In certain scenarios, deliveries or goods movements occur prior to an order having been generated (unplanned scenarios), or require mirroring of existing documents (intercompany scenarios). In these cases, many documents may need to be created to ensure that a full document trail exists for the quantity moved. These documents may be generated manually, but a level of automatic generation is required to support timeliness and to reduce manual intervention.

The Orchestration Framework (OF) is a tool that automates the logistics process. A configurable framework governed by business rules, the Orchestration Framework is used to determine the business scenarios in question. On event completion, the OF is called. Using information derived from the Load Data Capture (LDC) screen, the nomination screen, or the Manual Application Workcenter screen, the OF validates the quantities involved and determines the applicable scenario. It then calls the stack of services configured for that scenario to create logistical documents, as well as the application document that is used for settling payment with the vendor or customer. If the document postings fail, the Recovery Report retriggers the process. Note that the OF is run as a background processing engine. There is no user interface.