Releasing Supplier Schedule—Exercises

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Basic Data Setup

Supplier

Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show you how to create a supplier to be used in the main exercise.

Windows:
Supplier

  1. Open the Supplier window, and search for Supplier 5000.
  2. Right-click and then click Copy Supplier to create your new supplier, XX5000. XX represents your initials.

General exercise for Supplier

Purchase/Inventory/Sales part

Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show you how to create the part data entries that will be needed when using the supplier schedules functionality.

Windows:
New Part Assistant

  1. Open the New Part Assistant.
  2. Create XX–58–401 as a purchased, inventory, and sales part. Use Supplier XX5000.

General exercise for Purchased Inventory Part
General exercise for Sales Part

Approver

Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to familiarize you with the required data that is used in the exercises below.

Windows:
Supplier Schedules Basic Data/Approver.

  1. Open the Supplier Schedules Basic Data window, and click the Approver tab.
  2. Enter an approver.

General exercise for Approver

Schedule Line Type

Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show you how to create schedule line types.

Windows:
Supplier Schedules Basic Data/Schedule Line Type.

  1. In the Supplier Schedules Basic Data window, click the Schedule Line Type tab.
  2. Create a new line, and enter the values shown in the table below.
Line Type ID Description Demand Type Maintain High Cum Auth
XX1 Back Order Backorder Do Not Maintain Cum
XX2 Firm Delivery Authorized Maintain Cum
XX3 Plan Not Delivery Authorized Do Not Maintain Cum
XX4 Info Information Only Do Not Maintain Cum

General exercise for Schedule Line Type

Schedule Template

Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show you how to create a schedule template.

Windows:
Supplier Schedules Basic Data/Schedule Template.

  1. In the Supplier Schedules Basic Data window, click the Schedule Template tab.
  2. Create a new schedule template, XXSCH.
  3. Create a new line, and enter the values shown in the table below.
Horizon No Number of Periods Period Size Period Unit Line Type Description
1 5 1 Days XX2 Firm
2 4 5 Days XX3 Plan
3 5 5 Days XX4 Info

General exercise for Schedule Template

Required Data

Inventory Part

Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to familiarize you with the required data that is used in the exercises below.

  1. Open the Inventory Part window, and click the Planning Data tab.
  2. Query for your part used for schedules.
  3. Set the supply type to Schedule. Use planning method A.

General exercise for Inventory Part

Purchase Order Header

Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to familiarize you with the required data that is used in the exercises below.

  1. Open the Purchase Order window, and create a new record.
  2. Create a purchase order header for Supplier XX5000.
  3. Release the purchase order.

General exercise for Purchase Order

Entering Supplier Schedule Agreement

Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to familiarize you with the required data that is used in the exercises below.

  1. Open the Supplier Schedule Agreement window.
  2. Enter Supplier Schedule Agreement XXAGR for your supplier ID.
  3. Click the Agreement Defaults tab. Under Workflow Options, in the Schedule Generation list, click Plan.
  4. Connect your schedule template to the agreement by using List of Value in the Template under the Plan Options and Call-off Options.
  5. Click the Parts tab.
  6. Enter your part, XX–58–401, and your approver ID.
  7. Open the Supplier Schedule Agreement Part window.
  8. Query for Agreement XXAGR.
  9. Click the Agreement Orders tab, and create a new line.
  10. Enter today's date as start date, and connect the purchase order created for schedules.
  11. Activate the agreement.

General exercise for Entering Supplier Schedule Agreement

Entering Supplier Schedule Manually

Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show you how to enter a supplier schedule for use in the main exercise below.

  1. Open the Supplier Schedule window.
  2. Create a schedule of the Plan type for your agreement.
  3. Click the Lines tab, and enter the plan.

General exercise for Entering Supplier Schedule Manually

Approving Supplier Schedule

Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show you how to approve a supplier schedule to be used in the main exercise below.

  1. In the Supplier Schedule window, right-click and then click Approve to approve the supplier schedule.

General exercise for Approving Supplier Schedule

Main Exercise

Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show you how to release a supplier schedule.

Windows:
Supplier Schedule
Release Supplier Schedule
Purchase Order

Releasing Supplier Schedule

  1. Release the supplier schedule using the appropriate right mouse button option in either the Supplier Schedule or the Release Supplier Schedule window. Was the schedule released?
  2. Open the Purchase Order window, and search for the purchase order connected to the agreement. Have any order lines been created? For which line types have purchase order lines been created?
  3. To check on the purchase order, you can also select a firm schedule line in the Supplier Schedule window, right-click and then click Purchase Order.