| Using segment setsNote - Each segment in the segment set has a unique number. The
schedule horizon is built based on the sequence number that is assigned by LN in the Sequence Number field of the Segment Set - Segments (tdipu0114m000) session.
- In the Schedule Segments (tdipu0115m000) session, you cannot define a segment time unit and a
segment length for a segment with the Immediate requirement type, because this requirement type
includes undelivered requirements from the past that must be shipped as soon as
possible.
Segment sets and purchase schedules If you use push schedules or pull forecast schedules, the
segment set from the Purchase Contract Line Logistic Data (tdpur3102m000) session and/or the Items - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000) session is used to: For pull call-off schedules, no segment sets are used because
these schedules lines are not regenerated, or clustered and are immediately
converted to a release line detail with the status Scheduled. As a result, the requirement type is always Firm. Segment Set - Segments (tdipu0114m000) If you link segments to the segment set in the Segment Set - Segments (tdipu0114m000) session, you must make sure that you use the
correct segment time units. Make sure that: - You correctly define the first segment time unit of the first
segment in a segment set. For example, if you set the first segment time unit
to Week or Four Weeks, and if the calculated schedule issue date does not
fall on a Monday, some days can be excluded from the clustering or regeneration
process. Note that these segment time units always have Monday as a starting
point for their activities. As a result, for a segment time unit defined as Week or Four Weeks, LN only
starts clustering or regenerating schedule lines from the first Monday that
follows the previously calculated schedule issue date. For a segment time unit
defined as Month, LN does not start to cluster or regenerate
schedule lines on the first available Monday, but on the first available Monday
of the following month.
- The various segments connect. For example, if you combine the
weekly time unit, which runs from Monday through Sunday, with the monthly time
unit, which runs from the first Monday of the month through the day before the
first Monday of the following month, a period of time can be undefined when you
regenerate or cluster schedule lines.
Note - When LN regenerates schedule lines, if a period is undefined between two segments, the
schedule lines that fall in this time gap automatically receive the requirement
type of the segment with the highest sequence number. For example, if a time
gap exists between a segment that calculates the Firm requirement type and a segment that calculates the Planned requirement type, the schedule lines that fall in
this time gap automatically receive the Firm requirement type.
- When LN clusters schedule lines, if a period is undefined between two segments, LN automatically adds
another segment that fills this time gap so that the schedule lines that fall
in this time gap are also included in the clustering process. All the schedule
lines that fall within the time period of that newly generated segment, are
clustered into one release line detail.
- All schedule lines in a purchase release that fall after the
period calculated by the last segment in a segment set, automatically receive
the Planned requirement type.
Example Next schedule issue date: 19/07 Segments in the segment set: Segment Code | Requirement
Type | Time Unit | Segment Length |
---|
1 | Firm | Weeks | 1 | 2 | Planned | Months | 1 | 3 | Planned | Months | 1 |
Segment time calculation, based on schedule issue date: Segment Code | Start Date | End Date | Requirement
Type |
---|
1 | 19/07 | 25/07 | Firm | 2 | 02/08 | 05/09 | Planned | 3 | 06/09 | 03/10 | Planned |
In this example, a time gap of one week exists between 26 July
and 2 August. Although LN automatically fills this time gap, to avoid time gaps in a segment set, use the
four weeks time unit in combination with the weekly time unit. The schedule lines that fall in the time gap of 26 July
through 2 August automatically receive the requirement type of the segment with
the highest sequence number, which is the Firm requirement type. | |