The primary method for releasing backorders is to post product receipts. If a product's quantity on hand is less than its reserved quantity (a product's total open order quantity) at the time the product's receipts are posted, iMIS checks for backorders and commits products to them.
If a product's inventory remains insufficient for filling all backorders after posting receipts, the receipts are applied to orders in priority order, such as the oldest orders receiving priority over the newest orders for the given priority. Priority 1 is the highest priority as defined in the Priority field on the Enter and edit orders window. Orders with no priority assigned (the Priority field is left blank) are the last orders filled and sort in date order, oldest to newest.
All orders with committed receipts print on the receipts posting report, indicating the quantity committed to them and the stage or status of the order when the receipts are posted.
If shipping papers have been printed for a partially shippable order, iMIS commits the appropriate quantity to the order. However, iMIS does not move the committed quantity from the Back field to the Ship field as displayed on the Enter and edit orders window.
Partially shippable orders for which shipping papers have been printed are handled differently than other partially shippable orders because the shipping personnel dictate the product quantity that actually ships. For example, the shipping personnel may decide to ship the actual quantities indicated, or they may decide to override the shipped quantities and ship a different amount.
In either case, iMIS must wait for specific shipping instructions for processing the order. The best alternative in this situation is to enter the revised shipped quantities when the shipment entry is recorded if a manual override is processed. If the quantities are not revised, iMIS generates a shippable order when the order is invoiced.
10.6 Production Release. Updated 7/7/2005 10:23:45 AM
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