Differance in delivery dates

[Former Member]

Hi,

Could any one explain me what is the difference between requested delivery date and First delivery date and also some times i get multiplelines at the schedule line level how system calculates these dates.

Thanks in advance.

sridhar

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Requested delivery date : in VOV8 tcode we will maintiam "lead time in days" based on this requested delivery date will be determined.

Delivery date: it has been confirmed on the basis of avaliability check settings.

[Former Member]

hello, sridhar.

in general, terms....

the "requested delivery date" is the date that your customer wants to receive his orders. when you create the sales order, a requested delivery date will be proposed by the system (this can be proposed based on your configuration of the sales order type using VOV8). you can overwrite this proposal manually.

the "first delivery date" is the result of the system conducting an availability check (which is also configured) and determining the earliest time you can deliver the order to your customer. the system first conducts "backward scheduling" to see if the "requested delivery date" can be met. if yes, then the date requested by the customer can be the confirmed delivery date.

however, if the requested date could not be met, then the system looks at your additional settings such as production, procurement, delivery processing (picking, packing, loading, goods issue, etc.) and transportation planning lead time and does "forward scheduling". The earliest date possible becomes your confirmed date.

in the schedule line tab, you will see that if the customer's requested delivery date can be met, the schedule line will show a confirmed quantity. if not, then the original request date will show confirmed quantity "0"; an additional line will show the proposed date with the confirmed quantity.

hope this helped you.

regards.

[Former Member]

Hi Sridhar,

The difference between requested delivery date and first delivery date is that in requested delivery date will be given (i.e. requested) by customer where as first delivery date is the date when material is available for delivery.

you get multiple lines in schedule line as a result of nonavailability of material on requested date where you see confirmed quantity as 0. then next line you get as a result of material available date where you confirm to customer about the availability of material.

Reward some point if helpful.

Regards

Akhilesh

[Former Member]

Hi,

Requested delivery date is the date that the CUSTOMER requests for the material and this is fed in by the end user.

First date is the earliest date that the material will be available for delivery to the customer - this is proposed by the system.

Also, depending on availability of material, SAP will propose several schedule lines. This is configured in Availability Check and Transfer of Requirements. Details of lead time for production - inhouse / procurement - if it is bought out item, will be fed in the material master.

You may even diable availability check or not configure it at all, but then you will face inconsitencies during delivery.

PLEASE REWARDS POINT IF USEFUL.

Regards,

Jn.