Promise date on a Sales Order - why not?

[hkeric.wci (Haso Keric)]

Some fun reading by @timshuwy

Order Due Date vs Job Due Date

Just to mix things up a bit… (opening another can of worms here) I always like to throw in a new UD field in Order Release called “Promised Ship Date”… this date is not allowed to be changed UNLESS the customer requests, and you re-promise… THEN I also like to allow changes to the sales order Ship By date if the schedule is known to be missed. This allows everyone to look at the CURRENT schedule and you can then make proper forecasts of what WILL be shipping (I dont like to hold onto old inform…

Scheduling Locked Jobs

This is where I have preached that people need to change their thoughts… There are two dates in the Order Release… need by, and ship by. the Need by is what the customer wanted The ship by is your “current” promise date. It is what drives everything… MRP will ALWAYS drive to this date. If your jobs do not meet this date, then MRP will try everything in its power to make it happen… if you lock the supply date/quantity, MRP will then tell you to make more. it is the way Epicor is designed. My …