Back tie level sourcing in VA

Back ties are ties to a purchase order or warehouse transfer from a warehouse transfer created to source a Value Add work order in a fabrication warehouse. For example, if there is insufficient stock in the main distribution warehouse to fill a warehouse transfer tied to a VA work order, you can automatically create a purchase order or warehouse transfer tied to the original warehouse transfer.

Normally, you would use the Purchase Entry Recommended Replenishment Action Report or the Transfer Entry Recommended Replenishment Actions Report to identify and meet this demand; however, there may be situations when you want to control from where the demand is filled and expedite the replenishment. In this case, you can create a second tie.

To create or maintain Back Ties, you must first select Back Ties in Product Warehouse Description Setup to provide access from the initial VA Order Entry PO/WT Interface sourcing window to the second sourcing window, VA Order Entry PO/WT Interface-Back Ties. Back Tie information is shown on the initial VA Order Entry PO/WT Interface sourcing window:

• Back Tie (order type) - This information-only field indicates the order type of the back tie: Neither, Purchase Order, or Warehouse Transfer.
• PO/WT# - This information-only field indicates the Back Tie order number.

On the initial VA Order Entry PO/WT Interface window, click the second Sourcing button to access the PO/WT Interface - Back Ties window to create or maintain a back tie. You must access the Back-Ties window from the VA Order Entry-Line Item Sourcing view, so that you are in ‘line’ mode only. The Sourcing button is not available if sourced from VA Transaction Entry-Sections or if using multi-line sourcing. To use this button:

• The order type must be a warehouse transfer.
• The warehouse transfer that is tied to the Value Add line must be a warehouse transfer order and not a direct order.
• The Value Add line item must be a component of an Inventory Component (IN) section only.
• The warehouse on the Value Add order is a fabrication warehouse set up to use Back Ties.
• There must be warehouse transfer created already to tie the back tie to (that is, the Document # is not 0).

Back ties can only be created for components of an Inventory Component (IN) section in VA Order Entry. The operator determines which warehouse to use to source a back tie. If the main warehouse has quantity available, a the back tie is not required.

When you click the second Sourcing button, the VA Transaction Entry-PO/WT Interface-Back Ties window defaults to the ARP of the stock product based on the ARP of the distribution warehouse, assisting you with the order type choice. The type can be set to PO (purchase order) or WT (warehouse transfer).