Firmimg the orders and planning time fence

Hi, Pls explain about firming and non-firming and planning time fence while running mrp or mps?what is meant by firming the orders?  i do not know how it work and how can we interpret the reults? pls explain with one example.

Firming: When an order is firmed , indicates that the Order  no longer needs to be planned in MRP.
              Order gets firmed, when we change plannde order manually and save .
Planning time fence: the time period during which if any Order comes it gets firmed subject the Compatible MRP type.
                                Depedning on whether they need to be firmed or not and when a new requirement is creatd in the planning horizon, How the receipt needs to be planned within the Planning time fence or out side is controlled in the MRP type.
Regards
Ratan

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