Item Receiving Specifications
The following are the item receiving specification attributes and their possible values. You set these attributes when you define or update items.
Item Receiving Specification Attributes
Attribute Name | Description |
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Action | Indicates action to be performed when the receive
date is outside the range defined by Quantity
Received Tolerance.
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Allow Express Transactions | Indicate whether you can deliver all distributions for this item with one data entry transaction if the quantity to deliver equals the purchase order line balance. If this option is cleared, you must deliver individual distributions separately. Leave this field blank if you want Inventory to use the value defined in the Receiving Options window for transactions involving this item. |
Allow Substitute Receipts | Indicate whether to allow receipt of defined substitutes in place of this item. You define valid substitutes with the Item Relationships window. Leave this field blank if you want Inventory to use the value defined in the Receiving Options window for transactions involving this item. |
Allow Unordered Receipts | Indicate whether you can receive an item without a purchase order. If this option is on, you can later match the receipt to the appropriate purchase order. If this option is off, all receipts for an item must have a corresponding purchase order. Leave this field blank if you want to use the value defined in the Receiving Options window for transactions involving this item. |
Days Early | Enter the number of days before the promise date you can receive an item without warning or rejection. For example, if you enter 3 and the promise date is a Friday, you can receive the item on Tuesday. |
Days Late | Enter the number of days after the promise date you can receive an item without warning or rejection. For example, if you enter 2 and the promise date is a Monday, you can receive the item on Wednesday. |
Enforce Ship-to Location | Select an option to control whether the supplier can deliver to a
location that differs from the ship-to location defined on the purchase
order:
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Receipt Date Action | Indicate action to be performed when the receive date
is outside the range defined by Days Early
Receipt Allowed or Days Late Receipt
Allowed. Choices:
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Receipt Routing | Indicates routing of the items at the time of receipt.
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Tolerance Percentage | Enter the quantity received tolerance percent, the maximum acceptable over-receipt percentage, used by the Over-Receipt Quantity Control Action attribute. For example, if the tolerance percent is 5, then the acceptable quantity on a receipt transaction is within 5% of the quantity you order on a purchase order line. Any quantity more than 5% over the order quantity is unacceptable. |