For each item/supplier site relationship, you can define a set of attributes that control the Purchasing and Supplier Scheduling process. This set of attributes can be global (available to all organizations) or local (available to one organization). Local attributes override global attributes.

ASL Header Attributes

Attributes set at the ASL Header level are:

• Business Type
• Manfacturer or supplier item type
• Global or local
• Status
• Disabled

Each item/supplier site combination can have a different set of attributes defined for enabling planning and shipping schedules. You can enable either schedule, or both, and designate whether you want to create them automatically.

For example, two suppliers supply the same item to an organization. You can enable just the planning schedule for one supplier and enable both the planning and shipping schedule for the other supplier.

You can also define authorizations against planning schedules when you define the Supplier Scheduling attributes.

Use the Supplier-Item Attributes window to define the informational data attributes for each supplier/item combination.

   To define the supplier and commodity/item attributes:

1. Navigate to the Supplier-Item Attributes window.

2. Choose the Purchasing UOM.

3. Choose the Release Generation Method from the following options:

• Automatic Release/Review: automatically generate releases and approve in separate step.
• Automatic Release: automatically generates approved releases with a status of 'Incomplete.
• Release Using AutoCreate: use the AutoCreate form to create releases.

Attention: Automatic Release is not available when Emcumbrance or budgeting control is used.

   If you choose Source Documents

1. Enter a unique Seq (Sequence) Number.

2. Select a Document Type from the following:

• Blanket
• Quotation

3. Choose a Document Number.

4. Choose a Line number.

5. The Status and effective dates are displayed.

6. Save your work.

   If you choose Supplier Scheduling

Attention: This feature is only available when you select a site at the Suppliers Region.

Attention: You must select a scheduler, if you are using AutoSchedule,

2. Check Enable AutoSchedule, if you want your schedule automatically built.

3. If you check Enable Planning Schedules and Enable AutoSchedule, you must select the following:

• Plan Bucket Pattern
• Plan Schedule Type

• Ship Bucket Pattern
• Ship Schedule Type

5. If you check Enable Planning Schedules and Enable Authorizations, you can optionally select up to four Resource Authorizations with their associated time fences.

6. Save your work.

Defining Bills of Distributions

Defining the Approved Supplier List

Defining Planners

Defining Sourcing Rules

Overview of the Approved Supplier List

Resource Authorizations

Sourcing Rules and Bills of Distributions