Overview

The Plan-to-Move process domain describes the collection of processes a company has implemented between developing a distribution schedule (from the distribution plan) and recording the goods receipt at the destination Warehouse or Distribution Center. The objective of Plan-to-Move is to distribute (move, transport) goods in the distribution network to support actual and/or anticipated demand.

The span of processes involved depends on the Supply Chain Configuration and process architecture, but typically involves Source and Deliver processes. The scope of Plan-to-Move typically includes:

  • Create and schedule stock transfer orders.
  • Pick, pack, load, and ship at origin.
  • Receive, unload, and put away at destination.
  • Create and monitor delivery orders.

Forecast-to-Plan provides inputs to Plan-to-Move.

Alternative names for Plan-to-Move include: Plan-to-Distribute, Distribution, In-Network Movements, Inbound to Outbound.

Source: Plan-to-Move

E2E Business Scenarios

Cluster: Inbound logistics from third parties

E2E Business ScenarioOverview
P2M Inbound logistics

The scenario includes processes that are in charge of moving goods from vendors into production or warehouse storage facilities. It manages the actual movement of such goods.

In some cases, the scenario can be easily combined with other logistic and purchasing scenarios, depending on enterprise-specific practices regarding the logistics of goods delivered from a vendor.

Cluster: Inbound logistics from production

E2E Business ScenarioOverview
P2M Inbound from production via shop floor stockrooms

This scenario manages the process flow that is used to move goods from production shop floor stockrooms to warehouses.

The shop floor stockroom facilitates the production process providing storage service for finished products.

The scenario begins when you initiate transfer of finished products from the shop floor stockroom and ends when you receive goods to the warehouse.

The scenario has some differences from the P2M Inbound logistics (goods receipt from vendor). Finished or intermediate products do not require expensive packaging and vehicle unloading processes.

This scenario can be easily combined with other warehouse, transport and production scenarios.

P2M Inbound directly from production

The scenario manages processes of goods transfer directly from the production site to the warehouse.

It starts with moving the products from the production site and ends with stocking them in the warehouse site.

The scenario has some features when turning into the P2M Inbound logistics scenario (applied mostly for shipment to vendors). Finished or intermediate products do not require expensive packaging and unloading from a vehicle.

In some cases, it requires more complex processes to be included. For example, put-away. The scenario can be easily combined with other logistic and production scenarios, depending on enterprise-specific practices for logistics of manufactured products.

Cluster: Outbound logistics to third parties

E2E Business ScenarioOverview
P2M Outbound logistics

The scenario manages shipping and transportation processes of goods until they are received by the customer.

Cluster: Outbound logistics to production

E2E Business ScenarioOverview
P2M Production supply via shopfloor stockrooms

This scenario manages the process flow that is used to move goods from the warehouse to the production shop floor stockroom.

The shop floor stockroom facilitates and speeds up the production process. The shop floor stockroom provides storage services and immediate supply of materials and intermediate products for production needs.

Shop floor stockroom stock can be filled up with necessary stocks within the replenishment strategy as well as within traditional registration of material requirements.

The scenario has some differences from the P2M Outbound logistics (delivery goods to customer). Goods do not require expensive packaging and vehicle loading processes.

This scenario can be easily combined with other warehouse, transport and production scenarios.

P2M Production supply directly from warehouse

The scenario manages processes of goods transfer from the warehouse directly to the production site. The material demand management provides materials and intermediate products to production needs in the quantity and at the time to facilitate the manufacturing process.

The scenario has some features when turning into the P2M Outbound logistics (goods shipping to customers). Materials and intermediate products do not require expensive packaging and loading into a vehicle.

The scenario can be easily combined with other logistic, transportation, and production scenarios, depending on enterprise-specific practices for logistics of materials to the production site.

Cluster: Transportation

E2E Business ScenarioOverview
P2M In-house transportation

The In-house transportation scenario provides the process flow that focuses on planning, organizing, and fulfillment of transportation.

Transportation may be initiated within various scenarios, including:

  • Delivery of products from warehouse to customer.
  • Return of goods from customer.
  • Return of goods to vendor.
  • Transportation of goods between warehouses and shops.
  • Transportation of materials, components, semi-finished products from the warehouse to storerooms.
  • Passenger transportation.
  • Transportation for any other needs.

You can initiate the scenario by assessing transportation requirements that include sales orders, purchase orders, or transfer orders.

Then estimate transport capacities, form preliminary routes, and assign transportation requirements to these routes.

To make better use of transport resources, transportation requirements can be combined together, routes can be extended, or new routes can be added.

Cluster: Processing in warehouse

E2E Business ScenarioOverview
P2M Kit-to-stock

The kit-to-stock scenario includes a process flow that is used to create kits from several other goods and then putting them away to warehouse stock.

Unlike the assemble-to-stock (in production) scenario, the kit-to-stock scenario involves a simple one-step creation of the kit, kit packaging according to the internal instructions, and registration of this kit in the warehouse stock.

You can use a special BOM for kitting to speed up the kitting planning process.

P2M Reverse kitting

The reverse kitting scenario includes a process flow that is used to split a kit into components it contains.

This scenario is usually used to receive materials from kits received from the vendor. Also, kits are disassembled into components if it is necessary to deliver the kit components to consumers separately.

This scenario is reverse to the Kit-to-stock scenario.

Cluster: Warehouse operations

E2E Business ScenarioOverview
P2M Physical inventory count

The physical inventory count process takes place as a regular or one-time control of the procedure to assess the current stock and quality of goods.

It is carried out for each storage location (warehouse) separately.

During the inventory count process, each physical good is counted and recorded in the inventory count sheet.

You can carry out inventory count for all goods or only for samples of goods (selective inventory count).

The inventory count process at the storage location (warehouse) usually consists of the following steps:

  • Issue inventory count tasks and print count sheets.
  • Count goods.
  • Register the count results.
  • Register identified surpluses, shortages, changes in quality.

P2M Stock adjustments

Stock adjustments are used to align accounting figures with the actual physically available stock, as well as to maintain the actual storage location (storage bin).

The scenario is usually applied for stock variances identified within the inventory count scenario.

You can also use stock adjustment to register goods damage, devastation, goods donation, and many other reasons.

P2M Control stock by shelf life

The control stock by shelf life scenario covers the process flow of regularly checking the shelf life of raw materials, goods, products, semi-finished products and initiates appropriate follow-up actions. This scenario prevents from using or consuming such goods before they become unusable.

You need to follow regulatory and legal requirements when you deal with products with limited shelf lives. Expiration dates are initially determined in accordance with regulatory documents and can be maintained as a result of control and testing procedures.

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