Examples of Impact of Pick-pack Lead Time

Here are some examples that will help you understand pick-pack lead time even better.

Example1: Impact of pick-pack lead time on backlog planning results when pick-pack lead time is defined but shipment cutoff time is not defined. Pick-pack lead time for this example is 3 days.

Item	Organization	Supply Type	Quantity	Supply Available Date
Item1	M1	On hand	100	1/7/2030
Item2	M1	Purchase Order	100	1/28/2030

After the backlog plan is run, the planned ship date for both the orders is pushed back by 3 days from the supply available date. So, the planned ship date for the first order would be 1/10/2030 and for the second order would be 1/31/2030

Example 2: The impact of pick-pack time on backlog planning results when shipment cutoff date is defined. The pick-pack time for this example is 3 days and the order shipment cutoff time is set at 14:00 (2:00PM).

Item	Organization	Supply Type	Quantity	Supply Available Date
Item1	M1	On hand	100	1/7/2030

If the backlog plan is run before 2:00PM, the planned ship date is pushed back by 3 days from the supply available date. If the backlog plan is run at any time after 2:00PM, the order shipment cutoff date is respected. The planned ship date is not defined on 1/10/2030 but the next day - 1/11/2030.

Example 3: Impact of pick-pack lead time on backlog planning results when the equation: Scheduled Ship Date – Pick-Pack Lead Time gives a date in the past or a date before the system date.

Item	Organization	Supply Type	Quantity	Supply Available Date
Item 1	M1	On hand	100	1/7/2030

The pick-pack time for this example is 4 days and the scheduled ship date is 1/8/2030. The organization M1 is working from Monday to Friday.

Here's the equation: Scheduled Ship Date – Pick and Pack Lead Time gives the date 1/2/2030. This date is before the current date or system date. So the planned ship date is set as 1/8/2030 which is the scheduled ship date as the order is assumed to be already in the picking stage.