Order Preparation Days Preference

You can set up information about the amount of time that it takes to prepare an order for shipping in the Order Preparations Days preference. This helps you to accurately determine the number of days that it takes to deliver the sales orders from the date that the customer places the order.

Order preparation days are the number of days that it takes to pick and pack the items on the sales order, before shipping. The system uses the priority code that you set up for the customer in the F03012 table to determine the amount of preparation time. However, you can override the priority code for a single order during order entry.

When you enter an order, the system uses information in the Order Preparation Days preference and first attempts to obtain dates by back scheduling. Back scheduling involves calculating the pick, ship, and delivery dates for an order, starting with the delivery date and working backward.

If the pick date is before the current date, the system forwards schedules starting with the order date to obtain pick, ship, and delivery dates.