DELFOR Delivery Schedule Message - Eurofer

UN/EDIFACT D97.A DELFOR - Delivery schedule message
3. SCOPE
3.1. Functional definition
This message is used in the steel industry to provide information from a party who is
planning the use or consumption of products (customer) to a party who has to plan for the
supply of the products (supplier). The message gives the requirements regarding details for
short term delivery and/or medium to long term scheduling for products. The scheduling
can be used to authorise manufacturing and/or the provision of basic materials for the
production.
3.2. Field of application
This message provides the definition of the Eurofer delivery schedule message to be used in
Electronic Data Interchange between trading partners.
3.3. Principles
The Delivery schedule message shall be used to :
- specify forecast production requirements, either for planning/forecast, commitment for
material and commitment for manufacturing and material.
- specify firm delivery dates and the quantities scheduled,
- define the aspects that guarantee the synchronisation between the supplying and
receiving parties, thus allowing the supplier to plan for the resources necessary to fulfill
customer requirements.
The EDIFACT - Delivery schedule message provides the option to use one of the two
scheduling methods.
Method 1 : Delivery point driven
This is when for a given delivery point a number of different products are to be delivered.
This means that the address of the consignee triggers the product information.
Method 2 : Product driven
This is when a given product is to be delivered to a number of different delivery points.
This means that the product information triggers the delivery address information.
Eurofer has decided to use only the Delivery point driven method.
3.4. Message usage
The Delivery schedule message can be used in three different ways based on the agreement
between the partners involved. The different functions of the message are explained in
chapter 1.2.
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