Use this window to enter different sourcing rules. These rules are connected to sales parts and used for automatic sourcing on customer order lines.
A sourcing rule consists of a source set and sourcing objectives. The source set is a set of all sourcing alternatives. Sourcing alternatives can be external suppliers, internal suppliers, in-house manufacturing, or company inventory. The automatic sourcing will select the best alternative from this set. The best alternative will determine the supply code and, when appropriate, the supplier on the customer order line. The sourcing objectives consist of a sequence of criteria that the automatic sourcing will use when more than one sourcing alternative is suited to supply the customer order line. The following algorithm is used when the automatic sourcing selects the best sourcing alternative:
From the source set, find all sourcing alternatives that can deliver the whole sales quantity in time.
If more than one sourcing alternative is found in step 1, use the criteria in the sourcing objective to narrow down the possible alternatives.
If more than one sourcing alternative remains after step 2, pick the first alternative.
If no sourcing alternative was found in step 1, find the alternative from the source set that can deliver the whole order quantity earliest.
If more than one sourcing alternative can deliver on the same earliest possible delivery date, use the criteria in the sourcing objective to narrow down the possible alternatives.
If more than one sourcing alternative remains after step 5, pick the first alternative.
Note: If no sourcing objectives are set up to separate the sourcing alternatives the algorithm will instead use the priority when selecting the best sourcing alternative. If more than one sourcing alternatives have the same priority, the first alternative will be picked.
For the description of each tab in the window, follow the appropriate link: Source Set, Sourcing Objective, Where Used.