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.