Approved Supplier List Cont1

In order to approve the PO, we need to add MCR Supp site BNG to ASL of item like below.

When we click on Approve Po got approved.

Now we will navigate to ASL and change the status to Debarred for MCR Supp HYD site.

Keep ASL at item level as approved.

Now create PO for MCR Supp with HYD site on item MI-ASL01 and approve for the same.

When we try to approve we will get below error. Even if we do reverse changes like debarred at ASL item level and approved at ASL commodity level also get the same error.

Based on above scenarios, we conclude that if a supplier status is debarred at any level, we can’t approve the PO for that supplier.
Supplier-Commodity/Item Attributes
Navigate to ASL screen > Attributes


Create Local

The Create Local button creates a copy of an existing global Approved Supplier List entry and makes it local to your inventory organization.  For each ASL entry, you can optionally include the following information:

Purchasing UOM: Unit of measure (UOM) for the purchasing transaction involving the item from that particular supplier or supplier site.

Release Method: The method for creating releases for a supplier (using workflow, the AutoCreate window or the Create Releases program):

Automatic Release/Review - Automatically generate releases using the Create Releases program, but require a separate step for approval.

Automatic Release - Automatically generate approved releases using the Create Releases program.

Release Using Autocreate - Use the AutoCreate window or workflow to create the release.

Price Update Tolerance: Used when importing blanket purchase agreement lines and catalog quotes through the Purchasing Documents Open Interface.  If the supplier sends lines that increase the price associated with the source document more than the percent specified, the buyer must accept or reject the increases using the Exceeded Price Tolerances window.  The Price Update Tolerance can be specified in three locations:

Profile option - PO: Price Tolerance (%) for Catalog Updates

On the approved supplier list

On the purchase document

Country of Origin: The Country of Origin is the country in which an item is manufactured.

Source Document Tab

Select the Source Documents tab to associate specific quotations or blanket purchase agreements with the supplier/item combination.

Supplier Scheduling Tab

Select the Supplier Scheduling tab to associate supplier scheduling information with the supplier/item combination.  You can choose this option if you specified an item and a supplier site.

Planning Constraints Tab

Select the Planning Constraints tab to associate capacity constraints for the supplier/item combination.  You can choose this option if you specified an item and a supplier site and the ASL is a global ASL entry.  Suppliers can update their own per day capacity through iSupplier Portal.
Supplier-Commodity/Item Attributes - Source Document 

Source Document
You can associate specific quotations or purchase agreements with the supplier/item combination.

Document Type (Agreement or Quotation)

A requisition with a quotation or a contract purchase agreement as a source document becomes a standard purchase order.  A requisition with a blanket purchase agreement as a source document becomes a release

If you are creating a blanket purchase agreement as a source document for Supplier Scheduling, make sure the Supply Agreement option is selected for the blanket purchase agreement in the Terms and Conditions window.

Document Number

If Purchasing does not let you enter a particular document number, it may be because the document is frozen, canceled, or not approved, or the agreement line is canceled.  Quotations must have a status of Active to be used as a source document.

Note:  Setting the profile option PO: Automatic Document Sourcing to Yes enables Purchasing to default source documents automatically rather than specifying source documents in the Source Documents tabbed region.  If you use Automatic Document Sourcing, the most recent blanket purchase agreements and quotes will be used as reference documents on purchase documents.
Supplier-Commodity/Item Attributes - Supplier Scheduling

Supplier Scheduling
Associate supplier scheduling information with the supplier/item combination.  You can choose this option if you specified an item and a supplier site.  Supply Chain Planning can use the information you enter for planned orders.
Enable Planning Schedules/Shipping Schedules

Optionally check Enable Planning Schedules and/or Enable Shipping Schedules if you want to build Planning and/or Shipping Schedules.  Shipping schedules are firm commitments to buy.  Planning schedules are forecasts that could potentially become firm shipping schedules.  If you check Enable Planning Schedules and/or Enable Shipping Schedules, you must choose an assigned scheduler.

Enable AutoSchedule

Check Enable AutoSchedule if you want your schedule automatically built.  You can choose to enable one or more of the following options:

Plan Bucket Pattern

Ship Bucket Pattern

Plan Schedule Type

Ship Schedule Type

Bucket patterns are assigned to the item in the approved supplier list.  When you build a schedule, using AutoSchedule, items matching the selection criteria are grouped by bucket pattern and included on the same schedule.  If a supplier is associated with items that contain different bucket patterns for the selected schedule, multiple schedules are automatically built, one for each bucket pattern.  Bucket patterns are comprised of up to 56 buckets of days, weeks, months or quarters.

Enable Authorizations

Check if you want to optionally choose up to four Resource Authorizations with their associated time fences.  Resource Authorizations address the supplier's need to have long lead time components or to invest in material processing without incurring economic hardship, if requirements are reduced.

Authorizations are defined using time fences and are calculated, based on scheduled quantities within the designated horizon.  Examples of Resource Authorizations include: material, labor, finished goods, etc.

Note:  In order to use this functionality, Supplier Scheduling must be installed. 
Supplier-Commodity/Item Attributes - Planning Constraints

Planning Constraints You can specify planning constraints for a supplier/item combination.  You can choose this option if you specified an item and a supplier site and if the ASL entry is global.  Supply Chain Planning uses the information you enter here for planned orders.

Processing Lead Time

Enter the number of lead days it takes to receive this item after ordering it.

Delivery Calendar

Choose a Delivery Calendar pattern to define the dates upon which the supplier delivers to this organization.  Create a workday calendar first, and then use the list of values to select the appropriate workday calendar to be used as a delivery calendar.

Order Modifiers

Choose Order Modifier options to indicate ordering constraints.

Minimum Order Quantity

Fixed Lot Multiple

Capacity

Create one or more entries in the Capacity area to indicate what the supplier capacity is during a certain period or periods.

Tolerance Fences

Create one or more entries in the Tolerance Fences area to indicate how the capacity fluctuates depending on how many days in advance you order.

Capacity and Tolerance Fences work closely together.  If suppliers have sufficient advance notice, many times they can plan ahead and increase their per-day capacity.  For example, assume your supplier’s per-day capacity is 100 units but if they have 14 days advance notice, they can increase their per day capacity to 110 units.  You could define Capacity per Day as 100 units and in the Tolerance Fences region specify Days in Advance of 14 and Tolerance % of 10.

Note:  You must have Advanced Supply Chain Planning installed in order to use planning constraints.