Enter Delivery Route
Explanation
This activity is used to create a delivery route. This
optional task is to be performed by a system administrator or an equivalent person.
Route planning is a method to coordinate the delivery of goods to customers who
order frequently and a method to streamline incoming supplies from the
suppliers. In customer orders, this functionality is only used for customers who
order parts regularly and/or frequently, but in quantities smaller than full
truck loads. It would only be useful if you have more than one customer with
similar delivery requirements who are located close enough to be
serviced by the same delivery route.
In purchase orders, delivery route is used to control
the incoming traffic of supplies. The arrivals of purchase parts are scheduled
to efficiently manage the receiving process of supplies.
It is also part of IFS transport planning, which
includes load lists and consignments. Route planning allows you to plan
deliveries based upon routes, and to determine the last point in time that an
order can be taken and still be included in a specific delivery route. You can
also link forwarding agents to the customer order delivery routes if you use
them for transport purposes.
The delivery route may be used for planning when
creating a supplier schedule.
Prerequisites
This activity has the following prerequisites:
- If you will be using a forwarding agent, basic information must be entered
in the Forwarder window in IFS Enterprise.
- Although you do not connect customers to a route until after the route is
established, you should have information regarding the customers and their
delivery needs before you specify the days in the delivery route.
System Effects
As a result of this activity:
- A delivery route will be created, specifying route days,
frequency, and order deadline lead time.
- The delivery route can be connected as a default route for the
customer in the
Customer window.
- Route can also be connected to applicable supply chain matrices. This
route will appear as the default on customer orders and purchase orders respectively.
- The delivery route can be linked to
individual customer orders and purchase orders.
- If a forwarding agent has been linked to the delivery route, this value
will default whenever the route is selected. This default value can be
deleted or changed.
- The order deadlines are used by the system in calculating the customer
order delivery dates and times.
- The order deadlines are used by the system in
calculating the latest order date and time.
Window
Delivery Route
Related Window Descriptions
Delivery Route
Procedure
- Open the Delivery
Route window. Populate, if desired,
to view existing routes.
- Select New to create a new customer order route.
- In the Route ID field, enter a short code of no more than 12 alphanumeric
characters.
- Enter a description of the route.
- In the Forwarder ID field, you have the option if desired, to enter a
forwarding agent. Enter the short code or use the List of Values.
- In the upper table, i.e., the Route Schedule section, select the route departure day(s)
and enter the shipping time for each day selected.
- Specify the number of days before the route day that the last order can
be connected to the route. The default is zero.
- Specify the time after which no orders can be added to the delivery route
on the order deadline day. The time format is 00:00:00.
- In the lower table, i.e., the Route Schedule Exceptions section, enter the exception to
the above entered route schedule. In the Exception Type field, select
New to enter a new route day or time, and select Cancel to
cancel an already entered departure.
- Save the record.