Define Site to Site Supply Chain Parameters
Explanation
This activity is used to define supply chain parameters. i.e. the ship-via codes, routes, lead times, distance,
expected shipping costs, shipment type and shipment location, between the sites that act as internal supply sites
or internal demand sites when using the inter-site feature. The demand site acts as a customer to the supply site,
and vice versa. In the context of shipment order, demand site corresponds to Receiver and supply
site corresponds to Sender.
There are several work options from different views for the same object(s) when you are working with supply
chain parameters. You can either work on the Site to Site Supply Chain Parameters page for site-to-site relations,
or on the Supply Chain Matrix for Site page (on the From Supply Site tab and the To Demand Site tab). The matrix
page provides the ability to work with all relations for an object from a focal point, on a single page.
The information on the Site to Site Supply Chain Parameters page is exactly the same as in the corresponding
tabs, 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.
When you enter the ship via code, the system language determines the available ship via codes. You can enter a
route ID per ship via code. The picking lead time, 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. The shipment type and shipment location are useful parameters if you want to control the shipment
process from this level of detail.
The Site to Site Supply Chain Parameters page and the Supply Chain Matrix for Site page are divided into two
tables. In the upper table, you can view and enter general supply chain parameters. In the lower table, you can
view and define exceptions for the general supply chain parameters defined in the upper table. The exceptions are
defined on a supply chain part group level. Therefore, the parameters are valid for all the inventory parts
connected to the same supply chain part group.
The following parameters can be useful to define the sourcing feature:
- Enter the distance between the internal sites (e.g. the distance between the internal supply site and the
internal demand site). 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.
Prerequisites
Required:
- The internal supply site and demand site must have been entered on the Sites page.
- When you work in the matrix, the focal point in the header, i.e., the point of departure, must have been
connected to your user on the Sites per User page.
- The ship via code with the correct language code (which is the same as the system language), must have been
entered on the Ship Via Codes page.
Optional:
- To trade between internal sites in the system, a supplier and a customer must have been entered. Also, the
connections between the site and the customer (on the Order/Misc Customer Info tab of the Customer page), and the
site and the supplier (on the Purchase/Misc Supplier Info tab of the Supplier page) must have been
established.
A default ship via code and delivery term should be specified for the document address in the supplier record,
and the delivery address in the customer record. Then, the customer and supplier are automatically retrieved when
you enter the order site or the supply site.
- The currency must have been activated in IFS/Application Services, on the Currency tab of the ISO Code Usage
page. The expected additional cost requires that the currency is stated and activated.
- A route must have been defined on the Customer Order Route page.
- The shipment type must have been entered on the Sales Basic Data page.
- The shipment location must have been entered on the Inventory Locations page with a location type of
Shipment on the current site.
Required when defining an exception to the general parameters:
- The inventory parts that require 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 between sites that act as internal supply sites and internal demand
sites.
- 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 a relation, 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 route is entered, it will override the route entered for the same ship-via code on the
Customer/Address/Order Address Info tab.
- If a picking lead time is entered, it will override the value entered in the delivering site.
- If a shipment type and shipment location have been entered, these values overrule the shipment type and
shipment location entered as default on the customer delivery address or the delivering site.