Cross-docking and splitting deliveriesTo fulfill an existing sales order for which no inventory is available, inbound goods can be immediately taken from the receipt location to the staging location for issue. This process is called cross-docking. Cross-docking types
Dynamic cross-docking is not further discussed in this topic. Cross-docking orders To generate cross-docking orders: Step 1. Create a cross-docking sales order
The Allow Purchase Orders check box must be selected for the sales order type in the Sales Order Types (tdsls0594m000) session. Step 2. Create a purchase order advice After the sales order line is approved and if the Generate Purchase Order Advice for Sales Order (tdsls4240m000) session is linked as an activity to the order type in the Sales Order Type - Activities (tdsls0694m000) session, a purchase order advice must be generated for the sales order line in the Generate Purchase Order Advice for Sales Order (tdsls4240m000) session. This step is not applicable if the Generate Purchase Orders (tdsls4241m000) session is linked as an activity to the order type instead of the Generate Purchase Order Advice for Sales Order (tdsls4240m000) session. Step 3. Create a cross-docking purchase order A purchase order must be generated from the sales order. How the purchase order is generated, depends on whether a purchase order advice already exists for the sales order line.
Step 4. Release the cross-docking order to Warehousing Release the purchase order to Warehousing in the Release Purchase Orders to Warehousing (tdpur4246m000) session. Release the sales order to Warehousing in the Release Sales Orders to Warehousing (tdsls4246m000) session. Splitting deliveries Splitting deliveries is in fact splitting order lines. When purchase order lines or sales order lines are generated, you can split the order lines into several delivery lines. Consequently, multiple deliveries take place on one order line. To split deliveries, click:
Splitting deliveries for cross-docking orders If a cross-docking order exists and a split delivery is required, you can further split a delivery line into several deliveries by clicking:
As a result, the Split Line (tdpur4000s000) session starts in which you can split the delivery line into several deliveries. Consequently, the link between Procurement and Sales is kept. Important! You must make a distinction between splitting and adding a delivery line. When you add a delivery line to increase the order quantity in the Sales Order Line - Deliveries (tdsls4101m900), or the Purchase Order Line Details (tdpur4101m200) session, the link between the sales order and the purchase order is not kept. When you split a delivery line into several deliveries in the Split Line (tdpur4000s000) session, the link between the sales order and the purchase order is kept. For a cross-docking order, several purchase order line details can be linked to one sales order line, or several sales order delivery lines can be linked to one purchase order line. Therefore, if you make changes to the sales order (delivery) line, the link with the purchase order line (detail)(s) can be broken. LN breaks the link with the purchase order line (detail)(s) if you change these fields in the Sales Order Lines (tdsls4101m000) or Delivery Lines (tdsls4101m100) session:
Example If two sales order delivery lines are linked to a purchase order line and, on the first sales order deliver line, you change one of the above mentioned fields, the link between the first sales order delivery line and the purchase order line is broken. The link between the second sales order delivery line and the purchase order line still exists. When the second sales order delivery line is also disconnected from the purchase order line, the link between the sales order and the purchase order is removed, which you can view in the Linked Order Line Data (tdsls4102s200) session. Note
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