Supply Strategy (cprpd7120m000)
Use this session to define the supply strategy.
Field Information
- Scenario
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- Plan Level
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You can carry out distribution planning with product families, because each plan level has its own sourcing rules and supply rules.
- Planning Cluster
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- Item Group
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- Plan Item
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Note:
- This is the item code without the planning cluster segment because this segment is not used.
- If you leave this field empty, the supply strategy is defined on item group level or on planning cluster level.
- Supply Type
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Allowed values
- Distribution
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The supply strategy is valid for internal suppliers. The supply strategy is used for the generation of planned distribution orders.
- Purchase
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The supply strategy is valid for external suppliers. The supply strategy is used for the generation of planned purchase orders.
- Effectivity Date
- Expiry Date
- Priority Rule
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The priority rule determines the criteria based on which LN choses one (internal or external) supplier before the other suppliers.
Allowed values
- Priority
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LN first uses the suppliers or supplying relationships with the highest priority. You can define the priority in the Item - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000) session and in the Supplying Relationships (cprpd7130m000) session.
- Least Cost
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LN first uses the suppliers or supplying relationships with the lowest cost. This cost includes material cost, production cost, and supply cost.
This option is only available if the supply type is Distribution.
- Min. Transport Time
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LN first uses the suppliers with the shortest supply time. LN first uses the supplying relationships with the shortest supply lead time.
You can define the supply time in the Item - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000) session and you can define the supply lead time in the Supplying Relationships (cprpd7130m000) session.
- Min. Transport WIP
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LN first uses the suppliers with the lowest transportation WIP. The transportation WIP (work in process) is the supply time multiplied by the item cost.
This option is only available if the supply type is Distribution.
- Allocation Rule
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The allocation rule determines how LN distributes the requirements over the available suppliers of equal priority.
Allowed values
- Percentage
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The Sourcing Percentage field in the Item - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000) session determines the volume that is ordered from a supplier. The Percentage field in the Supplying Relationships (cprpd7130m000) session determines the volume that is ordered through a supplying relationship.
- Percentage/Capable
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The volume is based on a percentage with a maximum of the capability.
- Capability
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The volume that is ordered from a supplier is constrained by the supplier's capability to deliver. The volume that is ordered from a planning cluster is constrained by the supplying relationship's capability to deliver.
A supplying cluster 's capability is determined with capable-to-promise techniques.
- Historic Percentage
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(Can only be selected if supply type is Purchase). LN distributes the required quantity over the external suppliers according to a predefined percentage for each supplier, taking past purchase orders into account.
- One Supply per Requirement
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If this check box is selected, one requirement is always covered by a single planned purchase order. LN alternates between the available suppliers to realize the specified percentages as near as possible. effective date
You can modify this check box only if the Allocation Rule is set to Historic Percentage
- Check Lead Time
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If this check box is selected, LN also checks whether the supplier can deliver in time.
You can modify this check box only if the Allocation Rule is set to Historic Percentage