Setting Up Supplier Contracts

Access the Vendor Schedule Master Revisions form.

Releasable Days

Enter a time fence that indicates the number of workdays from the generation start date to use when identifying the cutoff date for actual blanket order releases. The system uses the time fence when you run the supplier schedule release generation program.

Deliver to Location

Enter the location to which a shipment should be delivered, such as a particular receiving dock or work center.

Shipment Quantity

Enter the minimum quantity that the supplier is willing to ship.

Ship Units/Cont (ship units/container)

Enter the standard quantity of containers that you use in the manufacturing process (typically, in a repetitive manufacturing environment). The quantity that you enter determines the number of bar code labels that you will need for shipping. It also modifies order release quantities.

This value identifies the container requirements of the supplier. When the system generates the supplier schedule, it calculates the shipping units per container as a multiple and adjusts the planned quantities as needed.

Shipment Leadtime

Enter the time it takes a shipment to move from the supplier's dock to the customer's dock. The system uses this value to offset the required date to determine the actual date that the shipment should take place. The shipment leadtime is also known as transit time. The level leadtime for a purchased item should include the shipment leadtime.

Vendor Lot Size

Enter a value that identifies the lot size requirements of the supplier. When the system generates the supplier schedule, it calculates the vendor lot size as a multiple and adjusts the planned quantities as needed.

Frozen Days

Enter the number of workdays from the generation start date that the quantity buckets will be frozen with no changes and releases possible. The system also uses this value to calculate the cumulative frozen quantity shown in the Cum Frozen field on the Other Information tab.

Fabrication Days

Enter the number of workdays, from the generation start date, that the customer guarantees the fabrication costs for the quantity that was ordered.

Raw Material Days

Enter the number of workdays, from the generation start date, that the customer guarantees the raw material costs for the quantity that was ordered.

Vendor Schedule D/W/M (vendor schedule days/weeks/months)

Select an option to create the vendor schedule in days, weeks, or months.

Number

Enter the number of workdays, weeks, and months to display on the supplier schedule.