Demand

In ZUGSEIL, demand is the trigger for fulfillment action. Filling demand is governed by the supply chain management engine.

Direct demand is created through these two demand creating objects:

internal orders - An internal customer files demand by creating an internal order
customer orders - An external customer files demand by creating a purchase order on his side, which creates a customer order on the supplier's side, after the supplier accepts it.

Indirect demand is raised through objects, which result in direct demand. Examples:

Production Orders - They create a production plan, which might require material for production. These material requirements boil down to internal orders

Demand structure

Each demand creating object has mandatory and non-mandatory information.

Who - Who filed the demand?
Billing information - Depending on the order type, this is either internal billing information (costcenters, projects, ....) or customer billing information
Ordered products or services - Which goods should delivered? Which state (new/used) they should be delivered?

There can be a manyfold of additional information, which can enrich the mandatory information

Further ordered product details:
- variations - what variant of the product is ordered
- alterations - should alterations be done on the product
- configurations - building instructions for build-to-order contexts
International commercial terms (INCOTERMS) - they clarify the obligations of buyers and sellers in foreign trade contract
Delivery request plan - How, where and when and in which fractions should the delivery occur?
Payment plans - How should the payment take place.