Return inventory purchase orders

Return Inventory purchase orders are used to return inventory to the supplier.

To return inventory using purchase orders:

Purchase Orders (tdpur4100m000)
1. Create a purchase order header with the purchase order type Return Inventory.
2. Specify the Original Document Type.
3. Specify the Original Document Number.
4. Specify the return reason for the return order in the Return Reason field. The reason type must be set to Return of Goods.
5. After creating a link between a return order and an original document number, click Copy from Original Document on the appropriate menu. A session is started from which you can copy lines to the return order. The lines that are added to the purchase order have a negative quantity and a negative amount. Optionally, you modify the data of these lines. You can also manually add purchase order lines to the return order.
Release Purchase Orders to Warehousing (tdpur4246m000)

After the purchase return order is approved, release the order to Warehousing. The status of the purchase order is set to In Process and the activity status is set to Awaiting Shipment in the Purchase Order Line Status (tdpur4534m000) session.
Generate Outbound Advice (whinh4201m000)

If the Include Return Orders check box is selected in this session, LN generates an outbound and shipment advice for the quantity that must be returned.
Process Delivered Purchase Orders (tdpur4223m000)

After the shipping process is executed by Warehousing, the purchase order status continues to be In Process, but the activity status is set to Process Purchase Orders in the Purchase Order Line Status (tdpur4534m000) session. Consequently, you must process the return order in the Process Delivered Purchase Orders (tdpur4223m000) session.

Returning pegged inventory

Specific conditions are applicable for returning pegged inventory:

If a return order line is linked to an original document, the linked peg distribution is defaulted. If a return order line is not linked to an original document, you can manually specify a peg distribution for the return order line.
You can manually update the defaulted peg distribution. The return order line's pegs can differ from the pegs on the original document.
If two purchase return order lines are linked to a specific original schedule line/schedule receipt line, the same return order quantity and peg distribution are defaulted for both order lines. As a result, you must manually decrease the return order quantity and update the peg distribution.