Examples of a Scheduled Order
The following examples use the
dd/mm/yyyy date format.
Example 1
- Start date entered as 02/01/2020.
- Number of Deliveries set to 2.
- Delivery Interval set to 5.
- Delivery Period set to Days.
Two lines are created. The first line has Own Due Date as 02/01/2020 and the second as 07/01/2020.
If the delivery period is set to Months, the first line has Own Due Date as 02/01/2020 and the second as 02/06/2020.
You can also create lines with Own Due Dates that are on the same day every month, for example, the first of each month. If the delivery interval is set to 1 and the delivery period is set to months, then the start or end date is used to determine which day each month a delivery is due.
Example 2
- Quantity entered as 300.
- Number of Deliveries set to 3.
- Start Date entered as 01/01/2020.
- Delivery Interval set to 7.
- Delivery Period set to Days.
Three lines are created as follows:
- Line 1 - quantity is 300; due date is 01/01/2020.
- Line 2 - quantity is 300; due date is 08/01/2020.
- Line 3 - quantity is 300; due date is 15/01/2020.
Example 3
- Quantity entered as 300.
- Delivery Percentage entered as 25%.
- Start Date entered as 01/01/2020.
- Delivery Interval set to 7.
- Delivery Period set to Days.
Four lines are created as follows:
- Line 1 - quantity is 75; due date is 01/01/2020.
- Line 2 - quantity is 75; due date is 08/01/2020.
- Line 3 - quantity is 75; due date is 15/01/2020.
- Line 4 - quantity is 75; due date is 22/01/2020.