Item suppliers
Defines an item that can be purchased from a certain supplier.
The association can be date effective and also has a priority.
Field |
Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
supplier |
supplier |
Reference to the supplier.
This is a key field and a required attribute.
|
item |
item |
Reference to the item.
This is a key field and a required attribute.
The item can point to a parent level in the item
hierarchy. The supplier can then be used for any item
belonging to that group.
|
location |
location |
Reference to the location where the supplier can be used
to purchase this item.
The default value of this field is empty. In such case
the supplier is valid at any location.
|
cost |
positive double |
Purchasing cost. |
leadtime |
duration |
Procurement lead time. |
size_minimum |
positive double |
Minimum size for procurements.
The default is 1.
|
size_multiple |
positive double |
All procurements must be a multiple of this quantity.
The default is 0, i.e. no multiple to be considered.
|
size_maximum |
positive double |
Maximum size for procurements.
The default is infinite, i.e. no maximum to be considered.
|
batchwindow |
duration |
Allows to group proposed purchase orders within this window
together into a single one.
The default is 7 days, i.e. the algorithm will not propose
to buy the same item twice during the same week.
|
hard_safety_leadtime |
duration |
Adds additional time on top of the standard lead time.
This additional lead time is a hard constraint: material
can only be used a certain time after the purchase order
is received. This delay represents time for quality control,
material reception, administrative time, etc… that cannot
be reduced or skipped.
The default is 0.
|
soft_safety_leadtime |
duration |
Adds a safety lead time on top of standard lead time.
The soft safety lead time is a soft constraint: we try
to receive the material this amount of time before the
actual requirement date. But in case of shortages we can
relax this and receive material closer to the requirement
date.
The default is 0.
|
effective_start |
dateTime |
Date when the record becomes valid. |
effective_end |
dateTime |
Date when the record becomes valid. |
resource |
resource |
Optionally, it refers to a resource that represents the
supplier capacity.
The referenced resource will typically be of type
‘buckets’.
|
resource_qty |
positive double |
Resource capacity consumed per purchased unit.
|
fence |
duration |
Release fence for the distribution operation.
New shipments cannot be proposed within this time fence
after the plan current date.
|
priority |
integer |
Priority of this supplier among all suppliers from which
this item can be procured.
A lower number indicates that this supplier is preferred
when the item is required. This field is used when the
search policy is PRIORITIY.
When the priority is 0, the item supplier is not
automatically used during planning. Only a planner can
manually create purchase orders on it.
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