Infor to WMS outbound processing

Outbound processing consists of these data transfers from Infor to the WMS:

• Item master data

  Item master data is stored in both Infor and the WMS. The item master download ensures items are synchronized between the two systems. The items are downloaded as they are entered in Infor. The item master download automates the creation and updates of Infor items in the WMS. It allows users to define the items in Infor so they can later perform transactions on the items in the WMS.

  Note:  Do not mark items as inspection items in Infor. Infor does not pass this information to the WMS. The WMS determines the items that require inspection.
• Purchase orders

  The WMS Inbound Receiving Advanced Ship Notice (ASN) downloads approved purchase orders from Infor into the WMS and provide the WMS with the necessary receiving requirements. Users create and approve purchase orders in Infor. Only items present in the item interface or inventory items are sent to the WMS. A batch-driven program is periodically run to process the records in the interface ASN bridge tables to download the purchase order information from Infor to the WMS.

• Shipment pick lists

  A customer order with a header, detail lines, and comments is created in Infor Distribution Management. After this order is allocated against as ready to be picked, it is released into the shipment tables in Infor as a picking list with a document type of Shipment.

• Customer returns

  A customer return authorization is created in Item and Order Billing based on items expected to be returned by the customer. If the return location is defined as a WMS location, interface records with a header, lines, and comments are created. These records are then available to the WMS to receive against.