The following control maintenance records belong to the INVM (Inventory Management) category and apply to consignments.
Allow Customer Consignment From Multiple Branches
Indicate whether your company can ship consignment inventory from branches other than the customer's home branch. More:
Options
Yes - Branches other than a customer's home branch can ship consignment inventory to the customer.
No - There is no restriction on shipping consignment transfers from any branch. The inventory is reflected out of the shipping branch, rather than the customer's home branch.
Outcome of setting this control record
Determines if your company can ship inventory from branches other than the home branch assigned to the customer.
Default Value(s)
No
Example(s)
Example 1: Your customer's home branch is Branch 1. If this control record is set to Yes, then you can ship a consignment transfer out of Branch 3, but store the consignment material in Branch 1 (the customer's home branch). Location Maintenance for Branch 1 reflects the shipment of the consigned inventory to the customer. The system completes a behind the scenes automatic transfer to handle moving the physical material from Branch 3 to Branch 1. The G/L postings are stored on the automatic transfer generated behind the scenes, not the original customer consignment transfer. View the automatic transfers from the original order's change log. The customer's home branch then tracks the consignment and sends invoices to the customer.
In the above scenario, the original customer consignment order and the associated automatic transfer are both view only after they are processed. If you need to change quantities on the transfer, you need to make adjustments using customer consignment transfers and additional branch transfers.
Example 2: Your customer's home branch is Branch 1. If this control record is set to No, then you can ship a consignment transfer out of Branch 3, and the consignment material is also reflected in Branch 3, not the customer's home branch.