Scheduling Agreement with Delivery Schedules 

Definition

An outline agreement that is created for one or more materials and outlines the overall expected quantity of the material(s) to be delivered to the customer over a specific period of time.

Use

The scheduling agreement is used as a basis for delivering a material. The customer sends in scheduling agreement releases, referred to as delivery schedules, at regular intervals to release a quantity of the material.

Structure

The structure of scheduling agreements with delivery schedules resemble that of other sales documents in the SAP System, in particular the standard scheduling agreement.

Data that applies to the entire document appears in the header; data about materials appears at item level; and delivery dates and quantities appear in the schedule lines within the delivery schedule. Additionally, the system maintains a history that permits you to compare and contrast various generations of delivery schedules.

Integration

Data in scheduling agreements comes from three sources:

·        The customer sends in requested quantities and dates, normally by Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

·        The component supplier enters data manually

·        The system automatically copies data into the scheduling agreement from master records