Understanding Supplier Release Schedules

Suppliers can use the SRM portlet to review planned and released supplier schedules. The schedule provides suppliers with advance notice of requirements and helps suppliers to forecast customer (also known as buyer or planner) needs for the future.

Suppliers can inquire about a particular item or blanket order that is associated with a supplier schedule. The buyer can allow the supplier to change delivery dates and quantities on the supplier schedule, provided that the buyer's enterprise has set the appropriate processing option in the Supplier Schedule Revisions program (P34301) to allow the supplier to make changes. After the supplier submits changes to the supplier schedule, the system automatically notifies the buyer of the changes that the supplier has made.