Initiating inspection order from the sales

To initiate inspection order from the sales follow the below steps:

  1. Create the sales order

    Sales orders can be created in the Sales Order (tdsls4100m900) session:

    • Automatically, from a various sources, such as Contracts, Quotations, EDI, and so on.
    • Copied from an existing order in the Copy Sales Order (tdsls4201s000) session.
    • Manually
  2. Approve the sales order

    Approve the order using the approve option in the Sales Order (tdsls4100m900) session. Sales order approval is a mandatory step in the sales order procedure. The execution of the order procedure activities is initiated when a user approves the order.

  3. Release the sales order to warehouse

    Release the sales order to Warehousing in the Release Sales Orders to Warehousing (tdsls4246m000) session.

  4. Generate outbound advice

    Generate outbound advice for the goods that you want to issue from the warehouse using the Generate Outbound Advice (whinh4201m000) session, select the order lines that lists the goods that you want to issue and click Advise. Alternatively, you can generate outbound advice for individual outbound order lines using the Outbound Order Lines (whinh2120m000) session or the Outbound Line Status Overview (whinh2129m000) session.

  5. Release outbound advice

    Release the outbound advice After the outbound advice is generated to indicate that the goods are ready for inspection, if the warehousing procedure includes inspections.

    After the outbound advice is released, the related outbound order lines and handling units obtain must be inspected.

    If outbound inspections are included in the outbound warehousing procedure defined for the outbound order lines, the items requires outbound inspections.

  6. Review generated inspection order

    Review the standard inspection order generated in the Order Inspections (qmptc1120m000) session. The inspection order can be maintained in this session only until inspection is processed.

  7. Maintain inspection order lines

    Maintain inspection order lines using the Inspection Order Lines (qmptc1101m000) session. For each combination of an aspect and a characteristic, an inspection line is defined. The data related to the characteristics can be changed for a specific inspection order.

  8. Review samples

    Review different samples with different sample sizes and different dates and times for the inspection order using the Inspection Order Samples (qmptc1110m000) session. LN checks if the total of all the samples matches the sample size.

  9. Enter test data

    Enter the test data in the Inspection Order Test Data (qmptc1115m000) session (by characteristic) or the Sample - Test Data by Serial Number (qmptc1116m000) session (by serial number). The session in which you enter the test data depends on the settings in the Quality Management Parameters (qmptc0100m000) session. LN generates the overall results defined for that specific characteristic.

  10. Complete order inspection

    You can complete the inspection process by order, origin, or storage in the Complete/Process Order Inspections (qmptc1202m000) session. After the inspection order is set to completed, LN checks if all the test data is defined. If not, the inspection order cannot be completed.

    LN allows you to complete the inspection process of the order only after the test data is defined.

  11. Process order inspection

    Process the inspection orders by inspection order, by origin, and by storage inspection.

  12. Approve or reject the sales item

    LN determines the good and the bad pieces in the sample size. Based on this evaluation, LN calculates the actual accepted and rejected quantities. These accepted and rejected quantities are compared with the acceptable quality level (AQL) entered in the Test Groups (qmptc0136m000) details session. If the percentage of accepted quantity is less than the AQL, the entire order or lot is rejected. In case of continuous sampling, the part of the order displayed in the Frequency field is rejected.

    The inspection results are reported in the Warehouse Inspections Overview (whinh3122m000) session. You can use the Warehouse Inspections (whinh3122m000) session to approve, reject, or destroy goods.

  13. Review the actual inspection results

    Review the actual inspection results using the Order Inspections (qmptc1120m000) session. The recommended quantities displayed in the Recommended Quantity Accepted (Accepted Quantities) field and the Recommended Quantity Rejected (Rejected Quantities) field will be stored after the inspection order has been processed.

  14. Close the inspection order

    Close the inspection order using the Order Inspections (qmptc1120m000) session. Select the origin order which must be closed. Using specific menu close the inspection order. LN sets the status to processed.