Consolidating schedule lines on planned warehouse ordersIf planned warehouse orders are used, you can consolidate sales schedule lines by quantity and/or by date. Consolidation by quantity means that multiple schedule lines are combined into one planned warehouse order. The planned warehouse order's ordered quantity is a grouped quantity and the same planned warehouse order is linked to various schedule lines. Consolidation by date means that shipments for scheduled items are consolidated into pre-defined delivery moments on planned warehouse orders. Master data In the Sales Contract Line Logistic Data (tdsls3102m000) session, these consolidation fields must be specified:
Consolidating requirements by quantity Consolidation by quantity enables you to combine multiple schedule lines of a specific sales schedule into one planned warehouse order. In the Sales Schedule Planned Warehouse Orders (tdsls3520m000) session, schedule lines are combined in the same planned warehouse order if the sales schedule line fields are the same, except for these fields, which can differ:
If schedule lines differ in, for example, price information or sales unit, they cannot be consolidated. In this case, multiple planned warehouse orders can be created for the same shipment reference. Note Referenced schedule lines can be consolidated into one planned warehouse order only if they have the same shipment reference. If the Schedule Line Text check box is selected for a sales schedule line, this schedule line can never be consolidated by quantity. These are applicable for consolidation by quantity:
Example For schedule SCH0001, the first revision contains the following data:
Schedule lines 10 and 20 are consolidated into one planned warehouse order (SCH0001) with an ordered quantity of 50. The second schedule revision contains the following data:
Because of the changed delivery point, these schedule lines can no longer be consolidated by quantity into one planned warehouse order. Dependent on the (planned) warehouse order's status, the following are applicable:
Note LN always gives a warning message if new schedule revisions or updates lead to unexpected (over)deliveries. This enables you to manually intervene in the shipment process, if desired. Consolidating requirements by date Consolidation by date enables you to change the delivery moments for scheduled items into fixed delivery moments on planned warehouse orders. During sales schedule approval, the following dates in the Sales Schedule Planned Warehouse Orders (tdsls3520m000) session can be changed into one of the delivery moments defined in the pattern:
As a result, planned warehouse orders have dates that are in accordance with the desired delivery moments as specified in the Delivery Pattern field of the Sales Contract Line Logistic Data (tdsls3102m000) session. Manual consolidation options Although automatic consolidation of schedule lines drastically reduces the number of planned warehouse orders, you may still consider the number of planned warehouse orders too high. To further reduce or to control the number of planned warehouse orders, you can manually specify consolidation options during or after schedule approval. For existing or new planned warehouse orders, you can consolidate schedule line requirements for a specific requirement start date, including past requirements, into one planned warehouse order. You can use the Approve Sales Schedules (tdsls3211m000) and Approve Pick-up Sheets (tdsls3211m200) sessions to specify consolidations options during approval. You can use the Consolidate Planned Warehouse Orders (tdsls3220m000) and Consolidate Planned Warehouse Orders (Pick-up Sheets) (tdsls3220m100) sessions to specify consolidations options after schedule approval. You can specify these consolidation options:
Example Delivery pattern: ship on Wednesday 7 November, 11.00 am Today: 1 November
Depending on your settings, one planned warehouse order can be created with a quantity of 10 for, for example, Monday 5 November, 11.00 am.
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