Planning Delivery Schedule

Definition

An internal delivery schedule used to fine-tune requirements planning. The planning delivery schedule serves to:

  • Limit the planning period of schedule lines in forecast delivery schedules

  • Break down the weekly or monthly schedule lines sent in by the customer into daily requirements

Planning delivery schedules are based on forecast delivery schedules. You can, however, use sources other than the scheduling agreement, such as data from Sales and Operations Planning (SOP) .

Use

You can create a planning delivery schedule in the scheduling agreement, either manually or from a planning system. You then use it to plan shipping on the customer-material level. The planning delivery schedule is relevant for requirements even before the first forecast delivery schedule has been received from the customer. You can specify whether the planning delivery schedule is also relevant for delivery.

Later, the customer sends in a forecast delivery schedule, which is entered manually or introduced into the scheduling agreement by intermediate document (IDoc). You use the forecast delivery schedule to generate a new planning delivery schedule. Here, the system overwrites schedule lines in your previous planning delivery schedule with actual customer requirements. This is done only for schedule lines within a specific time frame, which you specify. You can reuse schedule lines from the previous planning delivery schedule in the new one for periods not covered by the forecast delivery schedule.

Note Note

Because the planning delivery schedule typically deviates from the forecast delivery schedule, the original forecast delivery schedule is stored unchanged in the scheduling agreement so you can easily review any changes.

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Structure

The planning delivery schedule is structured in the same way as forecast and just-in-time (JIT) delivery schedules.

Integration

The characteristics of the planning delivery schedule are determined by its instruction .

Planning delivery schedules complement other delivery schedules in the scheduling agreement. When the planning delivery schedule is relevant for planning or delivery, for example, it replaces the forecast delivery schedule in that function. For more information on how forecast, and JIT delivery schedules affect requirement and delivery relevance in the planning delivery schedule, see Requirements and Delivery Relevance .