Because consigned inventory is not invoiced until consumed, returns to stock need to occur without processing a credit invoice. Excess consigned inventory, returns, or rejects are processed using shipments with negative quantities.

The system determines how to process a negative shipment quantity based on your responses to prompts during shipment creation. It creates transactions and references the transaction history during inventory confirmation.

When you create shipments, shippers, pre-shippers, and containers with a negative quantity, the following message displays:

At the prompt, indicate whether your shipment is a correction to an earlier shipment.

When you enter No, the system displays a second prompt:

When you answer Yes to either of the first two prompts—for either a correction or a return—the system returns the inventory to its former consignment location.

When you enter No to the second prompt, the system displays the following message:

When you answer Yes to either of the first two prompts—for either a correction or a return—the system creates ISS-TR, ISS-RCT, and CN-SHIP transaction history records, and returns the material to stock.

When a negative shipment is not identified as a return or a correction, the system creates a credit invoice to the customer for the negative quantity using the standard ISS-SO inventory transaction.

When unconfirming a shipper with a negative inventory quantity, the system reverses the transaction. However, inventory transactions produced will be positive quantities.