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Demand Schedules

The Demand Schedules screen maintains order demands from suppliers. You can add either forecast or firm releases with part numbers, ship dates, and the like.

Main Topics:

Work with Demand Schedules
Print a Schedule
Print a Release
Export a Release
Create EDI Document
Create a Demand Schedule
Delete a Demand Schedule
Related Topics

Work with Demand Schedules

1. On the Supplier Demand Mgt menu, click Demand Schedules.

2. On the Supplier Demand Schedules screen, click the item that you want to view.

3. On the Supplier Demand Schedule screen, select the General, LINE ITEMS, MISCELLANEOUS, or Other Info tabs to view the corresponding details.

General tab

LINE ITEMS tab

MISCELLANEOUS tab

Other Info tab

Work with Line Items

To view a Line Item

1. On the Line Items tab, click the line item whose details you want to view.

2. On the Line Detail window, switch to the GENERAL, DETAILS, MISCELLANEOUS, and Other Info tabs to view the corresponding data.

Line Detail-General tab

TIP You can scroll down to view more fields on the General tab.

Line Detail-DETAILS tab

Line Detail- MISCELLANEOUS tab

Line Detail- Other Info tab

Field Definitions- Line Detail-GENERAL

Field	Definition
Part Number	The part number of this item.
PO Number	The PO reference number of this shipment, if applicable.
Eng Change Level	The engineering/design change code for the part ordered.
Supplier Part Number	The supplier’s part number.
Dock Nbr	Dock number this part will be sent to, if applicable.
Line Feed	Production Line Feed for this part.
Reserve LF	Reserve Line Feed for this part.
Unit of Measure	Unit of measure used.
SHIPMENT	Last Quantity: Qualifier for the quantity in the following field – choose if the quantity was shipped or received from this Trading Partner. 011: Shipped 050: Received Shipment Id: Shipment identifier or ASN number. Qualifier: Type of shipment: C: Firm D: Planning Cumulative Quantity: Qualifier for the cumulative quantity shipped/received from this Trading Partner. Start Date: Start date of this cumulative quantity. Thru Date: Cumulative quantity through this date.
Timing	Timing of the shipment: D: Discrete W: Weekly
Quantity	Quantity according to the last ASN.
Date	Date of the last ASN.
Reference Number	The release authorization number on the shipment.

Print a Schedule

The Print button will print a report for the selected schedules.

On the Supplier Demand Mgt menu, click Demand Schedules.
On the Supplier Demand Schedules screen, click Print.
On the Choose Reports to Print window, do the following:

a. Select the date in the Start Doc Date dropdown list.

b. Select the date in the End Doc Date dropdown list.

c. Select one of the following options, and then click OK.

· Select the Forecasts by Part checkbox if you want to print the Forecast Report, grouped by Parts.

· Select the Forecasts by Date checkbox if you want to print the Forecast Report, grouped by Date.

4. On the confirmation message, click OK to review and print the report.

Forecasts by Part Report

Forecasts by Date Report

Print a Release

The Print Release button will print a report for the selected schedules.

1. On the Supplier Demand Mgt menu, click Demand Schedules.

2. On the Supplier Demand Schedules screen, select the release that you want to print.

3. Click Print Release.

4. On the confirmation message, click OK to review and print the report.

Export a Release

The Export Release button will export a report for one or multiple schedules to an Excel spreadsheet for external use.

1. On the Supplier Demand Mgt menu, click Demand Schedules.

2. On the Supplier Demand Schedules screen, select the release that you want to export.

3. Click Export Release.

Note If needed, you can select multiple schedules to export.

The Demand Schedule Excel file is downloaded.

If you export one Schedule, the Excel file will contain only data from that Schedule. The file name of the Excel file is saved as Name of Trading Partner + Document Reference Number + Demand Schedule + Timestamp (Unix format).

If you export multiple Schedules, the Excel file will contain data of all selected Schedules. The file name of the Excel file is saved as Demand Schedule + Timestamp (Unix format).

Create EDI Document

1. On the Supplier Demand Mgt menu, click Demand Schedules.

2. On the Supplier Demand Schedules screen, select the release.

3. Click Create EDI Document.

4. On the confirmation window, click OK.

Create a Demand Schedule

On the Supplier Demand Mgt menu, click Demand Schedules.
On the Supplier Demand Schedules screen, click New.
On the Supplier Demand Schedule screen, fill out the form. Use the following Field Definitions.

When you’re finished, click Save.

Field Definitions

Field	Definition
Trading Partner	The Trading Partner ID code.
Purpose	Indicates the release’s purpose code: 00: Original 01: Cancellation 04: Change 05: Replacement. Common item: Id=R; Code=SCHPU; Setting=value from above.
Trans Type	The type of transaction. 830 defines Material Release or Planning Schedule.
Schedule Type	Indicates the basis of dates in shipments: DL: Delivery based dates SH: Shipment based dates Common item: Id=R; Code=SCHTY; Setting=value from above.
Document	Release number to uniquely identify this schedule. The default is today’s date and time (YYMMDDHHMMSS).
Document Date	The date when the schedule was created. The default is today’s date.
Start Date	If applicable, the shipment release start date. The default is today’s date.
End Date	If applicable, the shipment release end date. The default is 7 days out.
Release Nbr	The number of the material release document.
Quantity Type	Indicates the basis of quantity values in shipments: A: Actual quantity, no calculations required to determine how much product to send. C: Cumulative quantity, calculations required to determine how much product to send. Common item: Id=R; Code=QTYQU; Setting=value from above.
Ship To	Location to which shipment was sent. Common item: Id=O; Code=ST; Setting=Ship To code.
Ship From	Location from which shipment will be sent. Common item: Id=O; Code=SF; Setting=Ship From code.
Schedule Issuer	The Material Release Schedule Issuer.
Supplier/Manuf	Supplier or Manufacturer of the product or part. Common item: Id=O;Code=SU; Setting=supplier’s code.
Dock Nbr	Dock number this part will be sent to, if applicable.
Line Feed	Production Line Feed for this part.
PO Number	Purchase Order reference number, if applicable.
Life Cycle	These codes provide the schedule status. Do not change this field. 10: New Schedule, user has not verified content. 20: Verification process has started on this schedule. 90: Completed processing of schedule – Product activity records added; schedule’s EDI document created when Trading Partner is EDI-capable. 99: EDI document sent; schedule has finished its life cycle.

Delete a Demand Schedule

1. On the Supplier Demand Mgt menu, click Demand Schedules.

2. On the Supplier Demand Schedules screen, select the schedule that you want to remove, and then click Delete.

3. On the confirmation window, click OK.