Re: Creating a Post-Pick Transaction

[Michael Ozanne <mozanne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In message <35E3AA0C.D992EEBA@ix.netcom.com>, Bill Robins
<brobins@ix.netcom.com> writes
>Hi Craig,
>
>First, some background that I left out.  I keep forgetting that most other 
>companies
>are not like us, we ship over 80% of our orders same day, 90% within 24 hours. 
> 
>It is
>this requirement plus the problem with us having to stage the other 10%
>simultaneously that causes the problems.  Those other 10% could be staging for 
>weeks.
>
>> Basically you have 2 choices without making mods:
>>
>> 1. Don't do the pick/ship confirm (ORD570) until you physically ship the
>> goods. This will leave the allocation but if you move the goods they will
>> be physically in the wrong location.
>
>Exactly our problem.
>
>
>> 2. Use the tranfer transaction to move the goods to a Ship location that
>> you set up and then do all allocations from there. You can force
>> allocations on the item master file.Then you can happily allocate and leave
>> them there as they match the physical location of the goods and then do
>> pick/ship confirm when you ship.
>
>Manually allocating orders easily greater than 100 lines is not a process for 
>the
>timid.  Since we are allocating orders throughout the day, there is always a 
>window
>between the time we transfer inventory and then reallocate that another order 
>could
>grab it.  Trying to dance between manual and automatic allocations is some of 
>the
>pain.
>
>So... Does anyone have another idea other than creating a special transfer
>transaction that moves the allocations along with the inventory?

If you have v6 and the turnover is that fast, could you turn off
customer allocations and work on a first come first served basis?


Just a thought.

-- 
Michael Ozanne (Also ozannem@pacific.co.uk)
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