Launching Processes from Online Components

If you must process orders immediately, you can launch the downstream process when you save the following online components:

  • Launch the Reserve Materials process from the Create/Update Stock Request component.

    This processes approved lines on the current order. Based on the auto-processing defaults established for the Create/Update Stock Request component on the Setup Fulfillment-Fulfillment Task Options or the Fulfillment Engine Options components, the order could be processed past the releasable state.

  • Launch the Picking Confirmation process from the Material Picking Feedback component for demand lines marked as confirmed.

    This enables you to confirm picked orders at the same time that you enter picking feedback. Based on the auto-processing defaults established for the Material Picking Feedback component on the Setup Fulfillment-Fulfillment Task Options or the Fulfillment Engine Options components, the order could be processed past the confirmed state.

  • Launch the Deplete On Hand Quantity process from the Shipping/Issues component or the Express Issue component in order to deplete orders as you ship them.

    When using this option during express issues, note that the Deplete On Hand Qty link is hidden.

To use this feature, select the Auto Process Save check box for the component on the Setup Fulfillment-Fulfillment Task Options page (business unit level). If the business unit level is blank, then the system looks to the Fulfillment Engine Options page at the SetID level.

PeopleSoft recommends that you use caution in environments in which you save often during the transaction. The order information remains after the page is saved; any subsequent modifications to the order in the same session may result in online errors.

Note:

You can also run each of these processes manually. Click the Reserve button on the Create/Update Stock Request-Stock Request Summary page to launch the Reserve Materials process, click the Run Picking Confirmation link on the Material Picking Feedback page to launch the Picking Confirmation process, or click the Run Process link in the Shipping/Issues component or the Deplete On Hand Qty link on the Express Issue component to launch the Deplete On Hand Qty (Depletion) process.