Specifying a Deliver-By Date
Using the delivery dates that you’ve already confirmed for your customers, you can use several methods to specify a delivery date for the supplier.
Let’s suppose you have the following data: you’ve received the following orders for the item IDENT.
| Quantity |
Deliver By Date |
| 1123 |
not specified |
| 2301 |
not specified |
| 10 |
24.04.07 |
| 900 |
30.04.07 |
| 1100 |
25.05.07 |
| 5000 |
26.06.07 |
1. Use the fixed delivery period for this supplier
In this case, enter the desired deliver-by date in the Deliver By field and select the Use for All option. All lines of the purchase orders will have the same deliver-by date. Of course, in this case, the program will not use information in the Delivery Offset field.
The overview of lines for creating purchase orders will list the deliver-by dates that will be used in the purchase orders:
2. For lines without a confirmed delivery date, a fixed delivery period can be used
In this case, enter the desired deliver-by date in the Deliver by field. Do not select the Use for All option. All lines of sales orders that do not have a confirmed deliver-by date will receive a deliver-by date. The remaining lines will remain unchanged (the deliver-by date from the sales orders will be used). Of course, information from the Delivery Offset field will be used for the remaining lines (lines with deliver-by dates from the sales orders).
The overview of lines for creating purchase orders will list the deliver-by dates that will be used in the purchase orders:
3. The deliver-by date for the supplier should 10 days before the confirmed date for delivery to customer
In this case, enter “10” in the Delivery Offset field. This means that the deliver-by date in the purchase order will be 10 calendar days before the deliver-by date that you’ve given to the customer:
The overview of lines for creating purchase orders will list the deliver-by dates that will be used in the purchase orders:
4. The supplier's delivery period can be found in the Items register
In the Item register | Stock panel, in the Delivery Within field the value 15 is entered. Meaning, the delivery date for the supplier will be 15 days before the confirmed date for delivery you will set for the delivery to the customer.
In this case, enter -1 in the Delivery Offset field. This means that the information in the Deliver within field in the Items register will be used.
The overview of lines for creating purchase orders will list the deliver-by dates that will be used in the purchase orders:
