Dynamic Sourcing
Use
The replenishment service uses dynamic sourcing to determine the transportation lanes, means of transport, and transportation guidelines for the planed receipts of a customer location product. The replenishment service also creates TLB shipments from the planned receipts. To do this, the replenishment service uses the Transport Load Builder (TLB) and the TLB profile from the transportation guidelines.
A key feature of dynamic sourcing is that the replenishment service does not select the transportation guidelines statically, in other words, it only selects them according to predefined priorities and costs. The replenishment service also considers whether the means of transport (the TLB profile) of a transportation guideline is compatible with the quantity of a planned receipt. The replenishment service only uses the transportation guideline if the parameters in the TLB profile and the quantity of the planned receipt are compatible.
Example
The quantity of the planned receipt, for example, is not allowed to be below the lower limits of the TLB parameters.
If the replenishment service does not find a transportation guideline for the (remaining) quantity of a planned receipt, it uses static sourcing. In this case, you execute a separate TLB run for the remaining quantities after the replenishment planning. The replenishment service is only allowed to include products in a TLB shipment that, according to the transportation guidelines, can be shipped together.
In dynamic sourcing, the TLB does not perform shipment upsizing.
Example
The following scenarios are possible with dynamic sourcing:
If the planned receipt exceeds a certain quantity, the outbound delivery is to occur directly ex-plant, and not ex-distribution center.
The delivery of ice cream from ship-from location A to the customer location B requires a refrigerated truck. The delivery of sugar from A to B can occur in ambient temperature.
Prerequisites
Transportation-Relevant Master Data
You process the following transportation-relevant master data:
You define a TLB profile for every means of transport.
You define the required transportation guidelines. In every transportation guideline, you enter a TLB profile.
You group the transportation guidelines together into one or several transportation guideline sets.
For every means of transport, you enter a transportation guideline set in the
Transp.Guideline-S
field.
Settings for Dynamic Sourcing
In the replenishment service profile, you make the following settings:
You enter a horizon for which the replenishment service is to execute dynamic sourcing. If you do not specify a horizon, the replenishment service does not execute dynamic sourcing but instead uses static sourcing.
You configure whether the replenishment service is allowed to use dynamic sourcing for planned baseline receipts only, or for planned promotion receipts as well (see
Relevant Types of Planned Receipts
below).
TLB Configuration
You make the basic settings for TLB. The TLB does not perform shipment upsizing, so you do not need to make any settings for shipment upsizing.
Note
You do not need the TLB service profile for dynamic sourcing. You only need to create a TLB service profile if you want to execute a separate TLB run for the remaining quantities after the replenishment planning run. You have to configure the same horizon in the TLB service profile as for the dynamic sourcing (replenishment service profile).
Features
Temporal Validity of Transportation-Relevant Master Data
The replenishment service is only allowed to use transportation lanes, means of transport, and transportation guidelines that have temporal validity. This means that the transportation-relevant master data must be temporally valid at the starting timepoint of the planning run.
Relevant Types of Planned Receipts
In the replenishment service profile, you can configure whether the replenishment service is allowed to use dynamic sourcing for planned baseline receipts and for planned promotion receipts. You have the following options:
For promotion receipts only
The replenishment service uses dynamic sourcing for promotion receipts only.
Under certain conditions, for baseline receipts as well
The replenishment service uses dynamic sourcing for promotion receipts only. Only if promotion receipts also exist in the planning horizon, does the replenishment service use dynamic sourcing for the baseline receipts as well. A prerequisite for this option is that you are allowed to ship baseline and promotion receipts in the same means of transport. You configure this in the customer location product on the
GR/GI
tab page.For promotion receipts and baseline receipts
The replenishment service is allowed to use dynamic sourcing for promotion receipts and for baseline receipts without restrictions.
Relevant Planned Receipts
The replenishment services uses dynamic sourcing only for those planned receipts whose shipping date is in the horizon for dynamic sourcing.
Determining Relevant Transportation Guidelines
The replenishment service first determines all transportation guidelines that are valid for the customer location product. A transportation guideline is valid if it meets the following conditions:
The product is assigned to the transportation guideline.
The transportation guideline is temporally valid.
The transportation guideline belongs to a valid means of transport that belongs to a valid transportation lane. A transportation lane is valid if it meets the following conditions:
The customer location is the target location of the transportation lane.
The product is assigned to the transportation lane.
The product assignment is temporally valid.
A means of transport must be temporally valid.
Choosing the Transportation Guideline
From all suitable transportation guidelines, the replenishment service uses the transportation guideline that has the highest priority to successfully create a TLB shipment. The TLB profile of the transportation guideline must therefore be compatible with the quantity of the planned receipt. (The transportation guideline also determines the means of transport and the transportation lane.) In a TLB shipment, the replenishment service is only allowed to group together those products that are allowed, according to the transportation guideline (product mix).
Past Dates/Times
A transportation guideline belongs to a means of transport, and the means of transport has a specific transportation duration. The replenishment service uses backward scheduling to determine the order processing date/time for a planned receipt. If a transportation guideline leads to an order processing date/time in the past, the replenishment service does not use this transportation guideline to create the TLB shipment. Instead, it searches for a transportation guideline with a lower priority that leads to a means of transport with a shorter transportation duration. If it finds such a transportation guideline, it creates the TLB shipment. Otherwise the replenishment service uses static sourcing for the planned receipt.
Processing of Remaining Quantities
If the replenishment service does not find a transportation guideline for a planned receipt or a remaining quantity of a planned receipt with which it can create a TLB shipment, the replenishment service uses static sourcing. This is the case, for example, if the remaining quantity is too small and is below the lower limits of a means of transport, or if the transportation duration of all means of transport that come into question is too large to be able to deliver the planned receipt on time.
Example
The quantity of a planned receipt is 1200 pieces. A truck can transport a maximum of 1000 pieces. Using dynamic sourcing, the replenishment service creates a TLB shipment for 1000 pieces. For the remaining 200 pieces, the replenishment service searches for a transportation guideline having a TLB profile that is compatible with these 200 pieces. If the replenishment service does not find such a transportation guideline, it uses static sourcing.