What is meant by Delivery proposals?
Delivery proposals are automatically generated recommendations for the optimal fulfillment of customer orders or purchase requisitions, taking into account availability, delivery times, and other relevant factors. They serve to optimize the delivery process and increase customer satisfaction.
Typical software functions in the area of "Delivery Proposals":
- Availability check: Automatic verification of inventory levels and planned receipts.
- Scheduling: Calculation of possible delivery dates based on availability and lead times.
- Partial delivery optimization: Suggestions for meaningful splitting of deliveries when full availability is not given.
- Prioritization: Consideration of customer priority and order type when creating delivery proposals.
- Alternative suggestions: Generation of alternative proposals when the desired product is unavailable.
- Simulation function: Possibility to simulate various delivery scenarios and their impacts.
Examples of "Delivery Proposals":
- Single delivery: Proposal for delivering the entire order quantity on a specific date.
- Partial deliveries: Proposal to split the delivery into multiple partial deliveries with different dates.
- Alternative product: Suggestion of a similar or compatible product when the originally ordered item is unavailable.
- Delivery from another plant: Proposal for delivery from a different location to reduce delivery time.
- Delayed full delivery: Proposal of a later delivery date for the complete delivery of the ordered quantity.
- Express delivery: Suggestion of a faster delivery method at an additional cost to meet the desired delivery date.