Offsetting from requirements date to finish date

The following lead time components are used to offset from the requirements date to the planned order finish date:

Extra Lead Time
Safety
Inbound
Outbound

Lead time components for offsetting from requirements date to finish date

The Extra Lead Time can be specified in the Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000) session and can be used only in Enterprise Planning.

The other components are defined on general item level. To determine the inbound and outbound time, the data for the plan-item warehouse is used, which can be specified in the Item Data by Warehouse (whwmd2510m000) session. If the warehouse-item data does not exist, the outbound time that is defined in the Warehouses (whwmd2500m000) session is taken.

Lead time elements for planned purchase orders

For a planned purchase order, an extra lead time component, Business Partner Safety Time, is used to offset the planned order finish date. Therefore, the lead-time components for planned purchase orders includes these elements:

Business Partner Safety Time
Extra Lead Time
Safety
Inbound
Outbound

Lead time components for offsetting from requirements date to finish date – purchase orders

Note: The BP safety time is additional to the safety time defined at item (or item-warehouse) level. The BP safety time covers insecurity of the supplier, whereas the item safety time is meant for insecurity of internal operations.