Delivery requirements represent the predetermined item quantities to be delivered to the customer.
The item requirements can be acquired from a variety of sources, including:
Manual Input - Delivery requirements can be manually input by the customer via the LinenMasterNet web application. Laundry personnel can also input requirements into the LinenMasterNet web application or the Office Manager. See Modify Delivery Requirements.
Predefined Standard / Par Level - Orders can be configured to included standard or par level quantities. These par quantities are used to compute delivery requirements.
On Hand1 - On hand quantities input into the delivery can be used in conjunction with the par quantities to compute the delivery requirements. LinenMasterNet calculates these requirements by subtracting the on hand quantity from the par quantity. See Modify On Hands.
Soil Counts1 - Delivery requirements can be obtained from physical soil counts or computed based on soil weight.
None / COG - Deliveries for wash and return linen and/or customer owned goods may not have item requirements.
LinenHelperNet - LinenMasterNet can be configured to obtain item requirements from the customer's LinenHelperNet system. Stocked and/or on hand quantities entered by the customer into LinenHelperNet can be accessed by LinenMasterNet and used to determine delivery requirements.
Next Requests1 - Generally used in Route Accounting models, next requests (also referred to as count backs or previous requests) are usually obtained by the delivery driver. These requests are input and stored in a previous delivery. See Modify Next Requests.
Census - Delivery requirements can be computed based on census quantities input into the delivery and criteria defined in the order setup. See Modify Census.
Electronic Exchange1 - LinenMasterNet can be configured to capture requirements electronically through certain third party applications such as scrub systems/garment dispensers and other Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) systems.
When manually inputting delivery requirements, quantities can be entered as Permanent or Temporary.
Permanent requirements are items which exist in or are added to the customer's circulating inventory.
Temporary requirements are items which will not be replenished upon return to the laundry. These items are not included in or added to the circulating inventory. For example, items required for special functions which should not be permanently added to the circulating inventory should be input as temporary requirements.
Unscheduled Items can be added manually to a delivery.
Unscheduled Products and Packs can be added to a delivery. Requirements for these items are input manually. See Add Unscheduled Items.
1Requirements which are based on soil counts, on hands, next requests or certain electronic exchange records are posted to the delivery by selecting the appropriate option in the Office Manager application. See Get Delivery Requirements.