Blanket warehousing orders

To receive items based on a push schedule, you must use blanket warehousing orders.

Creation and characteristics

If, in Purchase Control, a push schedule is generated, LN always immediately generates a blanket warehousing order. You can view blanket warehousing orders in the Warehousing Orders (whinh2100m000) session.

A blanket warehousing order has the following characteristics:

  • The Blanket Order check box in the Warehousing Orders (whinh2100m000) session is selected.
  • The Order Line number field and the Order Line sequence field in the Inbound Order Lines (whinh2110m000) session have the value zero.
  • The Planned Delivery Date and Planned Receipt Date fields are empty. The Contract Date is similar to the Contract Date from the Purchase Contracts (tdpur3100m000) session on which the push schedule is based. If the push schedule is not linked to a purchase contract, the Contract Date in the Warehousing Orders (whinh2100m000) session is filled with the Effective Date from the Items - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000) session.
  • A quantity Ordered Quantity equal to the Agreed Quantity as defined on the purchase contract line. If the push schedule is not linked to a purchase contract, the quantity Ordered Quantity is the time between the Effective Date and the Expiry Date times the Supplier Capacity, as retrieved from the Items - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000) session.
  • The value of the Hard Stop on Date field is No, because date tolerances are not used for blanket warehousing orders.
  • The Lot Selection is always Any.
To change a blanket warehousing order

If no items are yet received for a blanket warehousing order, Purchase Control can update the following in the Inbound Order Lines (whinh2110m000) session:

  • The ship-from business partner as specified in the Ship-from Code field of the Ship-From group box.
  • The warehouse as specified in the Ship-to Code field of the Ship-To group box.
  • The purchase office as specified in the Office field.
  • Select or clear the Consignment check box, and, thus, indicate whether the blanket warehousing order concerns consignment inventory.
  • The business partner's order reference as specified in the Reference field.
  • Add or change the order header text.
  • The Item.
  • The Effectivity Unit.

If items are received for a blanket warehousing order, Purchase Control cannot change the order and order lines.

Receipts based on blanket warehousing orders

A receipt line for a blanket warehousing order always has an expected quantity of zero. If no advance shipment notice is used, the default received quantity and packing slip quantity are also zero. You can specify or change the received quantity and the packing slip quantity in the Receipt Lines (whinh3112s000) session.

If you confirm or correct a receipt for a blanket warehousing order in respectively the Warehouse Receipt (whinh3512m000) session or the Receipt Correction (whinh3121s000) session, LN updates:

  • The purchase receipt data in the Purchase Schedule - Receipts (tdpur3115m200) session.
  • The cumulated received quantity for the blanket warehousing order. You can view the cumulated received quantity in the Received Quantityin Inventory Unit field of the Inbound Order Lines (whinh2110m000) session.
Inspection and handling of rejected items

If you performed an inspection for items that are received for a blanket warehousing order, LN uses the inspection results to update the purchase receipt data in the Purchase Schedule - Receipts (tdpur3115m200) session.

LN handles rejected inventory that is received on a blanket warehousing order differently from the way in which LN handles rejected inventory that is received on other warehousing orders:

  • If, during inspection, you reject items that are received based on a blanket warehousing order, LN does not create a back order.
  • If you assign dispositions Use As Is or No Fault Found to quarantine inventory in the Quarantine Inventory (whwmd2171m000) session, LN creates a new receipt line for the blanket warehousing order on which these items were originally received.
Close and delete blanket warehousing orders

If a purchase schedule has the Termination in Process status or the Terminated status, you can no longer receive items based on this purchase schedule. In this case, you must close the blanket warehousing order. Two ways exist to close a blanket warehousing order:

  • In the Receipt Lines (whinh3112s000) session, create a receipt with quantity zero and the Final Receipt check box selected.
  • In the Receipt Correction (whinh3121s000) session, correct the last receipt line for the blanket warehousing order by selecting the Final Receipt check box. To start the Receipt Correction (whinh3121s000) session, in the Warehouse Receipt Lines (whinh3512m100) session, select the last receipt line for the blanket warehousing order and, on the appropriate menu, choose Correct Receipt Line.

Purchase Control can delete blanket warehousing orders for which no items are received yet. You can delete a blanket warehousing order in Warehousing, for which the following applies:

  • The Final Receipt check box in the Receipt Lines (whinh3112s000) session is selected.
  • The received inventory is completely processed and put away.
  • The rejected inventory is processed. See also: Quarantine inventory.
Planned inventory transactions for push schedules

The planned inventory transactions for push schedules are indicated by the push schedule's position number and sequence number instead of the zero position number and sequence number as used for blanket warehousing orders.

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