Perform Supplier Tolerance Check
Explanation
Business contracts often include allowable schedule variances with potential
financial penalties if violated. Therefore, it can be crucial for the supplier
to present actual facts and figures associated with the schedule variance's
violations.
The two main tolerance calculations are cumulative schedule tolerance and
bucketed schedule tolerance call-off.
- Cumulative Schedule Tolerance: This check shows the cumulative effect
of the releases. The quantity per day is compared to the same period of
time for a previous schedule. The variations are also measured per day on
the basis of cumulative requirements.
- Bucketed Schedule Tolerance: This check summarizes schedule quantities
into the buckets defined by the schedule template. Accumulations in like-size
buckets are compared to a tolerance percentage defined for each bucket in
the template.
Perform a tolerance check by using one of the following alternatives:
- Perform a tolerance check directly on a specific supplier schedule from
the Supplier Schedule
page.
- Perform a tolerance check directly on all the supplier schedules that
meet the defined selection criteria in the
Tolerance Check
Supplier Schedule dialog.
- Create a schedule that performs a tolerance check on a regular basis
on all the supplier schedules that meet the defined selection criteria in
the Scheduled
Tasks. Default settings in the
Tolerance Check
Supplier Schedule
dialog can be used by selecting the Default feature. Default
settings are derived from the Task Registration
page in IFS Admin, which is set by the administrator.
Note: A supplier schedule can be checked for tolerance even if the
approver is blocked for use.
Prerequisites
- The conditions for the tolerance check method have to be entered in
the supplier schedule agreement.
System Effects
- If all schedule lines are within the stated tolerance, the entire supplier
schedule will receive the Within Tolerance status.
- If one or several schedule lines received the result Out of
Tolerance or Not Performed, the status for the
complete schedule will receive the Out of Tolerance status
and cannot automatically continue in the schedule flow.
- If you have scheduled the task as a background job in the
Tolerance Check
Supplier Schedule dialog, the task will be automatically performed
based on the specified selection criteria.