Multi-Site Transfer Orders Information

Introduction

The combination of transfer orders and transfer order line items is used to control more formal movements of larger volumes of materials and items. This combination is characterized by:

• Transfer header and line items.
• Picking Process.
• Separate entry of shipping and receiving transactions with provisions for losses, damages, and rejects.
• Visibility of in transit items.
• Support for financial transactions.

A transfer order is used for the planning and controlling of stock movement and availability. When a transfer order requests that the material be transferred from the shipping site to the receiving site, the shipping site must be aware of this transfer order. If the material is being transferred to the receiving site from the shipping site, the receiving site must be aware of this transfer order. After the transfer order is entered at one site, the system creates a complementary record automatically at the other site.

Multi-Currency Issues when Adding or Updating Transfer Orders

When you create the transfer order, the exchange rate defaults from the Inter-Site Parameters form, and cannot be changed. When adding or updating header information between two sites, the system determines whether the currency is different for each site. If so, the system stores currency in the domestic amount of the site.

Multi-Site Transfer Order Assumptions

• The Unit of Measure for items or materials that will be transferred must be identical at all sites.
• Transfer orders provide functionality to enter standard Transit Time between sites that is used as a default value.
• Transfer orders allow a transfer order line item to be entered at one site that is to be shipped from that site.
• Transfer orders allow a transfer order line item to be entered at one site that is to be received at that site.
• Transfer orders allow maintenance of the transfer order header data from the shipping site when it creates the transfer order. The receiving site can also do maintenance when it creates the transfer order
• Transfer orders allow partial shipping and receiving.
• Each site that performs shipping transactions has a journal file.
• Each site that performs receiving transactions has a journal file.

Planning Multi-Site Transfer Orders in MRP or APS

When an item is produced at a remote supply site, the creation of a supply transfer order must trigger a demand transfer order at the supply site in order for the supply site to know about that order. With MRP or APS, you can set up replication to create a demand transfer order at the item's supply site.

With the APS Planning mode, you can also run APS Planning in global mode, which runs the planning program at each remote site in your supply chain.

See About Global Planning for information about how global APS planning plans transfer orders. MRP does not support global planning.