Describing Scheduling Agreements with Releases

Objectives

After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

  • Explain the process flow for Scheduling Agreements with Releases
  • Compare the Scheduling Agreement with Releases to a Purchase Order

Scheduling Agreements with Releases Overview

For an overview of Scheduling Agreement Collaboration, watch this video.

Scheduling Agreement with Releases Collaboration Process Flow

The Scheduling Agreement with Releases Collaboration process flow is shown in the diagram below. The process starts with the creation of the Scheduling Agreement, which includes the Planning Horizon, the Firm Zone, the Trade-off Zone, the Forecast/Planning Zone, and the delivery schedules.

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Process Flow Repeats for Each Release

Scheduling Agreement with Releases

The first two steps in the process flow are to create the Scheduling Agreement and the Delivery Schedules. These steps are completed once for the Scheduling Agreement. The remaining steps are repeated for each Release of the Scheduling Agreement.

Release 1

This diagram shows the same process flow but with the steps compressed in the diagram. Each of the steps in the box are the steps that are repeated for each Release.

Release 2

This diagram shows a second release for this Scheduling Agreement. The steps are repeated for each Release of the Scheduling Agreement.

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