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EDI Schedule Generation/Report - Purpose
EDI Schedule Generation/Report - Purpose
RS640E
The EDI Schedule Generation/Report program (RS640E) generates EDI schedules that indicate the time frame and quantities in which items will be purchased. The transmission mode specified on the delivery condition indicates whether the schedule is ODETTE or ANSI. ODETTE schedules will be written to RS ODETTE Message Workfile (RS640AP), and ANSI schedules will be written to RS ANSI Schedule file (RS645AP).
EDI schedules are only processed in summary format. The format is defined on Reference File category G54, EDI Schedule Periods. Periods may be defined as days or weeks, and the number of periods to be processed may range from 1 to 32. On this same category, the natures may be defined, indicating whether this period is firm or forecast. The natures specified will only be used if Repetitive Supply does not manage the firm horizon (as specified on Reference File category G52, Firm Horizon). If Repetitive Supply does manage the firm horizon, the firm periods will be calculated (based on the part's total fixed lead time) and the firm date will be updated on the Part Master file (DE100M).
Variances will always print on draft schedules and never be processed for firm schedules because there is no clear data map. Depending on Reference File category G65, RS Default Values, the period quantities will either be processed in net or gross. The net release method will process quantities net of what has already been received. Each release quantity is accumulated into a time period based on the dock date.
The RS Schedule Transmission Transaction - EDI file (RS205AL2), which selects only EDI schedules, is processed. For every vendor/planner, purchase order lines and effective endorsements are retrieved; the purchase order releases are then processed. Within a specific schedule (i.e., company, warehouse, planner and vendor combination), breaks will occur whenever the purchase order, line, or delivery location (on the endorsement) changes. Several types of transactions are performed:
Firm - EDI Schedules (RS640AP is formatted)
Draft - Paper draft schedule is printed
Reemission - EDI reemission (RS630M is used to regenerate the last firm schedule and RS640AP is formatted)
