[8.03] Receive to inventory product on the water?

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From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Tim Shoemaker
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 7:11 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] RE: [8.03] Receive to inventory product on the water?





Many years ago, with another Epicor legacy product (Avanté) we solved this
problem by:

1. Creating a new virtual PLANT that existed in Asia.

2. The PO was created against that plant

3. A TRANSFER order was created to move the inventory from ASIA to AMERICA

4. When they Shipped the items, we would

a. "receive" the PO

b. Immediately created the Transfer order shipment, and marked it as
"Shipped". This caused the system to know that we "Owned" it, but it was
"In- transit"... you also specify how long it will take for it to arrive.

c. Once it hits the dock in the USA, you receive the transfer order.

In Vantage/Epicor 9, there is also the ability to create "Container
receipt"... this basically allows you to receive the item(s) on multiple
PO's into a CONTAINER... you can also specify when the container is shipped
and when it will arrive. This would substantially reduce the transactions
above. The only issue is payment, which should be easily handled by doing an
invoice in advance and a pre-payment against the PO. Once the container
arrives, you would match the receipts against the pre-payment.

Tim Shoemaker
Regional Consulting Manager
Professional Services
Office: 949.585.4101 Cell: 949.294.0203
Fax: 949.341.4101
E-Mail: tshoemaker@... <mailto:tshoemaker%40epicor.com>
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Behalf Of Doug Oswald
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 10:55 AM
Subject: [Vantage] [8.03] Receive to inventory product on the water?

We do some sourcing of products from Asia. Most of the vendors there require
100% payment before the product leaves the port. We are kicking around some
ideas on how to handle this situation. We own the product on the water but
it is not in inventory yet. Is there a module or process we can use to
easily handle this situation. Some ideas here include receiving to an
inspection bin or a "transit" warehouse once it sets sail.

I know there must be a process to better handle this situation. We are on
8.03 with plans to upgrade to 9.05.

Thanks,

Doug Oswald

Manager of Information Systems and Facilities

FLEETWOOD

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We do some sourcing of products from Asia. Most of the vendors there require 100% payment before the product leaves the port. We are kicking around some ideas on how to handle this situation. We own the product on the water but it is not in inventory yet. Is there a module or process we can use to easily handle this situation. Some ideas here include receiving to an inspection bin or a "transit" warehouse once it sets sail.

I know there must be a process to better handle this situation. We are on 8.03 with plans to upgrade to 9.05.

Thanks,

Doug Oswald

Manager of Information Systems and Facilities

FLEETWOOD




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Look into Container Tracker. It takes a bit to get setup, but it works well for this type of thing. Not sure if this will address everything, but I used this where I used to work in 8.03 and after we got it going it was a great way to track containers from overseas, there are a lot of features we either didn't need to didn't explore and this may be a good solution.
This along with Advance Billing in AP may get you where you want to be. Dig into the help and things and try to figure out how it works in a test DB.

-Rick Bird
IT Software Administrator
Rowmark, LLC.
9.05.700B2


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> We do some sourcing of products from Asia. Most of the vendors there require 100% payment before the product leaves the port. We are kicking around some ideas on how to handle this situation. We own the product on the water but it is not in inventory yet. Is there a module or process we can use to easily handle this situation. Some ideas here include receiving to an inspection bin or a "transit" warehouse once it sets sail.
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> I know there must be a process to better handle this situation. We are on 8.03 with plans to upgrade to 9.05.
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> Thanks,
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> Doug Oswald
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> Manager of Information Systems and Facilities
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> FLEETWOOD
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Many years ago, with another Epicor legacy product (Avanté) we solved this problem by:

1. Creating a new virtual PLANT that existed in Asia.

2. The PO was created against that plant

3. A TRANSFER order was created to move the inventory from ASIA to AMERICA

4. When they Shipped the items, we would

a. "receive" the PO

b. Immediately created the Transfer order shipment, and marked it as "Shipped". This caused the system to know that we "Owned" it, but it was "In- transit"... you also specify how long it will take for it to arrive.

c. Once it hits the dock in the USA, you receive the transfer order.

In Vantage/Epicor 9, there is also the ability to create "Container receipt"... this basically allows you to receive the item(s) on multiple PO's into a CONTAINER... you can also specify when the container is shipped and when it will arrive. This would substantially reduce the transactions above. The only issue is payment, which should be easily handled by doing an invoice in advance and a pre-payment against the PO. Once the container arrives, you would match the receipts against the pre-payment.


Tim Shoemaker
Regional Consulting Manager
Professional Services
Office: 949.585.4101 Cell: 949.294.0203
Fax: 949.341.4101
E-Mail: tshoemaker@...<mailto:tshoemaker@...>
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18101 Von Karman, Suite 1600, Irvine CA 92612 USA





From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Doug Oswald
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 10:55 AM
Subject: [Vantage] [8.03] Receive to inventory product on the water?



We do some sourcing of products from Asia. Most of the vendors there require 100% payment before the product leaves the port. We are kicking around some ideas on how to handle this situation. We own the product on the water but it is not in inventory yet. Is there a module or process we can use to easily handle this situation. Some ideas here include receiving to an inspection bin or a "transit" warehouse once it sets sail.

I know there must be a process to better handle this situation. We are on 8.03 with plans to upgrade to 9.05.

Thanks,

Doug Oswald

Manager of Information Systems and Facilities

FLEETWOOD

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