Sourcing
Use
During replenishment planning, the replenishment service conducts a sourcing. The replenishment service uses sourcing to determine the following transportation-relevant master data for a planned receipt:
The ship-from location that is to provide the planned receipt
The means of transport with which the supplier is to transport the product
The transportation guideline with which the supplier has to comply when loading a means of transport
Criteria for the selection of objects are, for example, priorities and costs. Sourcing is relevant in the following cases:
Multiple ship-from locations can deliver a particular product to the customer location.
The supplier can use different means of transport to transport the product.
The supplier must observe certain guidelines when loading the means of transport. These include the following:
Which products is the supplier allowed to transport together in one shipment load?
What upper and lower limits of the means of transport (for example, for the weight or volume) must a shipment load comply with?
Features
The following sourcing methods are available:
Static sourcing
In static sourcing, the replenishment service determines the transportation-relevant master data according to predefined priorities and costs. Static sourcing is also possible without transportation guidelines. The results of replenishment planning with static sourcing are planned receipts.
Dynamic sourcing
In dynamic sourcing, the replenishment service attempts to find the best-suited means of transport with the highest priority for a planned receipt, and to immediately create a TLB shipment. In dynamic sourcing, the replenishment service takes into account different requirements, for example the quantity of the planned receipt, the priority and properties of the means of transport, or the transportation duration. The determining factor in the selection of a particular transportation guideline is that the replenishment service can use this transportation guideline to successfully create a TLB shipment for the planned receipt. The replenishment service only uses static sourcing for (remaining) quantities.
The results of the replenishment planning with dynamic sourcing, therefore, are TLB shipments and – for the remaining quantities – planned receipts. You have to use transportation guidelines for dynamic sourcing.