Scheduled Orders

Use Supplier Scheduled Order Maintenance (5.5.1.13) to set up scheduled orders. Scheduled orders define the parameters used to generate planning and shipping schedules for individual items that have been entered on separate scheduled order lines. They provide the framework for a shipping contract between customer and supplier, but have no delivery dates. When you run Schedule Update from MRP, the system uses item demand data from MRP to create planning and shipping schedules for scheduled order line items.


Field	Importance to Supplier Shipping Schedules
Print Schedules, EDI Schedules, Fax Schedules	Use these fields to specify how generated shipping or planning schedules for the order will be delivered to suppliers.
Firm Days	For supplier shipping schedules, quantities and dates within the period you specify in this field are not changed by Schedule Update from MRP.
Schedule Days, Schedule Weeks, Schedule Months	Schedule Update from MRP uses these values to determine the number of days, weeks, and months that display on schedules based on this order line. Shipping schedules are generated for the number of days specified in the Schedule Days field for this line. Planning schedules are generated to cover the sum of schedule weeks and schedule months. When Schedule Days is zero on an order line, supplier shipping schedules are not generated for that line. When both Schedule Weeks and Schedule Months are zero for an order line, supplier planning schedules are not generated for that line.
Fab Auth Days, Raw Auth Days	These fields indicate the number of days the system uses to calculate fabrication authorization quantities (fab quantities) and raw authorization quantities (raw quantities) on supplier planning schedules. The values you specify here are called authorization horizons. Fab and raw quantities represent cumulative item requirements within the specified number of days since the active start date of their associated planning schedules. These data are sent to the supplier as part of the planning schedule. Schedule Update from MRP uses these values only if scheduled requirements extend beyond the number of days in the authorization horizon. Otherwise, authorization horizons are equal to the number of schedule days specified on the applicable scheduled order line.
Ship Delivery Pattern Code	Use this field to enter an industry-defined code that indicates the days of the week or month that a supplier is open to make shipments
Std Pack Qty	This is the multiple in which orders for this item are shipped. It displays because the standard shipment multiple for an item can vary among suppliers. Schedule Update from MRP rounds order quantities up to this multiple.