Adding Replenishment Engine orders – Purchase

Purchase Transactional data are measures mapped as Order Type in the Replenishment engine, for the Cycle. These are the purchase order types:

  • Fixed Purchase Orders
  • Planned Purchase Orders
  • Scheduled Purchase Orders
  • Firm Purchase Orders

You can add Replenishment Engine Orders of type ‘Purchase’ for Transactional data measures mapped to the Purchase Orders in the Replenishment Engine assigned to the Cycle.

  1. Right click a transactional data measure which is mapped to a Purchase Orders. The Add Purchase Order menu is displayed.
    Note: The Add Purchase Order menu is displayed only if:
    • The measure is of Transactional Data (Transfer) type.
    • The Transactional data measure is defined in the Replenishment Engine.
    • The Replenishment Engine is assigned to the Cycle.
    • The Transactional data measure is mapped to a Purchase Order types defined in the Replenishment Engine.
    • The user has permission to add the transactional data.
    • The scenario can be edited by the current user (part of share).
  2. Select Add Purchase Order. A new window is displayed.
  3. Specify this information:
    Name
    The name of the transactional data.
    Note: This value is defaulted based on the selected Transactional Data measure.
    Source measure
    The source measure of the Purchase Order. This value is derived from the transactional data name.
    Destination Measure
    The destination measure of the Purchase Order. This value is derived from the transactional data name.
    Item
    The Purchase Item.
    Note: 
    • This value is selected from a list of base level items within the current context, derived using the Purchase - Item attribute in the Engines Supply Allocation Mapping.
    • If the context is the base Item, the value is pre-populated.
    Location
    The location of the Purchase Item.
    Note: 
    • This value is selected from a list of base level Locations within the current context, derived using the Purchase - Location attribute in the Engines Supply Allocation Mapping.
    • If the context is the base Location, the value is pre-populated.
    Supplier
    The Supplier of the Purchase Item.
    Note: 
    • This value is selected from a list of suppliers available for the selected Location and derived using the Purchase - Supplier attribute in the Engines Supply Allocation Mapping.
    • If the value is not specified for the Location field, the available option for Supplier is empty.
    Quantity
    The value of the Purchase Order.
    Critical Flag
    Indicates the criticality of the Purchase Order.
    Ship Date
    The shipping date of the Purchase Order.
    Note: 
    • If Transactional data Enable Lead Time is set to On:
      • This value is populated with ‘End date of the selected cell – Lead Time’.
      • This value is populated only if the values for Item, Location, and Supplier fields are specified.
      • The Delivery Date is updated as ‘Ship Date + Lead Time’ at the time of modifying the populated value.
    • If Transactional data Enable Lead Time is set to Off:
      • This value is populated with the ‘End date of the selected cell’.
      • The Delivery Date is not updated when you modify the populated value.
    Delivery Date
    The delivery date of the Purchase Order.
    Note: 
    • This value is populated with the 'End date of the selected cell'.
    • This value is populated when the values for Item, Location and Supplier fields are specified.
    • If Transactional data Enable Lead Time is set to On:
      • The Ship Date is updated as ‘Delivery Date – Lead Time’ at the time of modifying the populated value.
    • If Transactional data Enable Lead Time is set Off:
      • The Ship Date is not updated when you modify the populated value.
    Lead time
    Indicates the Lead Time of the Purchase order.
    Note: 
    • If Transactional data Enable Lead Time is set to On:
      • The value is populated from the Lead Time defined in the Engine (Transfer Lead Time parameter in Transfer Out Mappings tab) which uses this transactional data.
    • If Transactional data Enable Lead Time is set to Off:
      • The value is set to zero.
    Need Date
    The default value is set as Delivery Date. However, you can modify the value.
    Note
    The additional information (text note) related to the Purchase Order.
    Reference
    The reference text related to the Purchase Order.
    Custom Field 1 to 5
    The additional text used as reference for the Purchase Order. These fields are displayed based on the configuration of the transactional data definition.
  4. Click Save.