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   <Header>
      <Title>Cross-docking time fence</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2990965">
         <Level1>Cross-docking</Level1>
         <Level2>time fence</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2990970">
         <Level1>Time fence</Level1>
         <Level2>cross-docking</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2990975">
         <Level1>Time fence</Level1>
         <Level2>planned delivery date</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2990980">
         <Level1>Planned delivery date</Level1>
         <Level2>time fence</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2990985">
         <Level1>Tolerances</Level1>
         <Level2>time fence</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection/>
   <GeneralSection ID="intro">
      <SectionTitle>Introduction</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2510m000" role="session">Warehouse - Item (whwmd2510m000)</GUIRef> session, to define a time fence for the planned
		delivery date of specific demand (outbound order line) you can specify minimum
		and maximum time tolerances. In the same session, you can also define a <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000440" role="glossary">cross-dock lead time</Link>.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>If you set both the minimum and maximum time tolerances to zero, ERP Enterprise ignores the time
		fence.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection ID="time_fence_dms">
      <SectionTitle>Time fence in a DMS environment</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>If you run DMS planning and process distribution, cross-dock
		orders and transfer orders are generated. Whether cross-dock orders are
		actually generated can be influenced by the time fence and the <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000431" role="manual" Update="No">force cross-docking range</Link>.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Received goods are only cross-docked if the total of the receipt
		date plus the cross-dock lead time falls within the time fence. Otherwise, the
		received goods are inbound.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>The date considered by ERP Enterprise depends on the way in which you run
		DMS:</Paragraph>
      <TABLE border="1" borderstyle="default" space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
         <THEAD noTR="1">
            <TR no="1" isLast="true">
               <TD width="261" rowspan="1" colspan="1">If you run DMS...</TD>
               <TD width="202" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> ERP Enterprise considers...</TD>
            </TR>
         </THEAD>
         <TBODY noTR="3">
            <TR no="1" isLast="false">
               <TD width="261" rowspan="1" colspan="1">During confirm
				receipt</TD>
               <TD width="202" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Actual receipt date</TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="2" isLast="false">
               <TD width="261" rowspan="1" colspan="1">After reporting an operation complete</TD>
               <TD width="202" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Planned
				receipt date</TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="3" isLast="true">
               <TD width="261" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Manually after confirm
				receipt</TD>
               <TD width="202" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Actual (DMS) date</TD>
            </TR>
         </TBODY>
      </TABLE>
      <ExampleSection>
         <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>This example assumes that you run DMS during confirm receipt.
		  As shown in the following figure, the receipt date plus the cross-dock lead
		  time falls within the time fence.</Paragraph>
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            <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" height="302" width="680"
                      SRC="../images/wh_inh_dms_time_fence.gif"
                      alt="[...]"/>
            <FigCaption>Cross-docking time fence</FigCaption>
         </Figure>
         <Paragraph>In this case, the cross-dock order is generated. If the result
		  of receipt date and cross-dock lead time would fall outside the time fence, no
		  cross-dock order is generated. The goods would then be inbounded rather than
		  cross-docked.</Paragraph>
      </ExampleSection>
      <Paragraph>By setting a time fence, you can prevent goods from being
		cross-docked too early, which resuls in goods remaining a long time on the
		staging location. On the other hand, you can also cross-dock goods that are
		already overdue, taking the time fence limit into account .</Paragraph>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>Minimum and maximum time fence tolerances are always
		  considered for the warehouse-item combination for which the cross-dock order
		  must be generated. If, for example, a cross-dock order is created for supply
		  warehouse WH1 and item X, another time fence might be used for a cross-dock
		  order created in destination warehouse WH2 for item X.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection ID="time_fence_non-dms">
      <SectionTitle>Time fence in a non-DMS environment</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>The cross-docking time fence is closely linked to the <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000431" role="manual" Update="No">force cross-docking range</Link> and the setting of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2500m000#whwmd200.cdcr" role="manual">Generate Cross-dock Order Lines when Confirming Receipt</GUIRef> option, which is also defined in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2510m000" role="session">Warehouse - Item (whwmd2510m000)</GUIRef> session:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>If this check box is selected, cross-dock order lines are only generated
		  during confirm receipt for cross-dock orders that meet the time
		  fence.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>If this check box is cleared, cross-dock orders and cross-dock order lines
		  are only generated if the force cross-docking range is set. If applicable, the
		  time fence must also be met.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
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