factory calendar

[former_member208541]

Hi,

1) which holidays factory calendar maps into the system. The suppliers holidays or the customers holidays to whom the supplier is supplying goods. SAP system is installed at the supplier's end.

2) i have seen factory calendar at the shipping point defintion. why it is used here.

3) i have aslo seen factory calendar at the creation of route. why it is used at route level.

4) can the factory calendar be differnt at route and shipping point.

regards

sachin

[Former Member]

Hi there,

1) Factory calender is always with respect to the one who is prcessing the functionality. For eg if you are getting supplies from a vendor & if you find the factory calender in vendor master, then thats the calender basing on the vendor.

2) We process delivery with respect to a shipping point. As per the calender of the shipping point, we process picking, packing & PGI. For eg if Sat isa holiday in shipping point calender, picking & packing wont be processed during that time.

This is relevant in delivery scheduling.

3) Factory calender in route is for calculating the transit time of the route. Again if Sat is defined as a holiday in route calender, then the system confirmed delivery date will be the next working date.

4) Yes factory calender at route & shipping calender can be different. For eg on company anniversery day may be a holiday for plant & shiping point. But not necessary for the service agent for the route.

Regards,

Sivanand

[Former Member]

Hi Sachin,

> 1) which holidays factory calendar maps into the system. The suppliers holidays or the customers holidays to whom the supplier is supplying goods. SAP system is installed at the supplier's end.

A factory calendar is one in which working days are numbered sequentially. It is defined on the basis of a public holiday calendar. The validity period of a factory calendar must be within the validity period of the public holiday calendar. The weekdays that are working days must also be specified in this calendar. A factory calendar distinguishes between working days and non-working days. These working days are those of the supplying company and not the customer.

Example

Monday through Friday are working days.

Saturday, Sunday, and public holidays are non-working days.

> 2) i have seen factory calendar at the shipping point defintion. why it is used here.

The shipping point is where the goods are loaded and are sent from, so it is important to know the days on which it can function and the days when there is an off.

The calender that is assigned to the shipping point will show that if a holiday is there, then no shipment will take place on that particular day.

Likewise a calender that is assigned to the plant will show that if there is a holiday then no production will be there on that day.

Similarly, a calender that is assigned to the sales organization will tell us that if there is a holiday then no order will be created on that day.

> 3) i have aslo seen factory calendar at the creation of route. why it is used at route level.

> 4) can the factory calendar be differnt at route and shipping point.

The factory calender used at the route and shipping point configuration is different. Transit time (time it takes for the goods to be transported from shipping point to the customer) in the routes is not dependent on the factory calender you maintain in the route.The transit time is used by the delivery scheduling to calculate the picking, loading & GI dates from the requested delivery dates.It is the calender in the shipping point that is going to effect these dates.So it is the factory calender in shipping point not the route that it is going to effect the delivery scheduling.

[former_member208541]

Hi Swapna,

many thanks for the reply. But why factory calendar is used at route ?? what it does .i think you missed this part.

regards

sachin

[Former Member]

Hi,

At the point of route, a calendar is used becasue we need to do transportation / transit time planning. This planning is done as per the calendar and the holidays and working days specified in it.

It is different from the shipping calendar because a particular day may be a factory off, but it might not affect transportation of goods, as the transporter may be a different entity altogether.

This differentiation between the shipping point calendar and the route calender depends on the discretion of the concerned company. It may be different or same.

Hope it is clear now.

Regards,

Swapna

[Former Member]

1.if sap is installed at suppliers end then factory calender has to calculate according to suppliers only.

2.At the point of Shipping point defaultly it will pick up factory calender bec Delivery will happen according to the Factory calender only.

3. Yes at the time of route also factory calender will come because the route and planning days also depends on Factory calender.

4.No we will use only one Factory calender at shipping point and Route.

[Former Member]

hi sonu ,

u find the factory calender and holidays in SCAL

path:

IMG - sap netwaver - global setting -maintain calender.

If u want more information get back to me

regards,

sridhar