Determining the planned receipt date based on the supply time only

If you enter a purchase order line and 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 from the Items - Purchase (tdipu0101m000) session.

To calculate the planned receipt date, choose Calculate in the Purchase Order Lines (tdpur4101m000) session. LN shows the planned receipt date in the Planned Receipt Date field of this 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 calculates the planned receipt date as follows, taking into account the company calendar:

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:

  • You can specify the purchase availability type in the Procurement Parameters (tdpur0100m000) session.
  • Before the company calendar's start date and after the company calendar's end date, LN uses the workweek.
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 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 receipt 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 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.

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