Adjusting Delivery and Transportation Scheduling

When you create an order, the system determines the required material availability date based on the delivery date requested by the customer. The goods to be delivered must be available for shipping at that point in time.

Scheduling takes into account the following lead times:

• Transit time

  Time required to ship an outbound delivery to the ship-to party

• Loading time

  Time required for loading the goods

• Pick/pack time

  Time required for picking and packing

• Transportation lead time

  Time required for organizing the transportation

The loading time and pick/pack time are taken from the shipping point, whereas the transit time and the transportation lead time are taken from the route.

The system first performs backward scheduling in the order. If this results in a date in the past, the system automatically performs forward scheduling, which confirms a new delivery date. The system also performs forward scheduling if the material is not available on the material availability date. When you create an outbound delivery you can carry out forward scheduling again. Forward scheduling also resolves the "delay" in an outbound order that occurs if the material availability date determined in an order falls before the time when the outbound delivery is created. For each delivery type, you can specify whether rescheduling is needed.

You can choose which scheduling logic the system should use for each shipping point. The working times of the shipping point can be taken into account during scheduling. The working times of a shipping point consist of a calendar, which must agree with the factory calendar stored for the shipping point, as well as a shift sequence. The shift sequence defines the shifts for each weekday, and the shifts define the times for starting and finishing work. The route is used to determine the transportation planning lead time. It is also used to determine the transit time.

If you have maintained the working times of the shipping point, the system performs precise scheduling. Both types of scheduling use the factory calendar of the route to determine when the route is used.

The following are some of the features of precise scheduling:

• The system calculates and displays the results of scheduling to the minute.
• The system uses the working times of the shipping point.
• Pick/pack and loading times are specified in hours and minutes.

The following are some of the features of daily scheduling:

• The system uses days, hours, and minutes for calculation but only displays the resulting date.
• The system uses the factory calendar of the shipping point.