Setting Up Categories for Requirement Detail
You can maintain special requirements information associated with schedules, such as:
• Special marking required by the customer for the items shipped
• Specific information needed on barcode labels for packaging
• Requirements tied to authorization numbers, such as release authorization numbers (RAN)
Multiple sets of requirement detail can be associated with each schedule detail record. This information can be updated in a subframe of Customer Plan Schedule Maint (7.5.1) and Customer Ship Schedule Maint (7.5.2).
When Required Ship Schedule Update (7.5.5) is run, requirement detail is copied to the RSS and can be viewed and maintained in Required Ship Schedule Maintenance (7.5.3). It can be reviewed on various schedule reports including:
• Schedule Inquiry (7.5.8)
• Schedule Report (7.5.10)
Requirement categories are created in Generalized Codes Maintenance (36.2.13) for field rqm_cat. The categories you create should be based on the type of requirement detail you receive.
The category AUTHNBR represents an authorization number. This category is created during document import, if it does not exist. AUTHNBR is the only category that has special meaning to the system. Other categories are for your reference only.
Authorization numbers are tracked from time of receipt through the entire shipment process to final invoicing. During import, if authorization numbers are received, the database is checked to verify that the numbers are unique, based on business rules.