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Shipment Notifications

One of the documents that can be sent by using the Advanced Intercompany application is a sales shipment. Sending such a document will generate a dedicated message sent to the intercompany partner with the information about the shipped quantity, shipment document numbers as well as item tracking lines (optionally).

Sending a Shipment Notification

A sales shipment document can be sent manually by using the IIC Send action on the Posted Sales Shipment page or automatically - with a job queue. For details, read Job Queue Automation. When the posted sales shipment is sent, it is placed in the IC partner company in the IIC purchase buffer with the Shipment Notification type.

Important

When the shipment notification is accepted, there are no automatic postings. A purchase receipt should be posted manually when the goods physically arrive at the warehouse. If the warehouse receipt is required for a location, it will be created automatically.

Note

The exception is the drop shipment process when the technical receipt and shipment between the purchase order to the IC partner and the sales order to the final customer is posted but only when the Auto Post Drop Shipment Receipts field is selected on the IIC Setup page.

A shipment notification is the message that informs the user that the goods have been sent from the SELLER company and are already in transit. When the shipment notification is accepted, the system creates an entry in the IIC Order Dispatch Entry table. It also provides information about the package tracking number.

Moreover, two new fields available on the Purchase Order Lines page allow users to track the shipped quantities:

  • IIC Shipment Status
  • IIC Shipped Qty. (Base)

Synchronizing Item Tracking Lines

A shipment notification message in the Advanced Intercompany application can also synchronize item tracking lines. Item tracking lines are synchronized when sending the shipment notification, if the Synchronize Item Tracking field is selected on the IIC Setup page in both SELLER and BUYER companies. The user will see that item tracking lines have been synchronized in the purchase buffer document line in the No. of Tracking Lines FlowField. Once the purchase document buffer is accepted, the item tracking lines will be added to the purchase order line.