You can set the appearance of the tree panel according to your own preferences. These
settings are stored and used when you open the tree again.
-
Click the Expediting task on the dashboard, or select Expediting from the Tasks list.
-
Drag the right frame of the panel to change the panel size.
-
Click
in the right corner of the panel to hide the panel, and click the vertical tab to
display the panel again.
-
Select an option from the Group By drop-down list to change the group-by criterion for the displayed agreements.
By default, the records are grouped by none, which means the tree displays a flat
list of the agreements. The available group by options are
-
None
-
Supplier
-
Release Note
-
Expediter
-
Inspector
Group by supplier
With this option, all suppliers with assigned agreements are displayed.
-
Select a supplier
All agreements assigned to the supplier appear on the summary panel with the agreement
number, the short description, a timeline and the status.
What does the timeline show?
The picture below shows an example of the timeline.

The initial range of an agreement's timeline is specified by the earliest planned
delivery date and the latest planned arrival on site date, which are calculated across
all item shipments of the agreement. The earliest planned delivery date (1) is identified
by the Delivery Date indicator in the routing method schedule; this date appears under the start of the
timeline. The latest planned arrival on site date (2) appears under the end of the
timeline.
The current agreement status (3) appears on the left above the timeline, together
with the related destination in brackets. The status is determined by the item shipment
with the least progress, retrieved from the actual dates found in the corresponding
routing schedules. The corresponding actual date (4), forecasted date (5), and planned
date (6) are represented by indicators on the timeline.
Hovering over an indicator brings up a tooltip showing the date value.
-
Click
to expand the supplier node and to view the assigned agreements.
-
Select an agreement to view the details.
Group by release note
This option allows you to search for particular release notes without knowing the
agreement.
-
Select a release note.
-
Click
to expand the release note node and to view the associated agreement.
-
Click the agreement number to view the details.
Group by expediter
With this option, all expediters with assigned agreements are displayed.
-
Select an expediter.
-
Click
to expand the expediter node and to view the assigned agreements.
-
Select an agreement to view the details.
Group by inspector
With this option, all inspectors with assigned agreements are displayed.
-
Select an inspector.
-
Click
to expand the inspector node and to view the assigned agreements.
-
Select an agreement to view the details.
Customize the expediting status
The expediting status of an agreement is displayed in the tree.
The status is identified by the CIP function M_PCK_EXP_CUSTOM.GET_EXPED_STATUS.
This function has the business object type (POH for agreement, or RELN for release
note) and the primary key of the business object (p_pk_id) as input parameters, and
it returns the expediting status (m_type_status) with the following information:
-
Status as free text. For example, 'Received' or 'Shipped'.
-
Color, in which the status is displayed on the tree. For example, purple, green, or
blue.
-
Priority. The priority specifies the hierarchy of the status display in ascending
order. For example, priority 1 is displayed on top of the tree, priority 2 underneath,
and so forth.
The standard CIP delivered with the software retrieves the following values when called
for an agreement:
-
Received, priority 2, green - at least one item shipment of the agreement is received
(not all item shipments must be received). An item shipment is considered as received
if its Actual On Site date is set.
-
Shipped, priority 3, dark orange - at least one item shipment of the agreement is
shipped (not all item shipments must be shipped). An item shipment is considered as
shipped if its Actual Ship Date is set.
-
RN (release note) complete, priority 6, blue - all item shipments of the agreement
are placed on release notes.
-
IRC (inspection release certificate) complete, priority 5, plum - all item shipments
of the agreement are placed on IRCs.
-
MCS (material certificate summary) complete, priority 4, purple - all item shipments
of the agreement are placed on MCSs.
-
Undefined, priority 1, black - the item shipment status of the agreement does not
match any of the aforementioned.
If the CIP is called for a release note, it retrieves the following values:
-
Traffic OSD, priority 1, blue - for the release note or any package or package item
of the release note an OSD has been created by traffic that is not closed.
-
Site OSD, priority 2, blue violet - for the release note or any package or package
item of the release note an OSD has been created by site that is not closed.
-
Invoice OK, priority 4, green - the invoice for all item shipments of this release
note has been checked and marked as OK, that is, the Invoice OK check box is selected.
-
Packed, priority 5, cornflower blue - all item shipments of the release note with
all their quantities have been placed on packages based on the release note.
-
B/L or AWB, priority 6, dark green - B/L or AWB is marked, indicating that a bill of lading or an air way bill number has been entered
on any means of conveyance.
-
Approved, priority 7, orange - the release note is approved.
-
Undefined, priority 3, black - the release note status does not match any of the aforementioned.