We might have several PO’s on the same container. Or a single PO split over several containers.
Our Buyer keeps track of which PO lines are on which containers on a spread sheet out side of Epicor. Barf city.
When our vendor tells us that a specific container is being delayed, the Buyer needs all the due dates for all the items on that container line by line. It is painfull. And Epicor asks “Are you sure?” after each line, too.
Is there a way to keep track of which PO lines (releases) are coming or which containers?
If so, can our Buyer update the due dates on all the items in that container all at once?
It would also be cool for our Shipping/Receiving manager to be able to see when containers are due. Assuming that they actually show up on time.
The landed cost module will do all of this for you, although it is a little lite on the tracking visibility portion out of the box. A couple of queries and a dashboard is pretty quick to put together for all the visibility you need. It comes with the following Status options for tracking your containers from document creation to receipt at you facility.
Ordered - The items are ordered but not shipped.
Shipped - The items have left the export port. Selecting this option results in the Not Shipped button changing to Shipped and changing color.
Imported - The items have passed customs.
Arrived - The items are on site but not yet available for inventory. Cost can still be applied.
Received - The items are in inventory and GL transactions are posted. Costs can no longer be applied to the item inventory value.
I will explore this over the weekend. From the little bit of poking I’ve done, it doesn’t look like we have never used this module. Looks like there will be some set up required, but I am hopeful.
