As lead time is an important factor for sourcing decisions, Supplyframe provides estimates for lead times based on data from suppliers who have provided it, regardless of the price source. Lead times are based on the combination of MPN and Manufacturer. Aliases are leveraged to recognize Manufacturers.
Parts with an estimated lead time are differentiated by an icon with a tooltip of “Estimated".
The following conditions are taken into consideration:
- When a supplier does not have lead time, then it will calculate the estimated lead time as an average of other lead times.
- After excluding outliers (using the IQR method), Supplyframe will use at least three lead times to calculate the estimate.
- “Estimatedˮ for lead time is identified in the BOM export.
- “Estimatedˮ for lead time is also identified on Intelligence in the lead time table.
Clicking on the icon will show how the estimated lead time was calculated. This estimation is from all records with lead time, no matter the source. It is sorted in descending with longest lead time at the top. Outliers are not in this list, as they have already been excluded.
How lead time is used from various price sources:
- All lead times provided by suppliers via Specific Pricing (SP) or Web Pricing (WP) are considered. This is aside from the outlier exclusions.
- When used from Contract Pricing (CP), Purchase Orders (PO) and RFQs, Supplyframe will limit results to only 2 years back from todayʼs date. This is based on the Start Date, and respectively with PO Date as follows:
- For CP and RFQs, it will check for Start Date no older than 2 years from today;
- For PO, it will use PO Date no older than 2 years from todayʼs date;
- It will not include lead times if Start Date is missing from CP or RFQ. PO Date is mandatory, so it cannot be missing.
Important Notes:
- Price settings (IPN/MPN) are not relevant to the estimated lead times.
E.g. Pricing could be pulled on a line item based on IPN, which could include different MPNs, or some Contract Pricings could be excluded or other settings. - For the purpose of estimating lead time, Supplyframe always considers the MPN + Manufacturer combination (with the above timeframe restriction of 2 years).
- For an RFQ source the quoted MPN is prioritized if it exists. Otherwise, the MPN is used, since suppliers can quote a different MPN in RFQs than the requested MPN.