To Approve the Plan:

1. Click "Plan Approval" in the menu bar
2. Click "Approve" to approve the plan
3. The last approved plan is shown by a date and time stamp

Running a requirement plan is described in the article Running a New Requirement Plan (when ABP IS enabled).

Upon approving the plan, the following updates made in Advanced Business Planning will be the basis of the next requirements plan:

• The latest demand plan updates
• All supply plan attribute changes such as safety stocks, lead times, and other requirements planning settings.
• Any changes to the capacity plan such as work hours, working days, groupings, level loading, and other capacity planning specific settings.

Please note that if you make a change in the item plan during requirements planning, if you make a change to the setting and apply it to only to the item plan, it will not be included in the next plan approval. Must select "Both" to apply the change to the item plan and S&OP. The default setting is "Both."

In addition, capacity planning changes made outside of Advanced Business Planning will not be included in an approval. Any changes made in the requirements planning capacity plan (1) must be manually duplicated in the Advanced Business Planning Capacity Review (2) plan.

1. Capacity Plan
2. Capacity Review