Setup Considerations for Configured Item Direct Ship Orders

To successfully process a direct ship order for a parent configured item or a component of the parent configured item, you must set up the items appropriately.

You can define the line type and supplier number for the item in the Item Branch/Plant record.

For any components of the configured item that will generate a direct ship order type, the Trans Type field must be set to 1 in the Assembly Inclusion Rules program (P3293).

A direct ship component may be defined on either conditional or unconditional assembly inclusion rules.

Additionally, the line type selected must be defined in the Line Type Constants program (P40205) with the Inv. Interface field set to D (direct ship item) to indicate that the inventory item does not affect availability or quantities. The line type defined in the P rule overrides the line type from the Item Branch/Plant record.

The Write Attached Detail Line field (WADL) must be set to a value of 1. The system automatically defines the Write Attached Detail Line field with a default value of 1 and does not allow you to change the value to 0 (zero).

You must also set the Supplier Number field for the P type rule with the appropriate information for the component item. If the supplier number is not indicated in the P rule, then the system pulls the supplier from the Supplier Number field in the Item Branch/Plant record. You can manually enter a supplier that is different from the default value. If no supplier exists in the Item Branch/Plant record, then the system returns an error. You must have a supplier number on the Item/Branch - you cannot just enter a supplier number on the assembly inclusion rule.

Create a version of the Sales Order Entry program (P4210) for direct ship order entry and set the processing options appropriately. Set the processing options for the version of the Purchase Orders program (P4310) that will be used with sales order entry to generate the direct ship orders.