Supplier Inbound Shipping Preferences Table

These instructions are for Navigator File Management. For information on File Maintenance in the Green Screen (AS400), refer to File Maintenance .

This table stores the preferred ship via, FOB and Direct Ship setting for each supplier to each warehouse. When reorder reports are auto-generated the preferred information is used.

Use Version 3 - Create Purchase Orders For Suggested Qty's of the Inventory Reorder Reports to automatically generate POs. The Inventory Reorder Reports can be accessed via Navigator under the Purchasing reports and on the green screen via menu option PUR 7.

To create a new record, click Records and then select Create. The Create Record window appears.

A supplier can be cross referenced to several warehouses.

To demonstrate how the table works, consider the following example.

The two entries are for the same supplier, but the first one is for special POs and the second one is for regular orders.

  • For the first entry - If the Supplier is SAI, and the goods are shipping to Warehouse RAL, and the order is a Special Order, then:
    • The defaults to use on the detail line screen special order fields are Ship Via OT, FOB 2, and DIR = Y.
  • On the second entry for the regular PO - If the Supplier is SAI, and the goods are shipping to Warehouse RAL, and the order is a regular PO, then:
    • The defaults to use on the PO header are Ship Via OT, and FOB 2. The Dir field does NOT apply to regular POs. It is ignored. It only applies for S (special order).