ASN workflow

You can use the Advance Ship Notice (ASN) workflow instead of the normal receiving workflow. You receive EDI 856 Advance Ship Notices from your vendors in flat files or AdvanceShipNotice BODs. To process the data in flat files, you must run the EDI Entry Processing Ship Notice Report . Data in inbound AdvanceShipNotice BODs is processed without user intervention.

See the Infor Distribution SX.e Setup and Administration Guide for EDI.

When ASN data is processed, batch purchase orders are created. Each batch purchase order header and line item is associated with an ASN number. An ASN number can be associated with one or more purchase orders or purchase order lines. Conversely, purchase orders or purchase order lines can be associated with one or more ASN numbers. These ASN/PO/PO line combinations are possible:

• One ASN number that is associated with one or more multiple purchase orders
• One ASN number that is associated with separate line items from one or more purchase orders
• Multiple ASN numbers that is associated with one purchase order
• Multiple ASN numbers that is associated with separate line items from one or more purchase orders