Define Site to Site Supply Chain Parameters
Explanation
This activity is used to define supply chain parameters. i.e. the ship-via codes, routes, lead times, distance, expected shipping
costs, shipment type and shipment location, between the sites that act as internal supply sites or internal demand sites when using the inter-site feature. The demand
site acts as a customer to the supply site, and vice versa. In the context of
shipment order, demand site corresponds to Receiver and supply
site corresponds to Sender.
There are several work options from different views for the same object(s)
when you are working with supply chain parameters. You can either work on the
Site to Site Supply Chain Parameters
page for site-to-site relations, or on
the
Supply Chain Matrix for Site
page (on the
From Supply Site tab and the
To Demand
Site tab). The matrix page provides the ability to work with all relations for an object from a focal point,
on a
single page.
The information on the
Site to Site Supply Chain Parameters
page is exactly the same as in the corresponding tabs, the only difference is the way the
information is displayed. This means that a parameter has to be updated in only one of the views.
When you enter the ship via code, the system language determines the available ship via codes.
You can enter a route ID per ship via code.
The picking lead time, external transport lead time and
internal transport lead time are required parameters, while distance, expected additional cost, and currency can be useful to define the
sourcing feature. The shipment type and shipment location
are useful parameters if you want to control the shipment process from this
level of detail.
The
Site to Site Supply Chain Parameters
page and the
Supply Chain Matrix for Site
page are divided into two tables. In the upper table, you can view and enter general
supply chain parameters. In the lower table, you can view and define exceptions for the general supply chain parameters defined
in the upper table. The exceptions are defined on a supply chain part group level. Therefore, the parameters are valid for all
the inventory parts connected to the same supply chain part group.
The following parameters can be useful to define the sourcing feature:
- Enter the distance between the internal sites (e.g. the distance between
the internal supply site and the internal demand site). Any unit of measure can be used.
- Enter an expected additional cost for shipping the parts by using the specified delivery mode. When you enter an expected additional cost, you also need to specify the currency.
Prerequisites
Required:
- The internal supply site and demand site must have been entered on the
Sites page.
- When you work in the matrix, the focal point in the header, i.e., the point of departure, must have been connected to your user on the
Sites per User
page.
- The ship via code with the correct language code (which is the same as the system language), must have been entered on the
Ship Via Codes
page.
Optional:
- To trade between internal sites in the system, a supplier and a customer must have been entered. Also, the
connections between the site and the customer (on the
Order/Misc Customer Info tab of the
Customer
page), and the site and the supplier (on the
Purchase/Misc Supplier Info tab of the
Supplier
page) must have been established.
A default ship via code and delivery
term should be specified for the document address in the supplier record, and
the delivery address in the customer record. Then, the customer and supplier
are automatically retrieved when you enter the order site or the supply site.
- The currency must have been activated in IFS/Application Services, on the
Currency tab of the
ISO Code Usage page. The expected additional cost requires that the currency is stated and activated.
- A route must have been defined on the
Customer
Order Route page.
- The shipment type must have been entered on the
Sales Basic Data page.
- The shipment location must have been entered on
the Inventory Locations
page with a location type of Shipment
on the current site.
Required when defining an exception to the general parameters:
- The inventory parts that require supply chain parameters other than the general ones, must have been connected to a supply chain part group.
System Effects
As a result of this activity:
- Supply chain parameters are defined between sites that act as internal supply sites and internal demand sites.
- The first entry for a particular relation automatically becomes the default setting when shipping goods (the Default
option is enabled). If you have more than one record for a relation, you can easily change the default record (and ship via code), by clicking Set as Default Ship Via
command, on the selected row.
- If a route is
entered, it will override the route entered for the same ship-via code on the Customer/Address/Order
Address Info tab.
- If a picking lead
time is entered, it will override the value entered in the delivering site.
- If a shipment type and shipment location have been
entered, these values overrule the shipment type and shipment location
entered as default on the customer delivery address or
the delivering site.