Receiving Inventory at the PBU
EMT inventory receipt processing varies based on the type of shipment—direct or transshipment. In both cases, the PBU uses PO Shipper Receipt (5.13.20) to receive the inventory:
• On transshipments, the PBU uses PO Shipper Receipt to receive the inventory and automatically allocate it to the primary sales order. This ends the EMT cycle. The PBU then creates a shipper for the end customer’s order, ships the inventory, sends the end customer an ASN if required, and invoices the customer.
• After importing the ASN on a direct shipment, the PBU can receive the PO immediately in PO Shipper Receipt.
Note: Depending on the setting of Automatic PO Receipt in the Supplier Data Maintenance record for the SBU, the PBU can receive the PO automatically when the ASN is imported for a direct shipment item. In that case, it is not necessary to use PO Shipper Receipt.
The inventory is received at the direct shipment location (specified in Sales Order Control) and an ISS-SO transaction is completed. The primary sales order is shown as shipped and the direct shipment location is cleared. This ends the EMT cycle; normal sales order processing now begins. The PBU can use transaction history records to determine the sales order shipper number. It can then use this number to generate an ASN and invoice the customer. In this situation, no real inventory exists at the direct shipment location. It must have a non-nettable status to prevent MRP from using the items for planning.