Schedules

A schedule contains requirements for a specific part. The schedule is part of the release (demand) that contains header information and schedules for various parts.

Schedule types

The demand can include these types of schedules:

Material Releases
Shipping Schedules
eKanban

Note: If the Kanban functionality is implemented, the eKanban schedule is generated for each signal that represents the demand.

If the demand includes three schedules, the demand is fulfilled in this order:

Kanban
Shipping Schedule
Material Release

You can accept or reject the Material Release or Shipping Schedule demand at either the requirement or schedule level, based on the configuration set by the customer. The initial status of demand is accepted. You can modify the status of the demand within the time defined by the customer.

You can review the demand summary for all the parts associated with a specific destination using the Demand Summary menu.

Fulfillment strategies

When the requirements corresponding to a release are shipped, the requirements are decremented in the First-In-First-Out(FIFO) order based on the requirement date and time and, optionally, by pull signal. When new demand schedules are published, the shippers with Staged (unpublished) and the In-Transit statuses are considered to meet the requirements, based on the customer configuration.

These fulfillment strategies (options) are considered to meet the requirements of the new schedule:

None The line items on the staged and the in-transit shippers are not considered. The requirements of the newly published schedule are fulfilled as new shippers are created.
Classic Fulfillment The line items on the staged and the in-transit shippers are considered only if the requirement date, and optionally the pull signal, of the schedule for which the shipper is created is the same as the requirement date of the new schedule.
Staged Shippers The line items on the staged shipper are considered to meet the requirements of the new schedule. Consequently, the Required Quantity specified for the schedule decreases.
Note: In-transit shipments are not considered for the new schedule.
Staged and In-transit Shippers Only the line items on staged shippers and in-transit shippers created after the most recent shipment are considered to meet the requirements of the new schedule. Consequently, the Required Quantity specified for the schedule decreases.
Note: The shipper ID of the most recent shipment delivered is included in the new release.