Brazil Outbound Shipment Flow

The Brazil outbound shipment flow streamlines the process flow for fiscal document generation and approval for shipments originating from inventory organizations based in Brazil.

Oracle Shipping is integrated with fiscal document generation to process and monitor the fiscal document submission and approval process. Fiscal document generation is part of Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials. This outbound shipment process flow ensures compliance with Brazilian fiscal document processing requirements.

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The Brazil outbound shipment flow begins with the creation of a shipment.

The Brazil outbound shipment flow streamlines the process for fiscal document generation and approval for shipments originating from your inventory organizations based in Brazil. Shipping integrates with fiscal document generation to process and monitor your fiscal document submission and approval process.

The Brazil outbound shipment flow lets you process pick-to-order (PTO) kits and assemble-to-order (ATO) models for sales order and transfer order shipments. For example, you can create a sales order for a complex item structure, such as a hybrid model that contains both a PTO model and ATO model. Shipping communicates the relevant information for fiscal document generation to ensure compliance with Brazilian fiscal document processing requirements.
After the outbound shipment is staged, the action Request Fiscal Document is enabled for the shipment.
You can then request fiscal document generation by clicking the action Request Fiscal Document. (Recall fiscal document generation manages the generation and approval of fiscal documents.)
After a fiscal document is approved, the fiscal document status associated with the shipment is updated to Approved, and the action Ship Confirm is enabled for the shipment.
You can then confirm the shipment and print the fiscal document.

Shipping integrates with fiscal document generation to ensure compliance by generating and approving fiscal documents. Fiscal document generation submits the fiscal document to the fiscal authority and receives the necessary approvals. Fiscal document approval is communicated to Shipping, which enables users to proceed with the ship confirm process. This process flow provides the necessary validations to ensure a shipment can't be processed without an approved fiscal document.

Note: The Brazil outbound shipment flow supports only inventory transfer types Transfer Order Interorganization Shipment and Return to Supplier. The following inventory transaction types aren't supported: Transfer Order Interorganization Transfer, Transfer Order Return Shipment, and Transfer Order Intraorganization Transfer. Also, interorganization transfers from the Create Interorganization page in Oracle Fusion Cloud Inventory Management aren't supported.

Use the Manage Shipments page to manage fiscal documents for shipments originating from inventory organizations based in Brazil.

Comparison of a Brazil Outbound Shipment Flow with a Regular Outbound Shipment Flow

Several differences exist between a regular outbound shipment flow and a Brazil outbound shipment flow. The fundamental difference is that outbound shipments originating from a Brazilian inventory organization require a fiscal document, whereas a regular outbound shipment doesn't require a fiscal document.

Other differences include:

You can't confirm the shipment until the fiscal document is approved by the fiscal authority.

You can't edit the shipment while fiscal document approval is in process.

Additionally, the fiscal document serves as the bill of lading for shipments originating from Brazil, detailing the quantity of items transported from the supplier to the customer.