Setting up automatic receipts

Creating automatic receipts into the customer's administrative warehouse requires the following settings in the Terms and Conditions module of the Common package:

  • Terms and conditions must be linked to an active purchase contract.
  • The terms and conditions are not expired.

    Multiple valid sets of terms and conditions can be present for the selection ranges that the user specifies in the Initiate Automatic Receipts (whinh3223m000) session. Terms and conditions have effective and expiry dates. If terms and conditions overlap, that is, range effective-expiry dates overlap, LN selects the terms and conditions with most recent effective date.

  • In the Logistics Terms and Conditions (tctrm1140m000) session:

    • The value in field Method of Inventory Update is either of the following:

      • Receipts and Consumptions
      • Receipts, Consumptions and Inv. Balance
    • The value in field Receiving Process is Automatic (Delivery Moments).
    • The Delivery Moments field determines whether creation of automatic receipts is based on purchase orders, demand forecast, or inventory levels. If the value is:

      • Orders and Schedules, creation of receipt records is based on purchase orders.

      • Forecast or Inventory Levels, creation of receipt records is based on demand forecast or inventory levels.

  • In the Items - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000) session, the Generate Order for Unexpected Warehouse Receipt check box is selected.
  • In the Order Terms and Conditions (tctrm1130m000) session, the Receipt Triggered Order field value is Purchase Order or Purchase (Manual) Order.

Automatic receipts based on purchase orders

In the Order Terms and Conditions (tctrm1130m000) session:

  • If the Use Confirmation check box is selected, only confirmed purchase orders are used to create automatic receipts. If this check box is cleared, both confirmed and unconfirmed purchase orders are used.

  • If you define a receiving interval in the Receiving Interval field of the Logistics Terms and Conditions (tctrm1140m000) session, LN uses this interval to determine the automatic receipt dates. The automatic receipt date is the date on which LN performs an automatic receipt.

    Note that purchase orders created between receipt intervals are not taken into account until the next automatic receipt date.

    If no receipt interval is defined, the planned receipt dates of the purchase orders are used to determine the automatic receipt dates. For more information, refer to The automatic receipt process.

Automatic receipts based on demand forecast

In the Planning Terms and Conditions (tctrm1135m000) session, do the following if automatic receipts must be based on demand forecast:

  • Select the Supply Planning by Supplier check box.

  • Select the Use Confirmed Supply check box if automatic receipts must only be based on confirmed supply.

  • In the Replenishment Based On field, do not select Manual or Inventory Level.

  • If you define a receiving interval in the Receiving Interval field of the Logistics Terms and Conditions (tctrm1140m000) session, LN uses this interval to determine the automatic receipt dates. The automatic receipt date is the date on which LN performs an automatic receipt.

    If no receipt interval is defined, the planned receipt dates Enterprise Planning are used to determine the automatic receipt dates. For more information, refer to The automatic receipt process.

Automatic receipts based on inventory levels

In the Planning Terms and Conditions (tctrm1135m000) session, do the following if automatic receipts must be based on contractual inventory levels:

  • Select the Supply Planning by Supplier check box.

  • Select the Send Forecast to Supplier check box.

  • In the Replenishment Based On field, select Manual or Inventory Level.

  • Select a pattern code in the Delivery Moments field.
  • Define minimum and/or maximum levels in the fields of the Inventory Levels tab.