Sales delivery type

  • Work Center

    The sales order (delivery) line must be released to Warehousing, but instead of a warehouse, a work center is communicated to Warehousing. Delivery takes places from work center to business partner. This applies to generic items that are assembled by means of the Assembly Planning module.

  • Warehouse

    The sales order (delivery) line is delivered by Warehousing.

  • Sales

    The sales order (delivery) line must be delivered by the Sales Control module. As a result, you must maintain the deliveries in the Sales Deliveries (tdsls4101m200) session.

  • Purchase

    A purchase order must be generated from the sales order line.

    This value can be selected as follows in the Delivery Type field of the Sales Order Lines (tdsls4101m000), Sales Order Planned Delivery Lines (tdsls4101m100), or Sales Order Line Components (tdsls4163m000) session:

    • Manually, by selecting Purchase.
    • By selecting Generate Purchase Order from the Inventory Shortage Menu (tdsls4830s000) session that appears when an inventory shortage exists for the purchased item.
    • After you run the Generate Purchase Orders (tdsls4241m000) session with the Warehouse check box selected for sales order lines with the Delivery Type field set to Warehouse. After (hard pegged) supply purchase orders are generated for these lines, LN automatically changes the Delivery Type to Purchase.
  • Production

    A production order must be generated from the sales order (delivery) line.

    This value can be selected as follows in the Delivery Type field of the Sales Order Lines (tdsls4101m000) session or the Sales Order Planned Delivery Lines (tdsls4101m100) session:

    • Manually, by selecting Production.
    • By selecting Generate Production Order from the Inventory Shortage Menu (tdsls4830s000) session that appears when an inventory shortage exists for the manufactured item.
    • After you run the Generate Production Orders (tdsls4243m000) session with the Warehouse check box selected for sales order lines with the Delivery Type field set to Warehouse. After (hard pegged) production orders are generated for these lines, LN automatically changes the Delivery Type to Production.
  • Not Applicable

    No delivery type is applicable, because the order line is of the Order Line type, which means that the order line is split up in several sequences (delivery lines). This line displays totaled quantities and amounts.

  • Invoicing

    The sales order (delivery) line must be invoiced only, no physical delivery takes place. For example, this is applicable in case of consignment invoicing, and retrobilling.

  • Direct Delivery

    The sales order line is a direct delivery.

    This value can be selected as follows in the Delivery Type field of the Sales Order Lines (tdsls4101m000), Sales Order Planned Delivery Lines (tdsls4101m100), or Sales Order Line Components (tdsls4163m000) session:

    • Automatically, if the ordered quantity is equal to or greater than the quantity defined in the Direct Delivery from Quantity field in the Items - Sales (tdisa0501m000) session.
    • Manually, by selecting Direct Delivery.
    • By selecting Generate Direct Delivery Order from the Inventory Shortage Menu (tdsls4830s000) session that appears when an inventory shortage exists for the item.

    You can only select this value if the Shipping Constraint field is set to None.

  • Cross-docking

    The sales order line must be cross-docked.

    This value can be selected as follows in the Delivery Type field of the Sales Order Lines (tdsls4101m000), Sales Order Planned Delivery Lines (tdsls4101m100), or Sales Order Line Components (tdsls4163m000) session:

    • Manually, by selecting Cross-docking.
    • By selecting Generate Cross-dock Order from the Inventory Shortage Menu (tdsls4830s000) session that appears when an inventory shortage exists for the item.
    • After you run the Generate Purchase Order Advice for Sales Order (tdsls4240m000) session with the Warehouse check box selected for sales order lines with the Delivery Type field set to Warehouse. After purchase order advices are generated for these lines, LN automatically changes the Delivery Type to Cross-docking.