Shipping directive

SPM documentation - January 5th 2010 – Written by Rémi Equoy

Introduction

Shipping directive is defined in the Requisition document :

The Shipping directive don't indicates from when goods may be shipped.

The Expected ship date, computed by adding the Estimated lead time to the Acknowledgment date, describes before when goods must by shipped.

What's eligibility ? An item is eligible when this item have to be shipped from the point of view of Shipping directive.

The Shipping directive feature update the eligibility of goods. Only booked goods can become eligible.

Eligibility plays in the Order preparation tool and in the Dispatching processing time statistics.

All goods, even if not set eligible, can be delivered.

When delivering parts or items which are not eligible, the following warning message will appear :

RULE: When at least one Requisition's item becomes eligible, the Requisition is designed as eligible.

Functioning's description

The following shipping directive are available:

Partial OK : All goods become eligible once received.
No partial : Goods of one order become eligible only when all of the order is received. Ship from date enables to delay the ship date. This date must be before expected ship date computed in the requisition.
Manual : This mode means the user will describe the condition of eligibility in the Shipping directive comment. Eligibility have to be set manually by using the push-down menu in the Requisition's grid.
Partial OK - consolidate : If one Requisition of this customer is eligible all received goods of this order will become eligible. If the Bind to option is used, the eligibility will be set only when the bound Requisition becomes eligible.
No Partial - consolidate : If one Requisition of this customer is eligible and if all goods of this order are received the Requisition will become eligible. If the Bind to option is used, the eligibility will be set only when the bound Requisition becomes eligible (and if all goods are received).
Weekly consolidation : Each time the current day of week is reached, all goods received becomes eligible. The day have to be defined in the Customer ref card. The goods received the day of the consolidation day will not becomes eligible but they are, as all goods, allowed to be delivered.

The Partial Shipment authorized displayed in the report is defined by the Partial Shipment allowed check box located in the Delivery address tab.

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