This chapter contains these topics:
To understand the concept of receipt routing
To define the operations in a receipt route
To specify the logistical and accounting updates that occur as you process items through a receipt route
To understand journal entries that the system creates as you process items through a receipt route
To specify whether items that you remove from a receipt route are payable
To assign normal and alternate receipt routes to items
To enter inspection requirements and specifications
To initiate receipt routing
To determine the status of items in a receipt route
To transfer items from one operation to another
To remove items from a receipt route
To review inspection requirements and specifications
To review a history of item transfers and removals
You might want to track items from the moment that they leave a supplier's warehouse until they arrive in stock. Depending on your operation, several stops might exist between the two points, such as your dock, the staging area, inspection, and so forth.
You use receipt routing to track and move items through a series of operations that make up a receipt route.
You define the operations that make up each receipt route. You also determine the logistical and accounting updates that the system performs as you process items through a receipt route. After you create a receipt route, you can assign it to an item based on the supplier who provides the item.
Each time you enter a receipt for items, the system enters the items in the first operation of the receipt route. You must enter the items in subsequent operations of the receipt route. During each operation, you can:
Remove items from the route due to returns, rejects, and so forth
Have the system automatically generate replacement orders for items that you return.
To perform receipt routing, complete the following tasks:
Create receipt routes
Activate receipt routing
Work with items in a receipt route