Characteristics page
Use the Characteristics page to override certain buyer characteristics by selecting the desired suppliers and updating the characteristics for schedules, purchase orders, and containers.
- Ship Schedule Reject Level
- The level of demand (schedule or requirement) at which suppliers
can reject demand. If customers send both Material Releases and Shipping
Schedules, the ability to reject is for Shipping Schedules only.
This field can have these values
- None. Suppliers cannot reject requirements.
- Requirement Level. Suppliers can reject individual requirements.
- Schedule Level. Suppliers can reject entire schedules only. They cannot reject only particular requirements on a schedule.
- Expected Supplier Response
- The amount of time after a release is published in which suppliers can alter the rejected/accepted status of a requirement or schedule. After this response time expires, the status of the requirements becomes fixed (static).
- PO Reject Level
- The level (none, header, or line item) at which suppliers can reject purchase orders.
- Definition
- The container types for which suppliers must provide information.
This field can have these values
- None. Container information is not required and cannot be included on shippers.
- Detail. Container information is required at the detail level (the individual containers included in a larger box or pallet and loose containers). Each detail container can contain parts from only a single line item on the shipper.
- Both. Both master and detail container information is required. Depending on the Allow Mixed Containers flag, master containers can contain detail containers for multiple line items.
- Allow Mixed Containers
- Whether suppliers can send shipments of mixed containers. Mixed containers contain parts from multiple line items on the shipper. Available only if the Container Definition is Both. If this check box is selected, suppliers can group containers on the shipper to indicate that detail containers containing parts from different line items are being sent within the same master container. If this check box is cleared, suppliers cannot mix containers and the Group Containers feature is turned off.
- Serial Numbers on Shipper
- The container types for which suppliers must provide serial
numbers.
This field can have these values
- None. Serial numbers are not required and cannot be entered.
- Detail. Serial numbers are required only for detail containers.
- Both. Serial numbers are required for both detail and master containers.