Schedule Types and Subtypes (Oracle Supplier Scheduling Help)


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Schedule Types and Subtypes

Planning Schedule

You can automatically or manually build Planning Schedules to communicate long-range forecast and material release information to suppliers. You can build Planning Schedules that include requirements for single or multiple ship-to organizations. You can also build Planning Schedules with buyer's authorizations to commit resources such as raw materials and labor.

Structure

The Planning Schedule is typically structured as follows:

Header

includes data such as the schedule number, forecast horizon start and end dates, supplier, supplier site code, ship-to information, schedule type, and bucket pattern.

Item Detail

Item Detail Schedule

includes quantities for each item accumulated in predetermined date buckets that indicate the following forecast types:

Past Due: past due shipment quantities from existing supply agreement release shipments.

Release: Supply Agreement Release shipment information excluding past due shipment quantities.

Forecast: estimates represented by unimplemented planned orders generated during MRP (Material Requirements Planning) and approved requisitions that have not yet been converted to Supply Agreement Releases.

You can control the bucketing of quantities with dates for each item on the Planning Schedule by defining the pattern of days offset from the forecast horizon start date.

You must define the number of available buckets and the duration of time associated with each bucket. Dates are then dynamically assigned in context of the forecast horizon start date when the Planning Schedule is generated.

You can define bucket patterns in a combination of up to 56:

days

weeks

months

quarters

Before you confirm a schedule, you can delete items, and edit and change item schedules if you have function security. After you confirm a schedule at the header level, you can print it and electronically transmit it as an 830 transaction if your supplier sites support EDI transactions. You cannot modify a schedule after you confirm it.

Shipping Schedule

You can automatically or manually build Shipping Schedules to communicate near-term release shipment information to suppliers. The Shipping Schedule provides a tool for refining the requirements conveyed on the Planning Schedule in support of Just-In-Time (JIT) delivery. Daily buckets are typically used instead of the weekly/monthly/quarterly buckets that are preferred for the Planning Schedule.

Before you confirm a schedule, you can delete items, and edit and change item schedules if you have function security. After you confirm a schedule at the header level, you can print it and electronically transmit it as an 862 transaction if your supplier sites support EDI transactions. You cannot modify a schedule after you confirm it.

Simulation Schedules

You can build Simulation schedules for personal use that can be saved or deleted when you exit the Scheduler's Workbench. Simulation schedules are unofficial schedules for personal use that contain the most current scheduled item information. You can optionally name or number saved Simulation schedules. Saved Simulation schedules can be deleted at any time. You can print Simulation schedules, but you cannot confirm or sent them via EDI.

Comparison: Schedule Types

Attribute	Planning Schedule	Shipping Schedule	Simulation Schedule
Purpose	Communicate long-range forecast requirements.	Communicate near term "firm" requirements; generally with a Forecast Planning Schedule.	View up-to-date item information.
			Play simulation games with alternate MRP/MPS/DRP plans.
			Manually build forecasts for negotiation activities.
Generation Frequency	Weekly	Daily	On Demand
Planning Horizon	4-24 months	3-4 weeks	Any
Bucket Pattern	Weeks, Months, Quarters	Days	Any
Include multiple Ship-to Organizations	Yes	No	Yes, if you are building a Planning Schedule.
Include Resource Authorizations	Yes	No	No
EDI Transaction Set	830	862	None
Specify ASL attribute	Generate Planning Schedules	Generate Shipping Schedules	None

Comparison: Schedule Subtypes

Schedule Type	Subtype (Type)	Description
Planning	Forecast All	Conveys all quantities as forecast information.
		Includes quantities taken from approved releases, approved requisitions, and unimplemented MRP/MPS/DRP planned orders.
		Can include Supply Agreement Releases.
		Shows past due requirements.
		Conveys firm requirements when used with the Shipping Schedule.

Planning	Forecast Only	Conveys forecast information only.
		Includes quantities taken from approved requisitions and unimplemented MRP/MPS/DRP planned orders.
		Does not include Supply Agreement Releases.
		Does not show past due requirements.
		Conveys firm requirements when used with the Shipping Schedule; however, do not use Forecast Only for organizations that have CUM-based forecasts.

Planning	Material Release	Conveys firm requirements taken from approved releases of Blanket Purchase Agreements that are identified as Supply Agreements.
		Conveys forecast quantities.
		Includes Authorizations for each supplier item, if specified.
		Shows past due requirements.
		May not require a business requirement for the Shipping Schedule.

Shipping	Release Only	Conveys firm quantities only.
		Derives requirements from approved Supply Agreement Releases.
		Shows past due requirements.

Shipping	Release and Forecast	Conveys firm quantities.
		Conveys forecast quantities.
		Shows past due requirements.