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  Replenishment Order

Definition

A replenishment order is an order that a supplier creates in SAP Supply Network Collaboration (SAP SNC) to inform about certain quantities of products that he or she intends to deliver to a customer on a certain date and time.

In SAP SNC, a replenishment order is an order of order document type VGOR.

Use

A replenishment order is transferred to the customer and supplier back-end systems using XML messages . The customer back-end system uses the replenishment order to create a purchase order. The supplier back-end system uses the replenishment order to create a sales order.

Structure

In SAP SNC, a replenishment order consists of a three-level structure:

  • Replenishment order header

    The replenishment order header contains data that affects the entire replenishment order. This includes data about the customer, the supplier, and the replenishment order status. A replenishment order contains one or more replenishment order items.

  • Replenishment order item

    A replenishment order item contains the product that the supplier is to deliver and other item-relevant data such as the customer location and the ship-from location. A replenishment order item contains one or more schedule lines.

  • Replenishment order schedule line

    A replenishment order schedule line specifies which quantity of a product the supplier is to deliver and on which date and at what time. The following types of replenishment order schedule lines are possible:

    • A schedule line of schedule line type Request defines which quantity of the product the supplier plans to deliver at a particular date and time. Multiple request schedule lines with different dates/times can exist for a single replenishment order item.

      A request schedule line contains the requested quantity, the original quantity, and the open quantity. SAP SNC determines the open quantity automatically. For more information, see Determination of the Open Quantity and Status of an RO Item .

    • The system creates a schedule line of schedule line type Confirmed when the supplier sends a sales order confirmation ( ReplenishmentOrderConfirmation ) from his or her back-end system to SAP SNC. The sales order confirmation contains confirmation schedule lines for the sales order item. SAP SNC copies these to the replenishment order item as confirmation schedule lines. Confirmation schedule lines relate to the item, but not to a particular request schedule line.

    • SAP SNC automatically creates a schedule line of schedule line type ASN-Confirmed for a replenishment order item if the supplier has published an advanced shipping notification (ASN) for a replenishment order item. Schedule lines of this type also relate to the item and not to a specific request schedule line.

Integration

Product master data must exist in SAP SNC for all products in a replenishment order.