Customer Sequence Schedules Overview
Customer shipping and planning schedules convey short-term and long-term customer requirements. The optional Customer Sequence Schedules module lets you receive and process shorter term, more detailed sequence schedules—EDI document type 866.
A sequence schedule provides a detailed, short-term view of a customer’s planned requirements. These requirements typically span no longer than a week, and are sent to you, the supplier, in the order that your customer’s manufacturing environment plans to consume them.
With the Customer Sequence Schedules module, you can:
• Set up default customer schedule details, and then tailor defaults for individual customers as needed.
• Receive incoming sequenced schedules using EDI eCommerce.
• Selectively include sequenced requirement information on:
• Picklists
• Pre-shippers
• Shippers
• Invoices
• Advance ship notices (ASN)
• Required ship schedules
• View variances between shipping or planning schedules and sequence schedules or between different releases of a sequence schedule.
• Generate sequence packing lists automatically when creating pre-shippers and shippers. Print sequence packing lists in forward or reverse order.
• Maintain detailed picking records for all sequenced requirements.
• Maintain multiple sequence schedule releases.
Additionally, you can use the Self-Billing module to receive payments based on the customer reference number associated with each sequence. See User Guide: QAD Financials.
Note: Both Customer Sequence Schedules and Self-Billing are elements of the QAD PRO/PLUS functionality. Other PRO/PLUS elements include:
• Container and Line Charges; see User Guide: Sales
• Shipment Performance Reporting; see User Guide: Sales
• Supplier Performance; see User Guide: Purchasing