Warehouse transfer shipping updates

When you ship a warehouse transfer, these inventory control and product updates occur:

  • Updates for the ship from warehouse are the same for Direct Order transfers and regular transfers. When you ship a transfer, the WT In Transit balance in Product Warehouse Product Setup is increased and the On Hand or Committed balance is decreased.
  • When you ship a DO transfer, you can automatically update it to the Received stage when you click Ship All, Auto Receive WTs in Transfer Shipping Entry. All appropriate General Ledger updates are made if you received the DO transfer in Transfer Receipt of Inventory Entry. If you do not select this option, you must manually receive the DO transfer.
  • If the ARP was followed or the Usage option was manually set, usage is recorded when the Product Administration Month End Processing Report is generated in the ship from warehouse,.
  • For regular products, the cost is based on the Post to G/L By setting in SA Administrator Options-Products-Costs in the ship from warehouse, regardless of the costing option in the ship to warehouse. The cost is always based on the unit entered on the transfer, and the extended cost is based on the quantity shipped.
  • Capitalized and expensed transfer addons are not included in the recosting. The Product Warehouse Product Setup addons are included in the product's cost if Include Addons in SA Administrator Options-Products-Costs in the ship from warehouse is selected.
  • If you use FIFO costing, the average cost from the ship from warehouse is used temporarily until you ship the transfer. Then, the cost from the Product Extended FIFO Setup record replaces the temporary cost with a valid FIFO record.
  • The cost for each product is recalculated if new costs exist on the product record for regular products, serial and lot products, or special costing products. If Roll Up Serial/Lot Costs in SA Administrator Options-Products-Costs is selected, the Product Extended Serial Number Setup and Product Extended Lot Number Setup cost is used for recosting.
  • If the cost is overridden on a transfer line as a result of the transfer being tied as a special, nonstock, or Direct Order (DO), the cost is not recalculated. Nonstock products use the product cost from the Non-Stock Entry window.
  • A warehouse transfer or DO transfer that is shipped through a shipping interface calculates insurance on the shipped quantity and uses the costs from the ship-from warehouse.