Consignment Lines Returns

You can return both consigned and owned receipt lines. Consignment lines are receipt lines containing items that are in the possession of one party, but remain the property of another party. When a consignment line is consumed, it transfers to Owned status. You can return consignment lines to either the supplier or receiving.

These aspects are important when returning receipts with consigned lines:

• Returns to supplier or receiving

• Returns containing both consigned and owned items

• Debit memos

• Lot and serial number information

Returns to Supplier or Receiving

Return processing for consignment lines differs depending on whether you are returning items to the supplier or receiving:

• Supplier: You can return consigned items back to the supplier. When you return items to the supplier, Oracle Receiving creates both a return to receiving and a return to supplier transaction. Receiving also reopens the associated purchase order for the return quantity by reducing the original receipt quantity.

• Receiving: Consigned items that are received and put away to inventory can be returned to receiving. You perform a two-step process that includes returning the items to receiving, and then returning the items to the supplier. When you return items to receiving, you can optionally select the subinventory and locator. If you don't select a subinventory and locator, the application uses the default receiving subinventory and locator for the warehouse.

Note:

Consignment lines don't apply to customer returns. You cannot return consigned items to the customer.

Returns Containing Both Consigned and Owned Items

You can return receipt lines that contain both consigned and non-consigned (owned) items. When you select a receipt line to return, if that receipt line contains both consigned and owned items, two separate return lines display on the page. The application automatically selects the Consigned check box for the return line containing the consigned items. You specify the quantity to return against each line separately, and submit the transaction.

The return quantity must be less than or equal to the received quantity. The return transaction considers both the available owned and consigned quantities individually.

Debit Memos

You can create debit memos for returns of consumed items. Consumed items are in Owned status. Depending on the debit memo setting for the supplier site, the application can automatically create the debit memo when a return is processed for the consumed receipt line. You can also manually create a debit memo for the consumed return transaction.

You cannot create a debit memo for items that are in Consigned status. The supplier already owns the items in Consigned status. Therefore, there is no existing invoice against which to create a debit memo.

Lot and Serial Number Information

If you select a line to return and the corresponding consigned item is either lot or serial controlled, then you must enter the lot and serial information. If the complete receipt line corresponds to a single lot or serial range, then you can update the lot and serial information directly on the Return Lines page or the Return Line page. If not, then you can select the Record Lots and Serial Numbers item from the Actions menu to enter new lots and serial numbers. You cannot generate any new lot or serial numbers during returns.