45 Overview to Supplier Scheduling
This chapter contains these topics:
45.1 Objectives
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To understand the key supplier scheduling concepts
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To identify the steps you use to create a supplier schedule
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To enter supplier information that is related to anticipated shipment quantities and the dates that you expect the supplier to meet
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To generate a supplier schedule and create a purchase order
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To update planned ship quantities in the supplier schedule
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To review and release the current supplier schedule
45.2 About Supplier Scheduling
You set up and maintain supplier schedules to:
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Support item-specific relationships for scheduled shipments at the supplier's site
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Set up blanket purchase orders and material shipping arrangements with each supplier
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Generate a shipping schedule for all supplier scheduled demand within your release horizon
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Generate multiple supplier schedules for a single item
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Adjust the shipping schedule for unplanned events and create blanket purchase order releases
Working with supplier schedules consists of the following tasks:
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Defining supplier contracts
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Generating supplier schedules
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Revising supplier schedules
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Releasing supplier schedules
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Printing supplier schedules (optional)
Setting up supplier schedules provides your suppliers with consistent shipping information and advanced demand profiles to support your goal of just-in-time production and delivery. Using supplier schedules enables you to convert your DRP/MPS/MRP plans into a realistic shipping schedule.
Your buyers maintain timely information to monitor contract terms against your current needs. The supplier schedule identifies both short- and long-term needs for purchased items at your facility. Suppliers can then use your supplier schedule to plan their production and shipping schedules.
The system records supplier schedule information in the following tables:
45.2.1 What Is the Effective Date Range?
The effective date range for a blanket purchase order is specified by the beginning order entry date and the expiration requested date.
45.2.2 What Is a Blanket Purchase Order?
A blanket purchase order is a standing order that you issue to a supplier for a large quantity of goods with no specific delivery date.
The process of scheduling supplier items begins in JD Edwards World Purchase Management system with the creation of a blanket purchase order. You must create a blanket purchase order for every item that you want to schedule for supplier delivery.
Use Enter Blanket Order in the Purchasing Management system to enter blanket orders for items. You can review all blanket orders for a single item when you set up a supplier schedule.
Supplier release scheduling allows you to set up multiple blanket orders for the same supplier. The system uses a technique similar to effectivity dates to determine the active order. The system uses the blanket order date as the start date and the requested date as the end date.
45.2.3 What Is a Blanket Order Release?
You use a blanket order release for suppliers to whom you periodically release orders for delivery of some, but not all, of the goods on a purchase order.
For example, you might issue a blanket order release for 16,000 items from a supplier. In addition, you might have an agreement to take delivery of up to 2,000 units of the item each month until the order is filled.
When Supplier Scheduling processes the order suggestions, the system creates a purchase order against the blanket order. Receipts for the generated orders reduce the total quantity open on the blanket purchase order.
The following illustrates how the system uses blanket purchase orders and blanket order releases.
Figure 45-1 Blanket Purchase Orders and Order Releases
Description of ''Figure 45-1 Blanket Purchase Orders and Order Releases''
45.2.4 What Are the Steps for Creating a Supplier Schedule?
The following graphic illustrates the steps you follow to create a supplier schedule.
Figure 45-2 Steps in Creating a Supplier Schedule
Description of ''Figure 45-2 Steps in Creating a Supplier Schedule''