Material Release Help

Section 8 Appendix

Material Release Help

Material Releases are created by Whirlpool from our manufacturing system to provide information on release of parts against an established blanket purchase order. Included are release quantities and dates, as well as information related to accumulated quantities shipped, ASN in-transit data, and consignment balances held by Whirlpool. Releases are generated for firm, tentative, and planning periods.

The table below lists elements contained in each release and a description of each element.

Element / Description /
End Date / The last day where parts requirements end.
Gen Date / The date the release was generated.
Notes: Firm Date / The firm release period within which parts are committed for supplier fabrication.
Notes: Planning Date / The planning release period is for information only. there is no commitment to the supplier.
Notes: Tentative Date / The tentative release period within which parts are committed for supplier raw materials.
P.O. Number / The purchase order number of the part being released.
Part Desc / The description of the Whirlpool part number.
Part No / The Whirlpool part number to be supplied to Whirlpool.
Release Date / The first day where actual requirements for parts begin.
Release No / The number of the release for the part and being reviewed (since January 1).
Release Type / 10-Day Release or 26-week Release/Planning Schedule
Schedule: ASN Net / For each Whirlpool part, this will indicate (Yes or No) if quantity reported as in-transit on a supplier ASN (Ship Notice) is netted from material release requirements.</font
Schedule: Consign Net / For each Whirlpool part, this will indicate (Yes or No) if quantity received in warehouse as consignment is netted from material release requirements.
Schedule: Past Due / Accumulation of all firm requirements with due dates prior to the release date.
Schedule: Rev Date / The date the current part revision was entered into the part/purchase order record.
Schedule: Rev Level / Current part revision letter of the purchase order.
Schedule: UOM / The purchase unit of measure for this part/supplier/purchase order record.
Shipment: ASN's in transit / For each Whirlpool part, this will be the total quantity of that part which has been reported as in-transit on a supplier ASN (Electronic Ship Notice).
Shipment: Consignment Quantity / For each Whirlpool part, this will be the total quantity of that part which has been received in a consignment warehouse but not yet taken into Whirlpool inventory.
Shipment: Last Shipment Received Quantity / The last quantity received for this part, purchase order, and supplier record.
Shipment: Ytd Accumulated Receipts / The year to date receipts when the release was generated.
Supplier Information: Code / Whirlpool-assigned supplier identification code

Consign Net = YES" would indicate that shipments received in a consignment warehouse, but not yet received into Whirlpool's inventory for this part have already been "netted" , therefore you should ship to the release requirements. Conversely, if this record had indicated "NO", your requirements for this part have not been "netted" , therefore you should ship to the release requirements less the consignment amount already shipped.

"ASN Net = NO" would indicate that although an ASN (Electronic Ship Notice) has been transmitted, but if this shipment has not yet been received by the Whirlpool division, your requirements for this part have not been "netted" , therefore you should ship to the release requirements less the ASN in-transit amount. Conversely, if this record had indicated "YES", requirements for this part have already been "netted", therefore you would ship to the release requirements.

Time Periods : When does Whirlpool send EDI releases to suppliers?
Suppliers receive releases from Whirlpool in several ways:

· Releases can be either a full 26 week release showing firm, tentative and planning data or a "ten-day" release showing firm data for the next 10 days.

· All suppliers receive a full 26 week release on Saturday for all active parts

· Some suppliers receive the full 26 week also on Tuesday to Friday.

· Other suppliers receive the 10-day release on Tuesday to Friday and the 26 week release on Saturday

· The 10-day release is sent to suppliers at 6am Tuesday to Friday. The 26-week release is sent at the completion of WMCS processing (usually after 8am).

For Additional information regarding the 830/830D or (52 week Material Release) or 830D (10 day Material Release), refer to section 3.2.2 Material Release & Opening a Material Release.

For Additional information on X12or Edifact Compositions refer to the following sections: 8.12.2 830/830D X12 Composition, 8.12A.2 DELFOR EDIFACT Composition, 8.12B.2 862 JIT X12 Composition, 8.12C.2 861 RAV X12 Composition, 8.12D.2 824 Discrepancies X12 Composition

of the EZISM Manual.

Document Times & SLA‘s

Document Type Normal Distribution Time SLA or Considered Late

846 – Consignment Usage Report 8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.

862- JIT – Just In Time 7:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m.

830- 52W Material Release 8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.

830D- 10D Material Release 8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.

861- RAV-Receiving Advice 8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.

824 – Discrepancy Notice 8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.

864 – Text Message 8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.

997- Acknowledgments Not Considered Late

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