Supplying Relationships (cprpd7130m000)

Field Information

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Plan Level

plan level

You can carry out distribution planning with product families, because each plan level has its own supplying relationships.

Receiving Planning Cluster

The planning cluster of the receiving item.

Receiving Item Group

The item group that receives the item.

Receiving Item

The receiving plan item.

If this field is empty, the supplying relationship applies to all items of the specified receiving planning cluster or the specified receiving item group.

Sequence Number

sequence number

General

Supplier

Effectivity Date

effective date

Expiry Date

expiry date

Supplying Company

supplying company

Note: If the supplying company and the receiving company are identical, the supplying relationship serves the planning of multiple warehouses that belong to the same company.

Supplying Planning Cluster

The planning cluster of the supplying item is the planning cluster from which the receiving item, or the receiving planning cluster, is supplied.

Supplying Item

The item code of the plan item at the supplying company.

The item code of the supplying item can differ from the item code of the receiving item.

If the Receiving Item field is empty, you cannot enter an item in the Supplying Item field. In that case, the supplying relationship is only used for items that have identical item codes in the supplying company and the receiving company.

You must fill either the Supplying Planning Cluster or the Supplying Item field.

Miscellaneous Data

Generate Freight Order

If this check box is selected, LN generates freight orders during an MRP run in the Generate Order Planning (cprrp1210m000) session.

Supplying Relation Text

If this check box is selected, additional comments regarding the supplying relation are present.

Details

Supplying Details

Supply Cost

The cost incurred in transferring the item to the receiving company.

The supplier selection procedure applies this information if the priority rule is Least Cost.

The supply cost is defined as the amount per unit of ordered product. The supply cost is defined in the currency of the receiving company.

Add the material cost and the production cost of the supplier to the supplying cost to determine the total cost of supply.

Percentage

The percentage of the total required volume that is planned for this supplying relationship.

The supplier selection procedure uses this information if the allocation rule is Percentage or Percentage/Capable.

Note: 

If the sum of the percentages is not equal to 100%, during planning, LN rescales these percentages to total 100%.

Example: If two supplying relationships exist for a receiving plan item, of both 80%, the result, after rescaling, are two supplying relationships of both 50%.

Minimum Order Quantity

minimum order quantity

If the required quantity is too little, the supplier selection procedure searches another supplying relationship.

If the required quantity does not match any supplying relationship this constraint is ignored.

Maximum Order Quantity

maximum order quantity

If the required quantity is too large, the supplier selection procedure searches another supplying relationship.

If the required quantity does not match any supplying relationship this constraint is ignored.

Calendar

Supply Work Center

The work center whose calendar defines the workdays and working times of the warehouse that receives the goods. If the date of a requirement falls in a vacation period, the receipt is scheduled at an earlier date.

If the Carrier field is empty, the supply calendar also defines the workdays for the interpretation of the Supply Lead Time field. LN uses the basic capacity defined in the Work Centers - Planning (cprpd2100m000) session to convert workdays to working hours.

Note: Leave the Supply Work Center field and the Carrier field empty to obtain the best system performance.

Supply Lead Time

The total time required to obtain an item from a supplying company. The total time includes order document preparation, sourcing, and supplier lead time.

If the Supply Work Center field is empty, the supply lead time is defined in calendar days. Otherwise, the supply lead time is defined in workdays.

This field is not used if a carrier has been defined in the Carrier field. See To compute supply lead-times.

Supply Lead-Time Unit

Select Hours or Days as time unit for the Supply Lead Time.

Carrier

carrier

The supply lead time is calculated based on

• Distance tables
• The carrier's transport category
• The central calendar of the carrier

Minimum Volume

The minimum quantity that must be reached when you add up the ordered quantities of all planned distribution orders for this supplying relationship.

This constraint forces the planning engine to order at least this minimum volume through this relationship. You can define a minimum volume to comply with contractual agreements for minimum ordered quantities.

Note: This constraint refers to the quantities of current orders. If an order is executed, and the goods are delivered, you may have to create new distribution orders to keep the total ordered volume above the value of the Minimum Volume field.

Maximum Volume

The maximum quantity for the sum of the ordered quantities of all planned distribution orders for this supplying relationship.

This constraint ensures that the planning engine order no more than this maximum volume through this relationship. You can use this, for example, to comply with contractual agreements.

Note: This constraint refers to the quantities of current orders. If an order is carried out, and the goods are delivered, you are free to create new distribution orders as long as the total ordered volume stays below the value of the Maximum Volume field.

Maximum Days Early

delivery date tolerance (-)

The following example describes the use of this field.

Example Maximum Days Early: 5 Maximum Days Overdue: 10

If the requirements date falls on the 15th of January this supplying relationship can only be used if the supplying company/planning cluster can deliver:

• No earlier than January 10th.
• No later than January 25th.

If a supplying item cannot meet these constraints, the planning item searches for an alternative supplying relationship.

Maximum Days Overdue

delivery date tolerance (+)

The following example describes the use of this field.

Example Maximum Days Early: 5 Maximum Days Overdue: 10

If the requirements date falls on the 15th of January this supplying relationship can only be used if the supplying company/planning cluster can deliver

• No earlier than January 10th.
• No later than January 25th.

If a supplying item cannot meet these constraints, the planning item searches for an alternative supplying relationship.

Priority

A ranking of the supplying relationship. If the priority rule is Priority, LN first attempts to find a supplying relationship with a high priority.

The number 0 indicates a high priority. The number 999 is the lowest priority.