Marking an Item for Drop Shipment
Items you resell can be automatically ordered and shipped directly to your customers from your vendors. When you mark an item for drop shipment, any approved sales order for that item generates a purchase order.
You can drop ship these item types:
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Inventory item
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Non-inventory for resale item
To create a drop-ship item:
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Go to Lists > Accounting > Items > New.
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On the New Item page, click an item type.
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When the new item record opens, enter the item's name or number.
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On the Purchasing/Inventory subtab, in the Preferred Vendor field, select the vendor you buy this item from.
If you use the Multiple Vendors feature, click the Vendors subtab. Select the vendor and check the box in the Preferred column.
When a sales order for the drop-shipment item is approved, a purchase order is automatically created for the vendor you select as the preferred vendor.
Note:If you use OneWorld and have defined vendor records that are shared with multiple secondary subsidiaries, note the following. You create a sales order for a secondary subsidiary that includes an item marked for drop ship. NetSuite automatically creates a purchase order based on the preferred vendor for that drop shipped item. For more information, see Assigning Subsidiaries to a Vendor.
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Check the Drop Ship Item box.
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Complete any additional information for this item, and then click Save.
After a sales order containing this item is approved, a purchase order for the preferred vendor is automatically generated.
To make an existing item available for drop shipment:
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In the Item record, Preferred Vendor field, select the correct vendor.
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Check the Drop Ship Item box, and then save.