Calculation of Projected Deliveries 

Use

The system can calculate (project) which partial quantities of the primary and co-products will be available at which anticipated date/time for shipping to the customer and arrival at the customer. The results of this projection are the projected deliveries (projected transportation PIOs). The system compares the projected deliveries with the planned deliveries. In the case of deviations that are too large, the system creates corresponding alerts, required actions, and statuses.

The system uses different data to execute the projection, as follows:

●      It uses the current date/time, net phase duration, and break duration (without actual data).

●      It uses actual data that the supplier has reported.

Features

Projection Without Actual Data

If the supplier has not yet reported any actual data to the work order, the system uses forward scheduling to calculate the shipping date/time and the delivery date/time that would have resulted in the case of immediate start of production. The planned delivery quantity of a delivery is available for shipping on the shipping date, and the customer receives this quantity on the delivery date.

Projection Using Actual Data

If the supplier has already reported actual data to the work order, the system uses the actual data to determine projected deliveries as follows: the system uses the reported actual data to calculate the partial quantities of the primary product that are in the phases or between phases. You see these partial quantities in the production overview (one row for each partial quantity). For every one of these partial quantities, the system calculates when the partial quantity of the primary product will be available at which anticipated time for shipping and when this partial quantity will arrive at the customer. To do so, the system carries out a forward scheduling. In so doing, the system only considers the phases and breaks that the supplier must still execute for this partial quantity.

Scheduling of the Shipping Date/Time and Delivery Date/Time

The system uses the following data for the scheduling:

●      Net phase durations and break durations from production phases from the phases

●      Transportation time determined from the transportation lane

The system does not consider the current plan PIO dates/times in the work order during scheduling. The time interval between the date/time of a planned phase input and the date/time of a planned phase output can deviate from the net phase duration of the phase. The actual planned phase duration (interval between the PIO dates/times) is therefore different to the net phase duration of the phase that is based on the master data and which the system uses for the projection.

Note as well that the net phase durations and break durations are quantity-independent.