Chapter 9: Cross-Docking
1 When insufficient stock prevents the complete filling of an order, the system keeps track of the order shortage quantities, item by item. When inventory is received with receipt transactions, the system automatically checks to see if the received stock can be used to fill back orders. The inventory can then be moved from receipt to dispatch, being stored in between.
2 True. By linking the appropriate internal routings to the transaction types, you can route the relevant stock directly from the receipt dock to the shipping dock, removing the need for additional put-away and picking activities.
3 To define shortages, you create a shortage transaction type using Transaction Type Maintenance (4.7.1), then link the transaction to an internal routing, and assign shortage clearance algorithms.
4 You specify cross-docking details for the shortage clearance using these four shortage fields defined for distribution order (SHRT-DO), sales order (SHRT-SO), and work order (SHRT-WO) transactions in Transaction Type Maintenance.
5 Set Clear Shortages to Yes in Internal Routing Maintenance to cause the shortage clearance algorithms to be run before a location is identified to receive the inventory.
6 You set up a sequence of algorithms so that you can specify the ideal method for selecting locations as the first step in the sequence. If the system cannot meet the full requirements either of put-away or picking by running the first choice algorithm, it then runs the second algorithm in the sequence, and so on until the requirement has been met.
7 Specify a shortage condition in the Shortage Definition field in Transaction type Maintenance.
8 True. You can set up shortages so that a field is available on each order detail record that can be manually set to Yes to indicate a shortage.
9 False. You can set shortage conditions based on open order quantities for previously picked quantities, general allocated, the sum of the quantity picked and quantity shipped, and so on.
10 You set a Shortage Window value to indicate the number of days before an order line due date that it can be considered short.