Releasing Customer Schedule—Exercises
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Basic Data Setup
Customer
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show you how to create a customer to be used in the main exercise.
Windows:
Customer
- Open the
Customer window, and query for customer 1000.
- Right-click and then click Copy Customer to create your new customer, XX1000. XX represents your initials.
- Click the
Address tab and then the
Order Address Info tab.
- In the Ship Via field, enter a ship-via code.
- Right-click and then click Supply Chain Matrix for Customer.
- In the
From Supply Site tab, add a line that is valid for your site. Use * (asterisk) as the ship-via value, and one day as the
external transport lead time.
General exercise for Customer
General exercise for
Setting Up Site-to-Customer Supply Chain Parameters for Trade
Purchase/Inventory/Sales Part
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show you how to create part data entries that are
necessary for the customer schedules functionality.
Windows:
New Part Assistant
- Open the New Part Assistant.
- Create XX–58–401 as a purchased, inventory, and sales part. Use Supplier 5000.
General exercise for Purchased Part
General exercise for Stored Sales Part
Reconciler
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to familiarize you with the required data that is used in the
exercises below.
Windows:
Customer Schedule Basic Data/Reconciler
- Open the Customer Schedule Basic Data window, and click the
Reconciler tab.
- Enter a reconciler record.
- Save your changes.
General exercise for Reconciler
Approver
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to familiarize you with the required data that is used in the
exercises below.
Windows:
Customer Schedule Basic Data/Approver.
- Open the Customer Schedule Basic Data window, and click the
Approver tab.
- Enter an approver record.
- Save your changes.
General exercise for Approver
Schedule Line Type
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to familiarize you with the required data that is used in the
exercises below.
Windows:
Customer Schedule Basic Data/Schedule Line Type.
- Open the Customer Schedule Basic Data window.
- Click the
Schedule Line Type tab.
- Create a new line, and enter the values shown in the table below.
Line Type ID |
Description |
Demand Type |
Maintain High Cumulative Authorization |
Default |
XX1 |
Back Order |
Backorder |
Do Not Maintain Cum |
Cleared |
XX2 |
Firm |
Delivery Authorized |
Maintain Cum |
Cleared |
XX3 |
Plan |
Not Delivery Authorized |
Do Not Maintain Cum |
Cleared |
XX4 |
Info |
Information Only |
Do Not Maintain Cum |
Cleared |
General exercise for Schedule Line Type
Required Data
Sales Part Cross Reference
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to familiarize you with the required data that is used in the
exercises below.
- Open the
Sales Part Cross Reference window, and create a new line.
- In the Customer No field, select your customer from the List of Values.
- In the Sales Part Number field, select your sales part from the List of Values.
- In the Customer Part No field, enter the customer number for this sales part.
- In the Customer Sales Part Description field, enter the customer's description for this sales part.
- Save your changes.
Customer Order Header
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to familiarize you with the required data that is used in the
exercises below.
- Open the
Customer Order window, and create a new record.
- Create a customer order for Customer XX1000, using Order Type CU.
- Release the customer order.
General exercise for Customer Order
Customer Schedule Agreement
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show you how to create a customer schedule
agreement to be used in the main exercise below.
- Open the
Customer Schedule Agreement window, and create the customer schedule header.
- In the
Agreement Defaults tab, change the Plan Forecast Option from Do Not
Create Forecast to Create Forecast, and change the Forecast Spread Option from Do
Not Spread to Spread Daily.
- Accept the rest of the proposed agreement defaults.
- On the
Tolerance Check Defaults tab, select the Call-off to Call-off check-box under Cumulated Tolerance Check Options.
- Indicate tolerance under 50% and tolerance over 100%. Save your changes.
- Click the
Customer Parts tab, and enter parts into the agreement.
General exercise for Customer Schedule Agreement
Customer Schedule Agreement Part
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show you how to create a customer schedule
agreement to be used in the main exercise below.
- Open the
Customer Schedule Agreement Part window.
- Query for your agreement, and click the
Supply tab.
- Enter the supply information. Save your changes.
- Open the
Customer Schedule Agreement window.
- Activate the agreement.
General exercise for Customer Schedule Agreement Part
Entering Customer Schedule Manually
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show you how to enter a customer schedule manually
for use in the main exercise below.
- Open the
Customer Schedule window, and create a new record.
- Enter XXSCH in the Doc No field, and select Call-Off as the Schedule Type.
- In the Valid From field, enter a valid-from date of this coming Monday (e.g., 10 May).
- In the Valid To field, enter a valid-to date of the Friday four working weeks later (e.g., 4 June).
- Click the
Misc Schedule Info tab.
- In the Agreement ID field, select the agreement part from the List of Values.
- Save your changes.
- Click the
Lines tab.
- Specify daily requirements of 10 pieces per day for the first week, starting Monday and ending Friday (the
Delivery Date/From Date and Qty Due fields). Use a line type that is delivery authorized, e.g., Firm.
- Specify daily requirements of 10 pieces per day for the second week starting Monday and ending Friday (the
Delivery Date/From Date and Qty Due fields). Use a line type that is delivery authorized, e.g., Firm.
- Save your changes.
- Open the
Customer Schedule window, and create a new record.
- Enter XXSCH in the Doc No field, and select
Plan as the Schedule Type.
- In the Valid From field, enter a valid-from date
that is a Monday and two months away.
- In the Valid To field, enter a valid-to date of the Friday four working weeks later.
- Click the
Misc Schedule Info tab.
- In the Agreement ID field, select the agreement part from the List of Values.
- Save your changes.
- Click the
Lines tab.
- Specify daily requirements of 10 pieces per day for the first week,
starting Monday and ending Friday (the Delivery Date/From Date and
Qty Due fields). Use a line type that is delivery authorized, e.g., Firm.
- Specify a weekly requirement of 50 pieces on the
second Monday. Use a line type that is delivery authorized, e.g., Firm.
- Specify a weekly requirement of 50 pieces on the third Monday. Use a line type that is not delivery authorized, e.g., Plan.
- Specify a weekly requirement of 53 pieces on the fourth Monday. Use a line type that is not delivery authorized, e.g., Plan.
General exercise for Entering Customer Schedule Manually
Reconciling Customer Schedule
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show you how to reconcile a customer schedule
to be used in the main exercise below.
- In the
Customer Schedule window right-click and then click Reconcile to reconcile the schedule.
General exercise for Reconciling Customer Schedule
Approving Customer Schedule
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show you how to approve a customer schedule
to be used in the main exercise below.
- In the
Customer Schedule window right-click and then click Approve to approve the schedule.
General exercise for Approving Customer Schedule
Main Exercise
Purpose: The purpose of this lesson is to show you how to release a customer schedule.
Windows:
Customer Schedule
Customer Schedules
Customer Order
Inventory Part Availability Planning
- Open the
Customer Schedule window, and
retrieve the Call-off schedule.
- Right-click and then click Release to release the schedule.
- Note the status in the schedule header.
- Click the
History tab, and review the information that is displayed.
- Open the
Customer Order window, and query for your customer order. Analyze the customer order lines that have been created.
- In the
Customer Schedule window,
retrieve the Plan schedule.
- Right-click and then click Release to release the schedule.
- Note the status in the schedule header.
- Click the
History tab, and review the information that is displayed.
- Open the
Customer Order window, and query for your customer order.
Notice there are no order lines written for the delivery authorized
quantities on the Plan schedule.
- Open the Inventory Part Availability Planning window, and analyze the
forecast demand. Notice that the delivery authorized quantities have been
created as forecast demand. Also take note of the daily spreading. Notice
only the demands with non-delivery authorized quantities have been spread
daily.
To release the schedule from the Customer Schedules
window:
- Open the Customer Schedules window.
- Select the required schedule.
- Right-click and then click Release to release the schedule.