Define Supplier to Customer Supply Chain Parameters
Explanation
Use this activity to manage supply chain parameters, i.e., ship via codes,
lead times, distance, and expected shipping costs for direct deliveries from
external supplier addresses to external customer addresses.
There are several work options from different views for the same object(s)
when you work with supply chain parameters. You can chose from three different
views:
- The overview page
Supplier to Customer
Supply Chain Parameters
- The matrix page
Supply Chain
Matrix for Customer (the
From External Supplier tab)
- The matrix page
Supply Chain
Matrix for Supplier (the
To External Customer
tab)
The information in the overview page for the supplier-to-customer relations
is exactly the same as on the corresponding tabs in the matrixes, 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. The matrix pages provide the ability to
work with all relations for an object, i.e., from a focal point, from a single
page.
When you enter the delivery mode (ship via), the language in the customer
record determines which ship via codes are available. The external transport
lead time is a required parameter, while distance, expected additional cost,
and currency can be useful to define the sourcing feature.
The following parameters can be useful to define the sourcing feature:
- Enter the distance between the external customer address and the external
supplier address. 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.
Both the overview page and the matrix pages are divided into two sections.
You can view and enter general supply chain parameters and also handle exceptions
for each general supply chain parameter definition. The exceptions are defined
on a supply chain part group, which means the parameters are valid for all the
inventory parts connected to the same supply chain part group.
Prerequisites
Required:
- The external supplier must have been entered in the
Supplier
page.
- The external customer must have been entered in the
Customer
page.
- When you work in the matrixes, the focal point, i.e., the point of the
departure, in the header 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 on the
Ship Via Codes
page.
Optional:
- To trade between the supplier and customer in the system, a default
ship via code and delivery term must be specified for the delivery address
in the supplier record, and the delivery address must be specified in the
customer record.
- The currency must have been activated in IFS/Application Services, in
the Currency
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 external customer addresses.
- If the delivery address is marked as default in the supplier record,
the Default Address option is enabled.
- If the delivery address is marked as default in the customer record,
the Default Address option is enabled.
- The first entry for a particular combination automatically becomes the
default setting when shipping goods (the Default option is enabled).
If you have more than one record for a specific combination, 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 freight map ID and a zone ID has been specified manually, the
Manually Assigned Zone option will get enabled. Even when an automatic
assigning job is run, the manually entered values by the user will remain.