| # To determine the planned receipt date based on the supply time only If no data is specified for an item in the Items - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000) session, LN determines the planned receipt date using only the supply time that is specified in the Items - Purchase (tdipu0101m000) session. If you enter a purchase order line in the Purchase Order Lines (tdpur4101m000) session, you can let LN calculate the planned receipt date, based on the supply time. To calculate the planned receipt date, choose Calc in the Purchase Order Lines (tdpur4101m000) session. LN stores the planned receipt date in the Planned Receipt Date field of the Purchase Order Lines (tdpur4101m000) session. If the supply time is expressed in: Hours, LN takes into account all the time that is available on a day according to the company calendar. Days, LN considers a day as a whole day if some time is available on that day according to the company calendar. LN determines the planned receipt date as follows, taking into account the company calendar:
    Planned receipt date = order date + supply time
You can specify the: Order date in the Order Date field of the Purchase Order Lines (tdpur4101m000) session. Supply time in the Supply Time field of the Items - Purchase (tdipu0101m000) session. LN searches for the company calendar based on: The availability type for Purchase Control. The calendar's start date and end date. Note You can specify the Purchase Control availability type in the Purchase Parameters (tdpur0100m000) session. Before the company calendar's start date and after the company calendar's end date, LN uses the standard calendar. Example 1 - Supply time in days
Supply time in days: 2
Order date: Friday, March 12/11:00:00
The company calendar for the Purchase Control availability type has an 8:00:00 start time and a 16:00:00 end time and is available from Monday through Friday each week.
LN adds the supply time to Friday, March 12/11:00:00, taking into account the company calendar. According to the calendar, on Friday, March 12, five hours are left. Because the supply time is expressed in days, LN considers Friday, March 12 as a whole day. So, one day of the supply time is left for the next week. Because LN finds time available on Monday, March 15, this day counts for a whole day and LN takes the last available time as the planned receipt date. So, the planned delivery date is Monday, March 15/16:00:00. Example 2 - Supply time in hours
Supply time (in hours): 16
Order date: Friday, March 12/11:00:00
The company's actual calendar for the Purchase Control availability type has an 8:00:00 start time and a 16:00:00 end time and is available from Monday through Friday each week.
LN adds the supply time to Friday, March 12/11:00:00, taking into account the company calendar. According to the calendar, on Friday, March 12, five hours are left. Because the supply time is expressed in hours, LN takes into account all the time that is available on a day. So, five hours are planned on Friday and 11 hours are left for next week. Because LN finds eight hours available on Monday, three hours are left for Tuesday. This results in a planned receipt date of Tuesday, March 16/11:00:00. Related topics To calculate purchase item lead time Overview of calendar functionality Calendars in Order Management |