Purchase Orders

This table contains the purchase orders of your supply chain (replenishment you are purchasing from your suppliers), either proposed by frePPLe or confirmed.

Fields

Field	Type	Description
status	non-empty string	This field should have one of the following keywords : proposed : The purchase order is proposed by frePPLe to meet the plan (optimization output). approved : The purchase order has been reviewed by the user and is ready to be exported to your ERP system. confirmed : The purchase order is confirmed, it has been populated in your ERP system (optimization input). closed : The purchase order has been delivered and the stock quantity increased.
item	item	The item being purchased.
location	location	The location receiving the purchase order.
supplier	supplier	The supplier shipping the purchase order.
quantity	number	The quantity delivered.
start date	DateTime	The date when the purchase order is leaving the supplier location.
end date	DateTime	The date of the purchase order delivery.
Demands	demand	The demand(s) (and quantity) pegged to the purchase order. This is a generated field.
criticality	number	The criticality is a read-only field, calculated by the planning engine. It represents an indication of the slack time in the usage of the purchase order. A criticality of 0 indicates that the purchase order is on the critical path of one or more demands. Higher criticality values indicate a delay of the purchase order will not immediately impact the shipment of any demand. A criticality of 999 indicates a purchase order that isn’t used at all to meet any demand. Note that the criticality is independent of whether the customer demand will be shipped on time or not.
delay	Duration	The delay is a read-only field, calculated by the planning engine. It compares the end data of the purchase order with the latest possible end date to ship all demands it feeds on time.