In this use-case it is explained how to order a standard item with additional services using the Order message.
Introduction
Since SCSN focuses on low-volume, high-mix, and high-complexity supply chains, it is rather common that SCSN is used to purchase unique items. In order to specify the requirements of this unique item, additional files such as 3D drawings are attached to the order and are manually inspected by the seller before he can respond to the order request. For relative simple items (e.g. a metal sheet with a single coating), this process requires a lot of manual intervention and, therefore, the order processing can take longer than inspected.
For these reasons, the Workgroup Material Processing is setup with the goal to make it possible to define simple processing steps on top of standard items without using a 3D drawing. This makes it possible to automatize the order processes and thus potentially process in order within seconds.
Additional services/Processing Steps
The workgroup already discussed various services which could be ordered on top of a standard item.
Sawing
Blasting
Painting
Metal Certificates (2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2)
Framework
This section describes the framework used to describe all additional services. This framework is part of the Order and Order response message, and uses specific elements for defining the services. Each service might have domain-specific attributes, however, the main structure is abstract and does, therefore, not have to be changed when defining a new service. A simplified overview of the structure is showed below.
The example above illustrates the structure which is used to specify two additional services on top of an off-the-shelve item. In total, three metal sheets are procured including two types of additional services, namely: Sawing and Steel Certificates. These additional services are specified in the sub-order lines of the respective item, and use an unique StandardItemIdentification in order to identify the specific additional services. The list SCSN_Services contains a predefined set of different services.
The specific details of the sawing service are specified in the Configuration and Dimension elements. The Configuration element contains values from a specific codelist, i.e. a predefined list of options. In this example, the Configuration element is used to define the use of specific models. The Dimension attribute contains all service-specific attributes and also includes the possibility to specify a unit of value. These attributes, together with codelists are defined for each of the supported service.
The same applies for the second defined service: Steel certificates. The Configuration element is used to specify which type of certificate is requested. Moreover, note that the PriceQuantity of the sub-order lines are always the total price for this line (i.e. in the example this is the total price of three certificates/sawing steps). Furthermore, the price specified on order line-level is the total price of the off-the-shelve items including all sub-order lines.
Below, an example message can be found which is similar to the previous example.
This section describes the service-specific attributes of the saw processing step, which is already introduced in the previous section. There are two codelist specified for this service, namely: Saw Model and Saw Top View, which both specify in which way the item should be positioned. Furthermore, there are several attributes used to specify the service.
Saw Model
Each saw instruction is specified using one specific saw model. The figure below illustrates all saw models currently supported by SCSN. The names of the models are used in the messages.
It should be noted that this list is not yet complete, there are still some uncommon models which are not yet defined. However, we are confident that most commonly used saw models are captured by these models.
Saw Top View
This codelist is used to specified in which way the product is positioned with respect to the sawing machine. Similar to the Saw Model, on of the following views has to be chosen in order to specify a saw processing step.
Attributes
Start Angle, decimal in preferred unit degrees
Start Angle Positive Tolerance, decimal in preferred unit degrees
Start Angle Negative Tolerance, decimal in preferred unit degrees
End Angle, decimal in preferred unit degrees
End Angle Positive Tolerance, decimal in preferred unit degrees
End Angle Negative Tolerance, decimal in preferred unit degrees
Length Positive Tolerance, decimal in preferred unit millimeters
Length Negative Tolerance,decimal in preferred unit millimeters
Certificates
This section describes the service-specific attributes of the certificate service, which is used to request steel certificates.
The StandardItemIdentification code for this attribute is SCSN_Services > SC (Steel Certificate).
There is only a single codelist used in order to define which certificate is required: Certificate Type.
The 3.2 inspection certificate according to the NEN-EN 10204-2014 which includes a statement of compliance with order, indication of test results carried out as defined by product specification and indication of 3rd Party witness to purchaser's specified scope of testing.
10204-3.1
The 3.1 inspection certificate according to the NEN-EN 10204-2014 which includes a statement of compliance with order and indication of test results carried out as defined by product specification.
10204-2.2
The 2.2 material certificate according to the NEN-EN 10204-2014 which includes a statement of compliance with order and indication of results of non-specific inspection.
10204-2.1
The 2.1 certificate of compliance according to the NEN-EN 10204-2014 which includes a statement of compliance with order.