Schedules

When you publish routine demand, these published demands are sent as a release. The release contains header information and schedules for various parts. Each schedule contains requirements for a specific part. The customers and suppliers can use the application to share the same view of the requirements. You can add or modify requirements. Suppliers can ship against the requirements, fulfilling the demand.

You can send material releases, shipping schedules, or both. The shipping schedule is fulfilled by shipping and the material release is considered as a planning document.

If using the Supplier Managed Inventory (SMI) module, schedule is sent for an SMI-controlled part, the schedule remains a planning document, which is unaffected by shipping.

If using the Kanban module, a corresponding eKanban schedule is automatically created for each signal. The schedule can be viewed and shipped against.

The suppliers can reject material release or shipping schedule demand at the requirement or schedule level, based on the configuration you have set. All demand initially has a status set to Accepted. If using this option, customers define a period of time in which suppliers can change the requirement status before it becomes static.

The customers and suppliers can view the demand summary, using the application. The summary report displays the demand for the parts going to a specific destination that is due to leave the ship from in the next seven days.

You can download the demand information from releases, purchase orders, and blanket purchase orders. The demand details can be saved or opened as an XML, Excel or CSV file.