Customer KANBAN Order Entry

As in Synchro, Customer KANBAN orders can be entered into the system manually or acquired via an electronic data interchange (EDI) transaction.  Whether manual entry or EDI acquisition is used, delivery requests populate the database as soon as they are received from the customer.  The system offsets releases online and users drive shipments.

Manual Order Entry.  Orders can be manually entered and maintained using the Customer KANBAN Order Maintenance conversation which functions as a workbench, allowing you to perform the following tasks:

      Enter new Customer KANBAN orders

      Maintain existing acquired Customer KANBAN orders that have errors

      Delete Customer KANBAN orders

      View the details of a Customer KANBAN order

      Create and print ODETTE or KANBAN labels for an order

      Create and print the pick list for an order (using the Synchro shipping proposal printer file)

      Prepare and schedule order shipments

 WILLIAMS   CO  001              CUSTOMER KANBAN                       12/04/95

 DSP01      WHS BEL             ORDER MAINTENANCE                        DETAIL

                                                                               

 2=Change     4=Delete      5=Display    21=ODETTE Label   22=KANBAN Label     

 31=Picking       32=Pick with ODETTE Label   33=Pick with KANBAN  41=Shipping 

                                                                               

     Item No/         Customer Item No/       Prep Date/  Del Date/       S P No

 Sel On-Hand Quantity Delivery Point          Ship Date   Delivery Qty UM Sh Lb

     GAFA01           GERMINAL GAFA01           111595    111995 1230  EA      

       77.000- GLDF01A     DFGA01A     QUAI01   111795         101.000    N  N 

     GAFA01           GERMINAL GAFA01           111595    111995 1300  EA      

       77.000- GLDF01A     DFGA01A     QUAI01   111795         901.000    N  N 

                                                                               

                                                                               

                                                                               

                                                                               

                                                                                

                                                                               

                                                                               

                                                                               

                                                                               

 F2=Command          F3=Exit             F5=Refresh          F6=Create         

 F8=Selection        F22=Recovery                                              

                                                                                

            Customer KANBAN Order Maintenance Detail Screen.

The information you enter when creating a new order through the Customer KANBAN Order Maintenance conversation is validated at the time of entry.  In addition, consistency checks are performed by the asynchronous EDI message acquisition processing.  Orders that are found to be in error by this processing can be corrected and resubmitted.

The Customer KANBAN Order Maintenance conversation can also function as an online workplan or "to-do" list.  The Customer KANBAN Order Maintenance Selection screen (KC100S02) allows you to specify the criteria for the orders to be displayed on the Customer KANBAN Order Maintenance Detail screen (KC100S01).  Criteria that can be specified includes:

      Company

      Warehouse

      Company/location

      Delivery point

      Item number

      Label status (no labels generated, GALIA labels generated, KANBAN labels generated, or both GALIA and KANBAN labels generated)

      Shipment status (shipped, picked but not yet shipped, not yet picked)

      Preparation, shipping, or delivery date and time before a user-specified date and time

      Whether or not errors exist for the orders

      Sort orders by preparation date, shipping date, delivery date, order number/delivery point, or item number

Default values for each of these criteria can be defined for each user profile in Reference File category I10.

EDI Order Acquisition.  Customer KANBAN takes full advantage of EDI technology, allowing you to reduce human error and maximize efficiency.  Delivery requests are sent by your customers via EDI transmissions in the form of ODETTE standard messages.  Customer KANBAN supports two ODETTE message standards: 

      KANBAN messages have a hierarchical structure and require processing by translation software after being acquired.

      PLUQUO messages have a flat structure and do not require processing by translation software after being acquired.

After being acquired, messages are checked for the proper syntax and for consistency with the existing information in the data base (customer data, blanket order and endorsement parameters).  Valid messages are added to the database as orders.  Processing for invalid messages depends on whether the message is in the PLUQUO standard or the KANBAN standard:

      Invalid PLUQUO messages are added to the database as orders, but are marked as being in error.  They cannot be processed further until they are manually corrected in the Customer KANBAN Order Maintenance conversation and resubmitted for validation.

      Invalid KANBAN messages are not added to the database as orders, but are stored in an error file.  These messages can be manually corrected in the Customer KANBAN Messages Maintenance conversation and resubmitted for validation.