You can also procure consignment stock from another branch. When attempting to procure from a branch source that contains vendor consignment inventory, the following warning may display: You are about to procure material from a branch that contains vendor consigned material, continue? The OE Warn If Procuring From Vendor Consignment control maintenance record much be set to Yes to receive the message.
Identify consignment vendors in Vendor Maintenance. You must set the Consignment Inventory and Consignment Transfers fields to Yes. Vendor consignment purchases are handled through the vendor Ship-From accounts, not vendor Pay-To only accounts. You decide when consignment products are received from a vendor, if the products can be transferred to another branch and used as stock items, or if the products must continue to be consignment products. See Vendor Maintenance for complete instructions.
Use the Allow Customer Consignment From Multiple Branches control maintenance record to indicate if you want to be able to ship consignment inventory from branches other than the customer's home branch.
Use the Default Vendor Consignment On Transfers control maintenance record to select the user you usually use for consignment transfers. The system populates transfer order for a consignment with the vendor you select.
To change consignment inventory from the Product Location Maintenance screen, see Moving Vendor Consignment Inventory.
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