Re: Sales Order Sourcing

Randy,

I may be wrong, and it would not be the 1st time,
but I thought that the
sourcing functionality only worked in conjunction
with Order Capture.

Regards,
John

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From: "Randy Rasp" <rrasp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 1:26 PM
To: "System 21 Users" <system21@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "John McPherson" <john.mcp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [SYSTEM21] Sales Order Sourcing

Ahhh yes, sorry about that, I knew I was probably

omitting some critical

details.

We are using green screen Aurora 1.2 and we are

using AOE.

Thanks John!

Randy

---- John McPherson <john.mcp@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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Randy,

What version of System21 are your Running? Are

you using AOE, normal OE

or
are you using Order Capture?

Cheers.

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From: "Randy Rasp" <rrasp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 1:09 PM
To: <system21@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [SYSTEM21] Sales Order Sourcing

Hello list,

When we have a customer place an order, we prefer

to service them from

the
closest warehouse - one of the reasons being so

we have the proper

warehouse to get credit for the sale.

Occasionally we may be out of a part, but a

warehouse not too far away

(~200 miles) may have the part.

In the past, we have been having our clerks save

the order as a back

order, and then go into inventory processing and

enter in a warehouse

transfer. After the item arrives at the proper

warehouse, they will go

back into the order and complete it.

This is adding extra steps and causes confusion,

especially for new

employees.

We would like to use OE and source the item out

of the nearby warehouse,

but if we had a magic wand, the item would ship

to the customers' default

warehouse first, and then the item can be

delivered to the customer.

We'd
like to keep the order warehouse to be the

customer's default warehouse,

so that our reporting will give the credit for

the sale to the default

warehouse for that customer.

I just recently discovered "sourcing rules

access" in the inventory

module. The documentation is vague, but it

implies that rules can be set

up to accomplish exactly what I want. However,

when I do this in our

test
company, nothing seems to happen. I don't know

if I am not setting it up

properly, or perhaps I am not placing the order

properly, or maybe a

nightly process has to run.

Does anyone use this feature? Does it generate a

warehouse transfer

request? Do I order the item from the customer's

default warehouse and

let it go on back order, or do I go ahead and

source it from another

warehouse, and then the "magic" happens?

I realize there's a lot set up and information I

may be leaving out, I'm

just wondering in theory if it creates a

warehouse transfer

automatically.

Thanks in advance for any feedback!

Randy Rasp

System i Manager
AER Manufacturing
www.aermanufacturing.com

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