Importing Shippers
Some companies contract with external warehouse providers not using the QAD system to stock items and ship them in response to customer sales orders. They communicate the demand to the warehouse using some form of shipping authorization. Although these companies do not actually ship the items themselves, they must have shipment records in the database. These records are required to complete the sales order process by updating inventory and invoicing the customer. If appropriate to the trading partner relationship, the shipper is also needed to generate an advance ship notice (ASN) informing the customer that the order has been shipped.
In such cases, the warehouse service provider may provide shipping information in electronic data interchange (EDI) format. This EDI document—most commonly called a sales order shipping advice—can then be imported using Document Import (35.1) in the EDI eCommerce module.
After importing the shipping advice, which is recorded as an unconfirmed shipper, use Pre-Shipper/Shipper Confirm (7.9.5) or Pre-Shipper/Shipper Auto Confirm (7.9.7) to confirm it. Then you can generate an invoice or ASN just as though you had shipped the order directly to the customer instead of through the warehouse service provider.