Confirm the Sales Order
As used in the Header section:
• Yes: order is considered a firm order. A confirmed order can then be allocated, consume forecast, and create demand for MRP.
• No: Order is not firm. An unconfirmed order cannot be allocated and cannot be seen by MRP. A separate confirmation step is required.
As used in the Line Item section:
• Yes = line item is firm
• No = item is not firm
Note: When you release a sales quote to a sales order, the Confirmed fields are set to Yes in the header section and the line item section. You cannot modify these fields. When you create a new sales order, the Confirm fields default from the value of Confirmed Orders in Sales Order Control, but you can modify them.
See in this training guide:
Confirmed Orders and
ConfirmedSales Order Control
To confirm an order by batch mode,
• Set the Auto Batch Confirmation field to Yes in Sales Order Control
• With this field set to Yes, you have the option to confirm through batch processing any unconfirmed Sales Order detail lines you enter
• Batch processing of these lines improves performance, particularly at a multi-database environment across a network
• With this field set to Yes, after all sales order data is entered, if any unconfirmed detail lines exist then a popup window appears to inquire about Auto Batch Processing
• If you specify Yes and supply a valid batch and printer ID, the system submits a job to that batch queue to confirm all lines for that sales order via Sales Order Confirmation
The batch queue specified should have its Permanent field in Batch ID Maintenance set to No. This ensures that entries to that queue are deleted when processed.
Note: An important side effect of setting the Permanent field to No is that if the system goes down during processing, the order will remain unconfirmed and you will not receive such notification except when you try to ship the order. The reason that the order remains unconfirmed in this case is that the batch processor first deletes the entry if it is not marked as permanent before processing the job.
Sales Order Maintenance
Confirmed
• Indicates if the order is to be considered a firm order or unconfirmed
• An order can be flagged as unconfirmed but have some line items flagged as confirmed
Example: An example of an unconfirmed order is one that is taken over the phone. You enter it into the system, but wait to get the hard copy purchase order before you ship it.
Note: In a high volume order entry environment, you may choose to enter all orders as unconfirmed and confirm them later in batch. This allows orders to be entered quickly with less processing during order entry. But order promising becomes more difficult because allocations do not take place until the order is confirmed.
Sales Order Confirmation
To confirm an order
• Run Sales Order Confirmation OR
• Confirm by batch mode by setting the Auto Batch Confirmation field to Yes in Sales Order Control
