Assignment Strategy 

Definition

Rule that determines the sequence in which the heuristic uses the receipts for a requirement. The receipt elements are always sorted according to the availability date.

Use

You use the assignment strategy to define the sequence in which the system assigns the receipt elements in the pegging horizon to a requirement. You have the following options:

·        Use earliest receipts (first in first out)

The heuristic assigns the receipt with the earliest availability date to the requirement.  If the receipt quantity is not sufficient to cover the requirement, the system uses the next receipt partially or completely, depending on the requirement quantity that is still open.

If you use this strategy, the requirements are processed in order of their requirement dates. Therefore, you should define a corresponding sort sequence in the sort profile.

·        Use timely receipts

The heuristic assigns to the requirement, receipts with availability dates that lie as near as possible to the requirement date, whether before it or after it. To do this, the heuristic first searches backward from the requirement date. If there are not sufficient receipt elements in this search direction, the heuristic searches forward from the requirement date.

If you use this strategy, the requirements can also be processed in a sequence other than according to requirement date, for example, according to order priority.