Define Supplier to Site Supply Chain Parameters
Explanation
Use this activity to manage supply chain parameters, i.e., the ship via codes,
lead times, distance, and expected shipping costs for deliveries from external
supplier addresses to internal demand sites within your corporation.
There are several work options from different pages for the same object(s)
when working with supply chain parameters. You can chose from three different
pages:
- The overview page
Supplier to
Site Supply Chain Parameters
- The matrix page
Supply Chain
Matrix for Site (the From External
Supplier tab)
- The matrix page
Supply Chain
Matrix for Supplier (the To Demand
Site tab).
The information in the overview page for the supplier-to-site relations is
exactly the same as in the corresponding tabs in the matrixes. The only difference
is the way the information is displayed. This means that a parameter needs to
be updated in only one of the views. The matrix pages provide the ability to
work with all relations for an object, i.e., from a focal point, in a single
page.
When you enter the delivery mode (ship via), the chosen language in the supplier
record determines which ship via codes that are available. The 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.
Note that all days entered must be in integers and are specified in calendar
days.
Both the overview page and the matrix pages are divided into two tables.
In the upper table, you can view and enter general supply chain parameters.
In the lower drop down table (opened by using the arrow to the far left
on the line), you can view or define exceptions for each general supply chain
parameter defined in the upper table. The exceptions are defined on a supply
chain part group level, which means the parameters are valid for all the inventory
parts connected to the same supply chain part group.
Prerequisites
Required:
- The internal demand site must have been entered in the
Site page.
- The external supplier must have been entered in the
Supplier page.
- When you work in the matrixes, the focal point in the header, i.e.,
the point of departure, must have been connected to your user in the
Sites per User page.
- The ship via code with the correct language code (the same as in the
supplier record), must have been entered in the
Ship Via Codes page.
Optional:
- To trade between an external supplier and an internal demand site in
the system, the connections between the demand site and the customer should
be established. Do this on the Order/Misc Customer
Info tab of the Customer
page.
Also, a default ship via code and delivery term must be specified
for the delivery address in the supplier record, and the delivery address
in the customer record.
- The currency must have been activated on the
Currency tab of the
ISO Code Usage
page.
The expected additional cost requires that the currency is stated and activated.
Required when defining exceptions to the general parameters:
- The inventory part that requires 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 for deliveries from external supplier
addresses to internal demand sites, within your corporation.
- If the delivery address is marked as default in the supplier record,
the Default Address option is enabled.
- 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 this specific relation,
you can change the default record by using command
Set as Default Ship Via on the selected record.