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.