High- Level Specification
| Implementing System | Kinaxis Maestro |
|---|---|
| Invoked by/Invokes | ERP-1621 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Business Process Reference | 04.04.06.01. Data provisioning ERP to Maestro |
Functional Overview
This table contains data related to historical actual customer demand (shipments and/or actual demand) for a given period. This table supports Demand Planning and Statistical Forecasting in Maestro, and is needed for statistical forecasting, forecast, disaggregation, and forecast accuracy.
May also contain data related to consumption of inventory by a customer or point of sale data from a customer.
Scope and Objectives
The scope of this interface is between Global Integration Suite and Maestro. This document includes details of the HistoricalDemandActual.tab object.
The objective is to populate the HistoricalDemandActual and it's referenced tables based on the file provided by Global Integration Suite.
Process Flow Diagram
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Step | Description |
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1 | Global Integration Suite transfers transformed Composites / Rest of World data from S/4, and performs some formatting, and sends the data to Maestro. |
2 | China Integration Suite transfers transformed China data from S/4, and performs some formatting, and sends the data to Maestro. |
3 | Transferred files will be sent to Maestro’s Client SFTP server. This sits outside of the Maestro firewall and is accessible by client using a user id/ password. Files are transferred from this component to the Planning Server SFTP by a Kinaxis automatic process once the trigger file has been placed (see below) |
4 | Files are moved to this SFTP server automatically, where they await loading into Maestro. |
5 | Maestro uses the configured DSM (Data Sources and Mapping) setup to load the data into the HistoricalDemandActual table, with the load initiated either manually or through a scheduled system task. |
6 | The Data Tables which store information in Maestro |
Assumptions
See OnHand.tab System Interface document for assumptions.
Dependencies
See OnHand.tab System Interface document for dependencies.
Security, Integrity and Controls
See Application Architecture - Maestro for security requirements for SFTP/REST based authentication and security.
Configuration Requirements
The Data Sources and Mapping for this interface should be configured once, according to the structure in the Data Structure section below.
The Data Model needs to be configured with the Syway-specific fields shown in the Data Model Custom Fields section below.
Special Requirements
None
Design Rationale
The base of this design has been taken from the existing Maestro implementation, as designed during the Advanced Planning System (APS) Project.
A fit-gap analysis was undertaken within Syway, and changes were identified which have been incorporated into the Syway spec as shown.
API Use
The data object provided by either Integration Suite will be consumed by Maestro.
For more information see the Data Integration Document.
Data Structure
The following Maestro fields will be populated by the file provided by Integration Suite:
| Column Number | Field Name | Technical Field Name | Data Type | Key | Field Type | Autocreate | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Category | Header.Category.Value | String | Y | ExtractField | N | The demand category associated with this group of historical demands |
2 | Customer Id | Header.PartCustomer.Customer.Id | String | Y | ExtractField | N | A value that identifies thecustomer. |
3 | Part | Header.PartCustomer.Part.Name | String | Y | ExtractField | N | Part number or item number. |
4 | Site | Header.PartCustomer.Part.Site.Value | String | Y | ExtractField | N | List of valid site codes. These include manufacturing/physical and inventory/logical. |
5 | Date | Date | Date | Y | ExtractField | Default | The date associated with this historical demand. This is the date on which the record would be considered for use in statistical forecasting, forecast disaggregation, and/or inventory optimization algorithm calculations |
6 | Customer Name | Header.PartCustomer.Customer.Name | String | N | ExtractField | N | The name of the customer. |
7 | Customer Group Id | Header.PartCustomer.Customer.CustomerGroup.Id | String | N | ExtractField | N | The group name. |
8 | Line | Line | String | Y | ExtractField | Default | The order line number associated with this record. |
9 | Quantity | Quantity | Quantity | N | ExtractField | Default | The total quantity of actual demands (shipments, requests, etc.) for the period identified by Date |
10 | Unit Price | UnitPrice | Money | N | ExtractField | Default | The unit price for the historical demand |
File Formats
See File Formats - SFTP section in the Data Integration Document.
Data Model HistoricalDemandActual table settings:
| Allow Data update to: | Currency | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insert, Modify and Delete records | Insert and Modify records only | Allow automatic record creation | Determined by Maestro | Expression |
| Y | - | N | N/A | N/A |
Data Model HistoricalDemandActual custom fields:
Field name | Description | Data type | Key |
RawPrice | Used in the MTP solution to import records with different currencies and convert them to EUR. | Quantity | N |
Processing Logic
See Processing Logic - SFTP section in the Data Integration Document.
Delta or Full Load Requirements
This file will be a Full Load, sent 3 times a day, so the file has been loaded at the beginning of day for each global region. If HistoricalDemandActual is omitted from any of these loads, the HistoricalDemandActual data within Maestro will be unchanged.
For more information on the difference between Full and Delta loads, see the Full Loads and Delta Loads - SFTP section in the Data Integration Document.
Interface Alert & Monitoring
See the Interface Alert & Monitoring - SFTP section in the Data Integration Document,
Language Requirements
None
User Interface Requirements
Not required.
Sequencing
Reference tables to support HistoricalDemandActual table data have to be either loaded manually before loading the HistoricalDemandActual table or at the same time as the HistoricalDemandActual table is loaded or set to be created automatically in data model or in DSM.
Below tables need to be taken into account before HistoricalDemandActual table data load:
Table | SyWay configuration |
HistoricalDemandHeader | Set to allow automatic record creation |
HistoricalDemandCategory | Control table; Auto create not allowed |
HistoricalDemandCategoryType | Control table; Auto create not allowed |
Part | Auto create not allowed |
Customer | Auto create not allowed |
Volumetrics
Current APS Volume of HistoricalDemandActual records is 1,043,268. Because APS makes up approximately 60% of Syway projected records, an expected estimate for Syway is therefore 16,69,229.
This value is expected to grow by 1-2% per year.
Performance Consideration
Since the initial data load for Historical demand data will be for a 3 year horizon, the performance of the system will have to be monitored.
Testing
How to Test
See OnHand.tab System Interface document for information on how to test.
There are no HistoricalDemandActual-specific testing requirements.
Test Conditions and Expected Results
| 1 | Data Load Successful | The Data in the data file matches the data in the Maestro table, and there are no errors. | |||||
| 2 | Data File contains 0 records | The Data Update should fail with a status of Pending. | |||||
| 3 | Data File contains invalid references (or other error) | The Data Update should Fail, the invalid references should be visible in the error log and the records with the error are not loaded into Maestro, and an alert is sent to the Admin team <Or whatever action is needed> Fields for HistoricalDemandActual.tab which should be checked for invalid references are shown in the Data Structure table above as "Ref String" and are:
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| 4 | Data file contains duplicates | The HistoricalDemandActual.tab file must be checked further for data uniqueness with respect to the key fields, in case data is available in file but not in Maestro |
Test Considerations/Dependencies
Dependent files should already be loaded into Maestro for these tests to complete. See Sequencing section above.
Other Information
Development Details
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