Maintain and Confirm Back Orders (tdsls4125m000)

Use this session to maintain and confirm backorders. Backorders can be confirmed one by one or in a batch.

Note

For a processed sales order line, you cannot maintain or delete linked backorder lines if these lines are unconfirmed. Therefore, before processing a sales order line, make sure no unconfirmed backorder lines are available.

 

Order

The sales order for which the backorder is created.

Sales Order Status

The status of the sales order.

Sold-to Business Partner

The business partner who orders goods or services from your organization, who owns the configurations you maintain, or for whom you perform a project. Usually a customer's purchase department.

The agreement with the sold-to business partner can include:

  • Default price and discount agreements
  • Sales order defaults
  • Delivery terms
  • The related ship-to and invoice-to business partner
Line

The number used to identify the position of the order line on the sales or purchase order.

Sequence Number

The number used to identify in detail the position number of a sales order (delivery) line or a purchase order line (detail).

Back Order Quantity

The backorder quantity expressed in the sales unit, or another unit.

The backorder quantity is calculated as follows:

Ordered Quantity - Delivered Quantity
Back Order Quantity Unit

The unit in which the Back Order Quantity is expressed.

Back Order Quantity in Inventory Unit

The backorder quantity expressed in the inventory unit.

The backorder quantity is calculated as follows:

Ordered Quantityin Inventory Unit - Delivered Quantity in Inventory Unit
Inventory Unit

The unit of measure in which the inventory of an item is recorded, such as piece, kilogram, box of 12, or meter.

The inventory unit is also used as the base unit in measure conversions, especially for conversions that concern the order unit and the price unit on a purchase order or a sales order. These conversions always use the inventory unit as the base unit. An inventory unit therefore applies to all item types, also to item types that cannot be kept in stock.

Back Order Quantity in Order Unit

The backorder quantity expressed in the sales order unit.

The backorder quantity is calculated as follows:

Ordered Quantity - Delivered Quantity
Order Unit

The unit in which an item is sold.

Planned Delivery Date

The planned date on which the items on the order/schedule line must be delivered. The planned delivery date cannot occur before the order date/schedule generation date.

Note

If a backorder has planned components linked in the Sales Order Line - BOM Components (tdsls4532m000) session, and the backorder is confirmed, this field displays the latest planned delivery date that is calculated for one of the components based on the available-to-promise values in the components' master plan.

Confirmed

If this check box is selected, the back order is a confirmed backorder.

Item

The raw materials, subassemblies, finished products, and tools that can be purchased, stored, manufactured, and sold.

An item can also represent a set of items handled as one kit, or which exist in multiple product variants.

You can also define nonphysical items, which are not retained in inventory but can be used to post costs or to invoice services to customers. The examples of nonphysical items:

  • Cost items (for example, electricity)
  • Service items
  • Subcontracting services
  • List items (menus/options)
Ordered Quantity

The quantity of items ordered by the sold-to business partner, expressed in the sales unit.

Note

This field is filled with the value of the:

  • Confirmed Quantity field if this confirmed quantity is greater than zero.
  • Required Quantity field if the Confirmed Quantity is equal to zero.
Ordered Quantityin Inventory Unit

The ordered quantity on the sales order, expressed in the inventory unit.

Note

This field is filled with the value of the:

  • Confirmed Quantityin Inventory Unit field if this confirmed quantity is greater than zero.
  • Required Quantity in Inventory Unit field if the Confirmed Quantityin Inventory Unit is equal to zero.
Required Quantity

The quantity of items that is required by the sold-to business partner.

Required Quantity Unit

The unit in which the Required Quantity is expressed.

Required Quantity

The quantity of items that is required by the sold-to business partner, expressed in the inventory unit.

Confirmed Quantity

The ordered quantity that is confirmed to the customer.

Note

This field can only be filled if the Use Confirmation (Sales) check box is selected in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session.

Confirmed Quantity Unit

The unit in which the Confirmed Quantity is expressed.

Confirmed Quantity

The ordered quantity that is confirmed to the customer, expressed in the inventory unit.

Note

This field can only be filled if the Use Confirmation (Sales) check box is selected in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session.

Hold Back Quantity

The manually entered part of the ordered quantity that is kept from being released when the backorder is released to Warehousing. This quantity is expressed in the sales unit.

This field enables you to:

  • Only release a part of the Ordered Quantity to Warehousing. In this way, you can assign limited stock to several business partners, instead of to only one business partner.
  • Notify the business partner in advance on what the expected backorder quantity will be.

 

Confirm

Confirms the backorder.

Undo Confirm

Cancels the confirmation of the backorder.

Release to Warehousing

Releases the line to Warehousing.

Cancel Line

Starts the Cancel Sales Orders (tdsls4201s300) session, in which you can cancel a specific line.

Confirm Sales Backorder (Batch)

Starts the Confirm Sales Backorder (Batch) (tdsls4210s000) session, in which you can confirm a selected range of backorders.