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The Vendor Calendar is where you manage Vendor holidays. Only specific dates will be affected by the vendor calendar.

Depending on the length of the vendor holiday/shutdown period, you may also want to prepare your parts for the shutdown with a Cycle Day Adjustment Factor.

Vendor Calendar Settings (4.17.0+)

If you have version 4.17.0 or higher, you will be given the choice in the instance settings to allow or disallow the Vendor Calendar to affect the Request Date. This choice will be determined by what the Request Date means for your parts and how your vendors treat shipping when they are on vacation.

When do I want this setting OFF?

If you do not use Goods Receipt Times, the Order Receipt Date will be the same as your Request Date. You may want this setting set to "OFF" to ensure that a vendor holiday does not affect your receipt date.

If most of your vendors allow ship out or pick-ups despite a shutdown or holiday, you may want this setting set to "OFF" so that your Request and Order Receipt Dates are more accurate.

When do I want this setting ON?

If your vendors do not ship out or allow pick ups on non-working days, you will want the vendor calendar to move Request Dates for your orders. This will subsequently push out Order Receipt Dates to ensure that the arrival time is accurate for your supply orders.

Editing the Vendor Calendar

To set a new Vendor shutdown or holiday, select the correct Vendor code from the top of the screen. If you do not remember the vendor code, you can always find it in the Part Properties tab on the Workbench.

Once you have the correct Vendor selected, click the "Add" button.

In the pop-up, enter the name of the holiday/blackout date as well as the dates that the vendor will be closed. Then hit "Add".

Vendor shutdown dates must be entered manually into R+ via the vendor calendar by vendor code. Currently there is no way to copy shutdowns between vendor codes in R+.

EDU Calculations and Vendor Calendar

The EDU calculation is primarily based on the calendars and the number of weeks in the ADU/FDU horizons in the Site Administration settings. The EDU calculation is always Total Demand / Number of Working Days within the ADU/FDU horizons.

The Vendor calendar will not affect the EDU calculation.

Dates and Vendor Calendar

Only the Promise / Request Date can be affected by the Vendor calendar as this is the only field that could involve the supplier. If there is a holiday on a Request date, that Request Date will be pushed back in time to the next available request date on a working day.

In versions higher than 4.17.0, you can also choose to turn off the ability of the vendor calendar to affect this date in the Site Administration settings. If this setting is turned off, the vendor calendar will not affect any fields or dates in R+.