OpenDevelopment

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

ID	Name	Level	x
P4	Plan Deliver	2	P4
P404	Publish Distribution Plan	3	P404

Metric(s)

ID	Name	Level	x
RS11	Planning Frequency	2	RS11
RS21	Stock Out Ratio	2	RS21

Term(s)

ID	Name	Clear	x
RL4	Surplus Return		RL4

Workflow

From Input(s)	Process	Output(s) To
wf_process wf_arrow P403 Distribution Plan	P404	wf_arrow wf_process Distribution Plan P103 Delivery Plan P201 Distribution/Delivery Plan P405

Note: Common inputs and outputs are listed in alphabetical order. Other inputs and outputs may be required to support varying use cases.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