The next step in the DRP process is to calculate the DC’s total purchase needs in a time-phased manner that discriminates quantities and both shipment and receipts timing. A important data point is the calculated total receipts schedule for all four size of HDTVs carried in stores. (See Exhibit 3.) This data set also shows how the visibility of store-level DRP supports a comparison of the calculated receipt plan for all HDTVs with the approved receipt from the monthly sales and operations plan