Written by: Judi Zietsman and Gail Haggerty

Every item at every location has a preferred supplier or source of supply that indicates where this item is sourced from. This could be an external supplier or an internal location such as a distribution center (DC). The supply type is typically specified in the ERP, however, some ERPs may not support this option. Therefore, a source of supply override may be required in the app.

NOTE: You can still have only one source of supply per item/location in Netstock.

To create a source of supply override, navigate to Settings > Policy overrides in the left pane of the app.

Click on New rule to create a new rule.

Remember: For a full explanation of how to create and apply policy overrides, view the training video or product tour in the top right corner of the screen.

From here, various policies may be overridden for a specified filter.

An example could be when a DC setup is required, but it is not not possible to set the right structure up in the ERP system. The default supplier for item 001 is currently set to all locations.

The supply chain can be depicted as follows:

Supplier XYZ has supplier constraints and enforces a minimum order quantity (MOQ) of 1000 units and an order multiple (OM) of 500 units. The lead time from Supplier XYZ to the various locations differ.

A policy override can be used to build and manage the DC setup if it is not possible in the ERP system.

With the new setup, Supplier XYZ will still enforce supplier constraints, however, this will only apply to DC 300 ordering from the external supplier. The DC has not enforced a MOQ or OM at the branches (location A, location B and location C).

The lead time from Supplier XYZ to DC 300 is long, whereas the lead time from DC 300 to the branches is much shorter.

The new sources of supply, MOQ, OM and lead time at each location will have to be catered for in the override.

Apply the override to the relevant filter, including supplier (Supplier XYZ), item code (Item 001) and location (Location C).

Policy overrides allow the user to build and manage their supply chain inside the app when it is not predefined in the ERP data extracts.

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