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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Possible issues and recommendations</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>DMS</Level1>
			<Level2>physical flow</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>DMS</Level1>
			<Level2>information flow</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>DMS</Level1>
			<Level2>static cross-dock orders</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>static cross-dock orders</Level1>
			<Level2>DMS</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>DMS</Level1>
			<Level2>item-related features</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>item-related features</Level1>
			<Level2>DMS</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>DMS</Level1>
			<Level2>order-related features</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>order-related features</Level1>
			<Level2>DMS</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>DMS</Level1>
			<Level2>Enterprise Planning</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Enterprise Planning</Level1>
			<Level2>DMS</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>DMS</Level1>
			<Level2>other warehousing activities</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>DMS</Level1>
			<Level2>non-location controlled environment</Level2>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection ID="warehouse_item"><SectionTitle>Physical flow versus information flow</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>In your organization, the physical flow can differ from the informational flow. In that case, SSA Global recommends that you use automatic activities for the warehousing procedures in SSA ERP as much as possible.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection ID="planning_horizon"><SectionTitle>Static cross-dock orders</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>If a received purchase order line is generated from a sales order line, the received goods must be cross-docked for this sales order line ( <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.cdty#static" role="enum">Static</GUIRef> cross-docking). Therefore, if this type of purchase order line is received, the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh6130m000" role="session">Direct Material Supply Distribution (whinh6130m000)</GUIRef> session cannot or will not be started. The goods are cross-docked for the sales order nonetheless.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection ID="demand_type"><SectionTitle>Using item and order-related features</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>When SSA ERP determines demand, the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh6130m000" role="session">Direct Material Supply Distribution (whinh6130m000)</GUIRef> session also considers item and order-related features, such as specific lots and serials, effectivity units, package definitions, and binding units. However, the use of such specific item and order-related features adversely impacts DMS functionality.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection ID="prio_rules"><SectionTitle>DMS and other warehousing activities</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>When a receipt takes place for a warehouse-item combination that has the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000#whwmd200.dmsr" role="formfield">DMS upon Receipt</GUIRef> or the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2110s000#whwmd210.dmss" role="formfield">DMS upon SFC Receipt</GUIRef> check box selected, DMS will or must always precede the next warehousing activity. This also applies if the next activity, for example, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh2300m000#whinh3201m000" role="formcommand">Generate Inbound Advice</GUIRef>, is an automatic activity.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>DMS in a non-location controlled environment</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>If a DMS run is carried out in a non-location controlled environment, that is, the item and/or the warehouse is not location controlled, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000#whwmd200.dmsr" role="formfield">DMS upon Receipt</GUIRef> is also possible. If, in this case, items are received, the items are immediately placed in stock, and the location of the items is unknown. You can then still apply DMS to the received quantity in the same way as in a location-controlled environment, with one exception: instead of cross-dock orders, SSA ERP generates outbound advice, similar to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000#whwmd200.dmsi" role="formfield">DMS on Inventory</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>If the warehouse and/or item are not location controlled, you can define a storage zone in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2510m000" role="session">Warehouse - Item (whwmd2510m000)</GUIRef> session. In the DMS Transfer Report, this zone is used instead of a location.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>DMS and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef></SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>All DMS-supplied warehouses in a cluster are considered, whereas <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> only considers warehouses in a cluster with the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0103s000#tcmcs003.inep" role="formfield">Include in Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> check box selected in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0503m000" role="session">Warehouses (tcmcs0503m000)</GUIRef> session. Therefore, if <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> is used for purchase planning, SSA Global strongly recommends that you select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0103s000#tcmcs003.inep" role="formfield">Include in Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> check box for warehouses that are <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000#whwmd200.dmsp" role="formfield">DMS Supplied</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Preventing goods from moving back and forth</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>You can move goods back to the warehouse where they originated if, in the interval between DMS planning runs, highest priority demand shifts to the warehouse from where those goods were sent. Therefore, to prevent goods from moving back and forth between warehouses, be sure to have an adequate interval between DMS runs, and beware of sudden priority shifts.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
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