Delivery Scheduling

Use

The ERP system only schedules the outbound delivery from the source warehouse. It does not schedule deliveries between cross-docking warehouse -- that scheduling is done at the individual warehouse level.

The routing guide in SCM is aware of the transportation time between cross-docking warehouses and takes this into account when calculating the estimated goods receipt into the next warehouse.

Note Note

For example, if Warehouse 1 plans to ship the goods to Warehouse 2 on September 20, and it takes two days for a truck to move the goods to Warehouse 2, then the estimated goods receipt date at Warehouse 2 is September 22. Warehouse 1 sends this September 22 date to the ERP system, which enters it into the inbound document for Warehouse 2. Each EWM system that posts goods issue to a cross-docking warehouse sends a confirmation message and the estimated goods receipt date to the central ERP system.

End of the note.

The ERP system sends the delivery date for the final recipient (either the customer or a warehouse) and the estimated receipt date to the EWM (Extended Warehouse Management) system of the next cross-docking warehouse in the transportation route. Based on this information, the EWM system carries out scheduling again at the local level to determine when it needs to issue the goods to the next warehouse and -- if a subsequent cross-docking warehouse exists -- when the goods would arrive at that next cross-docking warehouse. It may also redetermine the transportation route; for example, if the customer wants a rush delivery, you can bypass one or more scheduled cross-docking warehouses and ship directly to the customer.

Example

The following example shows the information flow for cross-docking locations:

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