Understanding Shipment Notifications and Receipt Routing

The supplier can notify the buyer of a shipment in one of two ways:

• The supplier can update the purchase order line status to indicate that the items on the line are in transit.

• The supplier can move shipments into routing.

  The supplier can specify the quantity, lot information, and a shipment identifier. Suppliers can also cancel any remaining quantity on the order.

The system either updates the purchase order line status or moves the shipment into routing, depending on how the processing options are set for the Self-Service - Purchase Order Receipts program (P4312S).

Note: You can set up a version of the Self-Service - Purchase Order Receipts program to enable the buyer to perform purchase order acknowledgements on behalf of the supplier so that the system updates the status to approved, bypassing the purchase order approval process that results if the buyer makes changes to the purchase order that exceed the tolerance.