BDR Procurement, Supplier SchedulesThis step is optional.
Before you can start using IFS/Supplier Schedules, you must enter some basic data, such as supplier schedule agreements and schedule line types.
Approver Approve is part of the supplier scheduling process prior to release of schedules. The approver group contains a one or several users connected to persons that is entered in IFS/Enterprise. The approver group is specified in the supplier schedule agreement and only users connected to the approver group is allowed to approve schedules based on the agreement. This information is mandatory.
Tolerance Template Represents a schedule definition for the time buckets and the schedule tolerances in these buckets. This information is mandatory if tolerance checking is used.
Schedule Template This defines the frequency of declaration of a schedule quantity and the time period that the quantity represents. The schedule template also defines the amount of periods, their duration in days, and whether the data entered at the specified period will result in a purchase order line or not. This information is mandatory.
Supplier Schedule Agreement A supplier schedule agreement represents a long-term business contract between buying and selling organizations. The supplier schedule agreement consists of two parts: the supplier schedule agreement and the supplier schedule agreement part where several supplier agreement parts can be based on one supplier schedule agreement. When a new agreement part is entered, default values are taken from the agreement. This information is mandatory.
Schedule Line Type Specify whether the schedule line should be converted into a purchase order line or if it should be used only as planning data. Schedule line types are connected to the schedule template periods. This information is mandatory.
Purchase Order Header It is mandatory to enter a purchase order header. This is used for the release of supplier schedule lines against the purchase order where the demand type of the schedule line type equates to Delivery Authorized. The purchase order is linked to the supplier schedule agreement part.
The information entered in this step is used throughout IFS/Supplier Schedules.
Note: When using multi-site ordering, the schedule line type for both IFS/Supplier Schedules and IFS/Customer Schedules must have the same values. Otherwise, the transfer of schedules will not work.