in various ways to send a simple forecast, a forecast with the buyer's authorization for the seller to commit to resources, or a forecast that is also used as an order release mechanisms. When used with Electronic Commerce and CloudSuite Industrial, this transaction is called an EDI Planned Purchase Order (Outbound 830/DELFOR).