Planned Crossdock is demand driven and prior to arrival of the material, demand is planned to be fulfilled using incoming supply.

There are 5 different setups that need to be done for planned cross docking. In the below example we are creating a planned cross dock criteria by the name ‘MI_Planned Cross Dock’. After defining the criteria, we'll attach to it the organization in rules work bench. The next step is to create an operation plan for planned cross docking. Rests of the setups are OM related.

Crossdocking Time fences - Identify eligible supply sources (for planned crossdocking) or eligible demand sources (for opportunistic crossdocking)

• Crossdock Window : Wait Time, Time during which cross docking takes place
• Order Processing Time (OPT) : The time required to complete the shipping process;Load/unload/move Time
• Buffer Time (BT) : Extra time provided for Safety margin
• Past Due Supply Cut-off (PDS) : To exclude uncertain supplies; Any supply before this time is ignored by the system.Suppose current time is 10AM and PDS is 30 mins then system would ignore any supply before 9.30 AM

Crossdocking Goal - Choose one or more supply (or demand) sources from the pool of eligible supply (or demand) sources

• Maximize Crossdock (FIFO)
• Minimize Wait (LIFO)
• Custom

Determine expected arrival time for supply
Dock appointment time
Planned arrival date
Expected receipt date
Shipped date + Transit time
Promise date
Need by date

Determine expected departure time for demand
Dock appointment time
Planned departure date
Schedule ship date
Promise date

Planned Crossdock – Backward scheduling
Current Time - 11:00
Scheduled Ship time for demand – 16:00
Order Processing Time = 1 Hr
Buffer Time = 1 Hr
Crossdock Window = 2 Hrs
Past Due Supply Cutoff = 0.5 Hrs
Latest arrival time for a supply to be crossdocked = Scheduled Ship time for demand – ( Order Processing Time + Buffer Time) = 16:00 – (1+1) = 14:00
Earliest arrival time for a supply to be crossdocked = Latest arrival time for a supply to be crossdocked - Crossdock Window = 14:00 – 2 = 12:00

2. Crossdock criteria assignment

Two new Rule Types are introduced in R12. Planned Crossdock & Opportunistic Crossdock. In out planned cross dock test we will select Planned Crossdock type. We create a new assignment with a sequence number. Lower the sequence higher the precedence.
Note: Always remember to run ‘Generate All Rules’ Concurrent program after you have defined any new rule or made changes to existing rule.

3. Crossdock Operation Plan

On operation select Cross dock. In cross dock method select appropriate cross dock method. In our example we select ‘(Default) LPN based consolidation in staging lane within delivery’.
The other options are:

• Locator based consolidation in consolidation locator, within delivery in staging lane
• LPN based consolidation in consolidation locator, within delivery in staging lane
• Direct consolidation in staging lane within delivery
• LPN based consolidation in staging lane across deliveries
• Direct consolidation in staging lane across deliveries
• LPN based consolidation in consolidation locator, across deliveries in staging lane
• Locator based consolidation in consolidation locator, across deliveries in staging lane

4. OM System Parameters

Set a value of ‘0’ for “Reservation Time Fence” parameter.
Note: This setting will ensure that no high level reservations are created when the sales orders are booked. This is necessary because system will not try to crossdock for the demand lines with any reservations.