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 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:

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:

Optional:

Required when defining exceptions to the general parameters:

System Effects

As a result of this activity: