Static cross-docking

To fulfill an existing sales order for which no inventory is available, inbound goods can be immediately taken from the receipt location to the staging location for issue. This process is called cross-docking.

These types of cross-docking are available:

Static
Dynamic
Direct material supply

In this topic, only static cross-docking is handled.

To generate cross-docking orders:

Create a cross-docking sales order
- Set the Delivery Type field to Cross-docking in the Sales Order Lines (tdsls4101m000), Sales Order Planned Delivery Lines (tdsls4101m100), or Sales Order Line Components (tdsls4163m000) session.
  The Cross-docking delivery type can be specified as follows in these sessions:
  - 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 that have the Delivery Type field set to Warehouse
The Allow Purchase Orders check box must be selected for the sales order type in the Sales Order Types (tdsls0594m000) session.
Create a purchase order advice

After the sales order line is approved and if the Generate Purchase Order Advice for Sales Order (tdsls4240m000) session is linked as an activity to the order type in the Sales Order Type (tdsls0694m000) session, a purchase order advice must be generated for the sales order line in the Generate Purchase Order Advice for Sales Order (tdsls4240m000) session.

This step is not applicable if the Generate Purchase Orders (tdsls4241m000) session is linked as an activity to the order type instead of the Generate Purchase Order Advice for Sales Order (tdsls4240m000) session.
Create a cross-docking purchase order
A purchase order must be generated from the sales order. How the purchase order is generated, depends on whether a purchase order advice already exists for the sales order line.
- No purchase order advice
  You can generate cross-docking orders in the Generate Purchase Orders (tdsls4241m000) session. Select the Cross-docking check box and specify the fields in the Purchase Order group box.
- Existing purchase order advice
  To automatically convert the generated purchase order advice to a purchase order, select the Convert Purchase Advice automatically to Purchase Order check box in the Sales Order Parameters (tdsls0100s400) session. If this check box is cleared, you must manually confirm and transfer the purchase order advice to a purchase order in the Confirm Purchase Order Advice (whina3211m000) and Transfer Purchase Order Advice (whina3212m000) sessions.
The calculation of the Planned Receipt Date for the purchase order:
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Planned Delivery Date in the Sales Orders (tdsls4100m000) session + Cross-dock in the Item Data by Warehouse (whwmd2110s000) 
session.
```
Release the cross-docking order to Warehousing

Release the purchase order to Warehousing in the Release Purchase Orders to Warehousing (tdpur4246m000) session.

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

Note:

For a cross-docking order, several purchase order line details can be linked to one sales order line, or several sales order planned delivery lines can be linked to one purchase order line. Therefore, if you make changes to the sales order (delivery) line, the link with the purchase order line (detail)(s) can be broken.

If you select the Direct Link Cross-docking check box in the Sales Order Type (tdsls0694m000) session, the application synchronizes the data of the sales order line and the linked purchase order line.

Note: You cannot modify some of the fields of purchase order line as these fields are updated based on the fields modified for the related sales order line.

When you change sales or purchase order lines that are linked, a message is displayed about the link between the sales order and the purchase order.

You can peg a project linked to a sales order line if the Delivery Type is set to Cross-docking in the Sales Order Lines (tdsls4101m000). This is enabled for both direct link crossdocking and non-direct link cross docking.

If the Direct Link Cross-docking check box is selected in the Direct Link Cross-docking session:

You can cancel the sales order line using the Cancel Sales Orders (tdsls4201s300) session. The application cancels the linked purchase order line. If the cross-docked sales order line is canceled, the linked order line data of the sales order is deleted.
The sales order lines cannot be deleted.
The purchase order line cannot be split.
The purchase order line is canceled only if the related sales order line is canceled.

When you cancel or delete sales or purchase order lines that are linked, the link is broken.

When you cancel or delete a sales order line for which a purchase order advice exists, the purchase order advice is deleted.