FAQ
What is 'Estimated Lead Time'?
- Lead Time is the average number of days it takes for a part to get from the Supplier to your site. By default, this is set to 10 days on the Part Record. The Purchasing Team owns and updates this record based on their history.
Keep in mind that Lead Time is different from the Customer Want Date (which is set by the Tech when adding the part to the task) and the Customer Promised By Date (set by the buyer when confirming the PO). Those two dates are specific to a single order. Lead Time is more generalized.
There are two places where Lead Times are stored in EFP?
- One is on the Part Record, and the other is on the Stock Record.
As you can imagine, one of the considerations that factors into the Lead Time is the Supplier. In the Part record in the CLIENT, a primary supplier is often set based on purchasing history and our agreement with Strategic Suppliers.
Who updates the Lead Time on the Stock Record?
- The Supply Chain Specialist at the site owns the Stock Record. They are the ones who will update the Lead Time on the Stock Record.
- At the time of writing this document, Lead Time that is displayed in the Part Container will always come from the Part Record, and NOT date that is entered on the Stock Record.
- The reason for this is simple. You could have several stock records for the same part at your site (all for different locations.) With proper inventory management, these would all have the same Preferred Supplier and the same Lead Time entered on all the Stock Records for the part. Unfortunately, this is often NOT the case.
- Therefore, to keep it simple, the Lead Time from the Part Record (which is set at the Company level) will be used. If you want/need the part sooner, please raise the Priority on the order and move up the Customer Want by Date when the part is added to the Task.
By default, you will be looking at "My Site Stock."
- This will show you everything that meets your search requirements (in this case for Commodity Group = Motor) that has a stock record for your site - regardless of location.
- You have the option of sliding the toggle on Enterprise Stock. This will show you parts that are not necessarily in stock at your site, but that the part number exists in the ATS database. Please know that the Enterprise Stock Options will often have 10 day lead times.
How do I narrow my search?
- If you want to narrow the selection, you can choose to search by manufacturer, Category, Sub-Category or Attribute fields etc.
You could type this in the upper right hand corner search if you know it.
How does the Faster Lead Time Tile work?
- The Faster Lead Time Tile will give you options of pulling from the similar part number whose attributes match to the point where these parts are virtually identical.
What Lead Time will be shown if the part is In Stock?
- If the part is in stock, the lead time will show zero. Once the part is created, the quantity allocated to the task and will be taken out of the Stock Available quantity.