You use the Crossdock Criteria window to determine the eligible supply and demand sources for crossdocking. After you create a crossdock criterion, you enable it in the rules workbench.

   To Create a Crossdock Criterion:

1. Navigate to the Crossdock Criteria window.

2. Enter a name and a description for the crossdock criteria.

3. Select the Criterion Type. Planned crossdocking attempts to select a supply from among eligible supply sources and matches it to a given demand source. Opportunistic crossdocking selects from eligible demand sources, and matches it to a given supply source. See Overview of Crossdocking for more information about opportunistic and planned crossdocking.

4. Enter the time bucket for which the system considers documents for crossdocking. You can enter a crossdock window in days, hours, or minutes.

5. Enter the Order Processing Time. This is the time required to process the order. If you do not enter a value in this field, then the system automatically assumes the value is zero. You can enter an order processing time in hours, days, or minutes.

6. Enter a Buffer Time. This is the time required to safely fulfill an order. The system uses the order processing time and the buffer time to trigger exceptions. The system does not consider supply and demand that occur within the buffer zone for crossdocking. If you do not enter a value in this field, then the system automatically assumes the value is zero. You can enter a buffer time in hours, days or minutes.

7. Enter a Past Due Supply Cut-Off. This is the offset time the system uses to determine the past due supply cut off time fence. This parameter is used for planned crossdocking. The system does not consider any supply that occurs beyond this time fence for crossdocking.

   Example

   The following demand exists for which crossdocking needs to be planned at 8:00 a.m. The order processing time is two hours, the buffer time is one hour, and the crossdock window is four hours. Shipment 1 has a shipment time of 3:00 p.m. and Shipment 2 has a scheduled ship time of 4:00 p.m. The time fences for the demand sources are:

   Demand	Order Processing Time	Buffer Time	Crossdock Window	Past Due Supply Cut-Off
   Shipment 1	3:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.	1:00 p.m. - 12:00 p.m.	12:00 p.m. - 8:00 a.m.	8:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m.
   Shipment 2	4:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.	2:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.	1:00 p.m. - 9:00 a.m.	8:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m.

   For Shipment 1, the system considers supply sources with a scheduled receipt time later than 12:00 p.m. or earlier than 8:00 a.m. ineligible for crossdocking. The system automatically excludes any supply more than one hour late from crossdock planning.

8. Enter the Crossdocking Goal. You can choose to maximize crossdock, minimize wait, or create custom crossdocking logic.

9. Check Prioritize Documents if you want the rules engine to consider document priority during crossdocking.

10. Check the Integer Quantities only check box. You use this option if your receiving Unit of measure is different from the demand unit of measure, and you want to ensure that you crossdock the received units as a whole.

11. Check the Schedule Demand anytime on Shipment Date check box if the demand does not have a dock door appointment. This enables the system to assume the sales order is scheduled anytime during a one-day window.

12. Check the Schedule Supply anytime on Promise Date check box if an inbound dock schedule does not exist for incoming supply. This enables the system to assume the purchase order is scheduled anytime during one-day window.

    Note: This parameter is available only for planned crossdocking.

13. For documents with dock door appointments, select the demand and supply schedule for crossdock. The choices are:

    • Earliest Appointment Time: If an appointment is from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., the system recognizes 2:00 p.m. as the scheduled receipt or shipment time for crossdock.

    • Mean Appointment Time: If an appointment is from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., the system recognizes 3:00 p.m. as the scheduled receipt or shipment time for crossdock.

    • Latest Appointment Time: If an appointment is from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., the system recognizes 4:00 p.m. as the scheduled receipt or shipment time for crossdock.

14. Select the Supply tab to enter supply sources for planned crossdocking, or select the Demand tab to enter demand sources for opportunistic crossdocking.

To Enter Supply Sources

15. Select an available supply source for planned crossdocking from the Available Supply Sources region. Click the greater than button to make the supply source eligible. You can click the button with two greater than symbols to make all supply sources eligible for planned crossdocking. The available supply sources are:

    • Approved PO

    • ASN

    • Internal Requisition

    • Intransit Shipments

    • Material in Receiving

To Enter Demand Sources

16. Select an available demand source for opportunistic crossdocking from the available Demand Sources region. Click the greater than button to make the demand source eligible. You can click the button with two greater than symbols to make all demand sources eligible for crossdocking. The available demand sources are:

    • Sales Order (Scheduled)

    • Sales Order (Backordered)

    • Internal Order (Scheduled)

    • Internal Order (Backordered)

    • WIP Component Demand (Backordered)

17. After you enter the supply or demand source information, save your work.