Actions

P404

Publish Distribution Plan

The activities associated with approving, formatting and communicating the Distribution Plan. This may include a formal process to review and ratify the plan and/or identify alternative scenarios triggering a rerun of Calculate Distribution Plan with the intention to achieve a more favorable Distribution Plan.

The output of this process may include updating Sales Orders and Stock Transfer Orders with the latest shipping schedule.

Use Cases

  • Communicating the Distribution Plan
  • Updating orders with the latest delivery plan/schedule
  • In Retail: Publishing the delivery schedule ('milk-run') for the delivery truck

See also: DRP-II (Distribution Resources Planning) Planning Frequency Stock Out Ratio Surplus Return

Hierarchy

IDNameLevelx
P4Plan Deliver2P4
P404Publish Distribution Plan3P404

Metric(s)

IDNameLevelx
RS11Planning Frequency2RS11
RS21Stock Out Ratio2RS21

Term(s)

IDNameClearx
RL4Surplus ReturnRL4

Workflow

FromInput(s)
Process
Output(s)To
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P403Distribution Plan
P404
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Distribution PlanP103
Delivery PlanP201
Distribution/Delivery PlanP405
Publish Distribution Plan Plan Deliver 5140400 3 Distribution, Delivery, Capacity, Planning, Milk-run, Supply chain, Logistics, Estimate, Release, Supply chain, Plan Approving, formatting and communicating the Distribution Plan. This may include a formal process to review and ratify the plan and/or identify alternative scenarios triggering a rerun of a recalculation with the intention to achieve a more favorable Distribution Plan