Shipping and Planning Schedules

Decrementing CUMs

You use decrementing CUMs to decrease the cumulative amount that was shipped and to place orders on hold when the CUM shipped reaches zero.

Fences

You can use schedule fences and preferences to control how the system maintains records for new releases and changed quantities. Two kinds of fences exist, firm and plan.

A firm shipment fence specifies the number of days of demand for which you create sales orders. The planned forecast fence specifies the number of days of demand for which you create forecasts.

Standard Pack

You use standard pack and rounding rules and cumulative calculations to determine order quantities. You set up standard pack information at the customer and item level to ensure that shipments are made in the correct quantity. Customers can request shipments that are not using standard pack.

Ahead/Behind

You can determine whether a supplier is over-shipped, under-shipped, or even. You calculate this amount by subtracting the cumulative shipped amount from the cumulative required amount. If the amount is positive, the supplier is behind (under-shipped). If the amount is negative, the supplier is ahead (over-shipped). If the difference amount is zero, the supplier is on schedule.

Forecast Dates

You create forecasted schedules and transmit them from the trading partner to the supplier to cover a forward period, usually in a days/weeks/months format. The schedules are often given in a series of year-to-date cumulative totals.

Schedule Revision Preferences

You set up a preference to specify how the customer sends their planning demand.