Delivery Confirmation

You confirm delivery of products for each shipment on the load to verify the actual quantities delivered against the quantities that were loaded. You complete this task only if the load tracks in-transit inventory. For example, you can confirm the return of empty containers by using an item cross-reference to associate a full container with the corresponding empty container. The system creates a new sales order line to represent the return of the empty containers.

You can confirm the delivery of shipments on a load with in-transit inventory in one of these ways:

• Confirm quantities on individual order line if the quantity delivered for one or more order lines on the shipment is not equal to the quantity that was scheduled.

• Confirm as scheduled to indicate that the quantity delivered for all lines on the shipment matches what was scheduled.

If you are unable to make a delivery, you can also:

• Cancel, if you are unable to deliver any of the order lines on the shipment and want to cancel the order lines.

• Leave shippable, if you are unable to deliver some or all of the order lines on the shipment and want the order lines to be available for another load.

You can use delivery confirmation for inbound shipments to confirm the actual quantity delivered of products that were tracked with in-transit inventory. If the load does not track in-transit inventory, the system creates a proof of delivery to update the delivery date and time, but not the quantity. You follow the same steps to confirm the delivery of inbound shipments as you do for outbound shipments.

You use Deliver Confirm (P49650) to record proof of delivery information. This information consists of actual delivery date and time, and the person who received the delivery. The system stores proof of delivery information for the shipment and writes a shipment status record.