| # Supplying Relationships (cprpd7130m000) Use this session to list the supplying relationships. Related topics Multisite planning To select internal suppliers Distribution planning Plan Level The level within a hierarchical planning structure. When you plan on a higher plan level, plans are general and less detailed. Example Plan level 1 is the highest plan level; the higher the number, the lower the plan level. You can carry out distribution planning with product families, because each plan level has its own supplying relationships. Related topics Plan levels and product families Receiving Cluster The cluster of the receiving item. If a cluster has been specified, the item is a clustered item. The receiving cluster field of non-clustered items must be empty. Receiving Item Group The item group of the receiving item. Receiving Item The receiving plan item. If this field is empty, the supplying relationship applies to all items of the specified receiving cluster or the specified receiving item group. Sequence Number The number that identifies a data record or a step in a sequence of activities. Sequence numbers are used in many contexts. Usually LN generates the sequence number for the next item or step. Depending on the context, you can overwrite this number. You can sometimes influence the numbering by setting the corresponding parameters. Supplying Site The site from which a plan item is delivered through the multisite distribution structure. Note If the supplying site and the receiving site are identical, the supplying relationship serves the planning of multiple warehouses that belong to the same company. Related topics Distribution planning Supplying Cluster The cluster of the supplying item is the cluster from which the receiving item, or the receiving cluster, is supplied. If the Receiving Cluster field is empty, the supplying item is a nonclustered item. You must fill either the Supplying Cluster or the Supplying Item field. Supplying Item The item code of the plan item at the supplying site. The item code of the supplying item can differ from the item code of the receiving item. If the Receiving Item field is empty, you cannot enter an item in the Supplying Item field. In that case, the supplying relationship is only used for items that have identical item codes in the supplying site and the receiving site. You must fill either the Supplying Cluster or the Supplying Item field. Effectivity Date The first day on which a record or a setting is valid. The effective date often includes the effective time. Expiry Date The last day on which a record is valid. If you do not specify an expiry time, the validity expires at the end of the expiry date, at 24:00 hours. Supply Cost The cost incurred in transferring the item to the receiving site. The supplier selection procedure applies this information if the priority rule is Least Cost. The supply cost is defined as the amount per unit of ordered product. The supply cost is defined in the currency of the receiving site. Add the material cost and the production cost of the supplier to the supplying cost to determine the total cost of supply. Related topics To select internal suppliers Percentage The percentage of the total required volume that is planned for this supplying relationship. The supplier selection procedure uses this information if the allocation rule is Percentage or Percentage/Capable. Note If the sum of the percentages is not equal to 100%, during planning, LN rescales these percentages to total 100%. Example: If two supplying relationships exist for a receiving plan item, of both 80%, the result, after rescaling, are two supplying relationships of both 50%. Related topics To select internal suppliers To compute distribution order quantities Priority A ranking of the supplying relationship. If the priority rule is Priority, LN first attempts to find a supplying relationship with a high priority. The number 0 indicates a high priority. The number 999 is the lowest priority. Related topics To select internal suppliers To compute distribution order quantities Minimum Order Quantity The minimum quantity of items to be purchased or produced. When planned orders are generated, the quantity of items to be purchased or produced is never less than the minimum order quantity. The minimum order quantity prevents the purchase or production of this item in quantities that are too small. If the required quantity is too little, the supplier selection procedure searches another supplying relationship. If the required quantity does not match any supplying relationship this constraint is ignored. Maximum Order Quantity The maximum quantity of items to be purchased or produced at once. When planned orders are generated, the quantity of items to be purchased or produced at once is never more than the maximum order quantity. The maximum order quantity prevents the purchase or production of an item in quantities that are too large. If the required quantity is too large, the supplier selection procedure searches another supplying relationship. If the required quantity does not match any supplying relationship this constraint is ignored. Supply Resource The resource whose calendar defines the workdays and working times of the warehouse that receives the goods. If the date of a requirement falls in a vacation period, the receipt is scheduled at an earlier date. If the Carrier field is empty, the supply calendar also defines the workdays for the interpretation of the Supply Lead Time field. LN uses the basic capacity defined in the Resource (cprpd2100m000) session to convert workdays to working hours. Note Leave the Supply Resource field and the Carrier field empty to obtain the best system performance. Related topics To compute supply lead-times Calendars in Enterprise Planning Supply Lead Time The total time required to obtain an item from a supplying site. The total time includes order document preparation, sourcing, and supplier lead time. If the Supply Resource field is empty, the supply lead time is defined in calendar days. Otherwise, the supply lead time is defined in workdays. This field is not used if a carrier has been defined in the Carrier field. See To compute supply lead-times. Related topics To compute supply lead-times Calendars in Enterprise Planning Supply Lead Time Select Hours or Days as time unit for the Supply Lead Time. Carrier An organization that provides transport services. You can link a default carrier to both ship-to and ship-from business partners. In addition, you can print sales and purchase orders on a packing list, sorted by carrier. For ordering and invoicing, you must define a carrier as a business partner. The supply lead time is calculated based on Distance tables The carrier's transport category The central calendar of the carrier Related topics To compute supply lead-times Calendars in Enterprise Planning Minimum Volume The minimum quantity that must be reached when you add up the ordered quantities of all planned distribution orders for this supplying relationship. This constraint forces the planning engine to order at least this minimum volume through this relationship. You can define a minimum volume to comply with contractual agreements for minimum ordered quantities. Note This constraint refers to the quantities of current orders. If an order is executed, and the goods are delivered, you may have to create new distribution orders to keep the total ordered volume above the value of the Minimum Volume field. Related topics To select internal suppliers Maximum Volume The maximum quantity for the sum of the ordered quantities of all planned distribution orders for this supplying relationship. This constraint ensures that the planning engine order no more than this maximum volume through this relationship. You can use this, for example, to comply with contractual agreements. Note This constraint refers to the quantities of current orders. If an order is carried out, and the goods are delivered, you are free to create new distribution orders as long as the total ordered volume stays below the value of the Maximum Volume field. Related topics To select internal suppliers Maximum Days Early delivery date tolerance (-) The following example describes the use of this field. Example Maximum Days Early: 5 Maximum Days Overdue: 10 If the requirements date falls on the 15th of January this supplying relationship can only be used if the supplying site/cluster can deliver No earlier than January 10th. No later than January 25th. If a supplying item cannot meet these constraints, the planning item searches for an alternative supplying relationship. Related topics To select internal suppliers Maximum Days Overdue The number of days late that a supplier can make a delivery. The following example describes the use of this field. Example Maximum Days Early: 5 Maximum Days Overdue: 10 If the requirements date falls on the 15th of January this supplying relationship can only be used if the supplying site/cluster can deliver No earlier than January 10th. No later than January 25th. If a supplying item cannot meet these constraints, the planning item searches for an alternative supplying relationship. Related topics To select internal suppliers Generate Freight Order If this check box is selected, LN generates freight orders during an MRP run in the Generate Order Planning (cprrp1210m000) session. Related topics Integration of Freight Management with Enterprise Planning View Tree Structure Displays a signal overview in a tree format. |