| # CINDI process Automobile manufacturers use various delivery concepts/ procedures while ordering components from suppliers which result in procedural and informative requirements that all automotive suppliers must meet. One of these procedures is called CINDI, an extensive procedure consisting of four aspects: Transport ID Distribution Zone/ Routing Code RAN/ KANBAN number/ Delivery call number. Point of consumption/ Point of destination Transport ID The Transport ID is sent by the customer organization as a shipping instruction to the supplier to indicate which deliveries (load/ shipments) must arrive at the factory. LN allows you to reuse the existing shipment reference as the Transport ID. In case only one Transport ID is allowed per shipment , the Unique Shipment Reference per Shipment check box in the Warehousing Order Types (whinh0110m000) session must be selected. In case the Transport ID is not provided by the customer, LN creates a temporary ID because defining the shipment reference is mandatory. However, the ID can be manually replaced with the final Transport ID during the outbound process, at a later date. The temporary ID can be maintained up to the status Frozen or Shipped before being replaced by the final Transport ID. The user is responsible for the timely replacement of the temporary ID with the final Transport ID (Shipment Reference) at the appropriate time. Distribution Zone/ Routing Code The supplier can also be informed about the more specific destinations within the organization for which a delivery is intended. These destinations are defined as the Distribution Zone or Routing Code. These are the intermediate locations to which the goods are moved after the receipt, at the unloading dock. If the Distribution Zone (or Routing Code) is provided by a customer organization, this must always be used as a package building criterion. For this purpose, an extra reference field is added on the sales schedule line called Packaging Reference A which is picked up by the warehouse order, outbound, and shipping procedure as a criterion while generating handling units during shipment. The requirements/ items within a Transport ID that are destined for the same Distribution Zone can be combined into the same handling unit; the requirements/ items may not be merged with items/ handling units, destined for other distribution zones. The Distribution Zone/ Routing Code must be available as extra information and printed on labels and documents to enable the OEM personnel to immediately recognize the (intermediate) destination of a handling unit. Point of consumption/ Point of destination The point of consumption (POC) or point of destination (POD) is the final destination of the received items. It is usually the production or assembly line on which the components are used. If the Point of consumption (POC) is defined by the customer organization, and thus recorded on the sales schedule, the POC is used as handling unit building criterion. A new handling unit is initiated for each POC. Consequently a new reference field Packaging Reference B is added. The field is retrieved from the sales schedule and can be viewed using the Reference Distribution option from the References menu in the Outbound Order Lines (whinh2120m000) session and the Reference Distribution option from the References menu in the Shipment Lines (whinh4131m000) session. When handling units are built, the singles (= lowest packaging level example, a box) created must contain items destined for the same point of consumption/ point of destination. Items can only be packed and shipped in the same box (single), if the point of consumption/ point of destination of the box and the picked goods is the same. For easy allocation to the precise POC, information of the POC must be printed on the packaging labels. RAN/ KANBAN number/ Delivery call number The RAN (Registration Authorization Number) can also be provided by the customer organization. This number can be used as an additional constraint during the building of master handling units (= top level packaging item example pallets), for scenarios where only one KANBAN/ RAN number is allowed per master handling unit. Such master handling units are called Homogeneous, while multi-RAN or MixRAN handling units are called Heterogneous. The RAN information can be printed on the labels and the shipping documents. |