Hold - Release Sale Order

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This page allows you to put the selected sale order on “Hold”. You can put on hold sale orders that are in the “Fresh”, “Draft”, “Under Amendment”, “Returned”, “Authorized”, “Held” status. The status of the sale order is updated to “Held”. You can select the code that identifies the reason due to which you want to put the sale order on hold.

This page also allows you to put the line items in the sale order to hold or release status. You can also release a sale order that has been put on hold in this page. The status of the sale order is updated to the status in which it was prior to putting it to “Hold”.

The “Hold - Release Sale Order” page appears.

The system displays the following fields:

Workflow Status

The status of the document as per the Work Flow.

Order Status

The status of the sale order. It can be “Draft”, “Fresh”, “Under Amendment”, “Held”, “Authorized” or “Returned”.

Order No.

The number identifying the sale order (Alphanumeric, 18) Mandatory. The system checks for the validity of the order number if it is not left blank. The system retrieves the corresponding details of the order number and populates in the appropriate field in the page. The order number should not contain spaces and special characters excepting Hypen ('-').

The system displays the following field:

Amendment No.

The number identifying an amendment made on the sale order. Every time the sale order is successfully amended, the system increments by one the amendment number made on the order.

Order Date

The date on which the sale order was created.

Numbering Series

The prefix and suffix for the sale order number that is created. The numbering series that are related to Sale Order are retrieved from the “Numbering Class” business component.

Sale Order Type

The type of sale order. It can be “Normal”, “Consignment”, “Certificate On Delivery” or “Template”.

Folder

The classification of the sale order. The values are populated from the “Category” business component.

Order Priority

The priority code attached to servicing of the Sale Order. It can be “1”, “2”, “3”, “4” or “5”.

LC/BG Applicable

Indicates whether 'LC'  / 'BG' / 'LC & BG' / None is applicable for this sale order.

The system displays the following fields in the “Customer Details” group box:

Customer Code

The code identifying the customer. 

Customer Name

The name of the customer.

Sale Type

The type of sale to be performed. It can be “Internal”, “External” or “Domestic”.

Customer Address Id.

The address ID of the customer who has placed the sale order.

Bill To Customer Code

The code identifying the customer to whom the invoices are to be sent.

Bill To Address Id.

The address id of customer to whom the invoices are to be sent. 

Currency

The currency applicable to the sale order. The system loads with valid values from “Currency” business component.

Exchange Rate

The exchange rate applicable to the sale order currency.

Pay Term Code

The code identifying the pay terms applicable to the sale order.

 Sales Channel

The sales channel to which the sale is attributed. The values are populated from “Category” business component.

Zero Item Rate

To indicate whether zeroing of Item rate is allowed or not. It can be either “Yes" or "No". 

Ship Partial

To indicate whether partial shipment of goods is allowed or not. It can be either “Yes" or "No".

Customer PO No.

The number identifying the purchase order number of the customer. 

Customer PO Date

The date on which the customer has prepared the purchase order.

Contact Person

The name of the contact person. The person recommended by the customer to be contacted.  

 

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Receipt Method

The mode in which the receipt of the sale order is to be made. It can be “Regular Invoice”, “ESR”, “ESR Plus”, ”LSV”  or “Specific Bank”.

Preferred Carrier

The code identifying the carrier that is preferred for transportation of goods from the shipping point to the delivery area.

LOI

The check box is selected if the customer has to specify some crucial information regarding the sale order that is being created. The system flags the status of the selected sale order to “LOI” (Letter Of Intent”).

Reason Code For Holding

The code identifying the reason for which a sale order is held or released (Alphanumeric, 5). The system ensures that this field is not left blank. The system also checks for the existence and validity of code. If it is valid, then the corresponding description is retrieved.

 

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The system displays the following field:

Reason

The description of the reason code.

Advance

The advance amount paid by the customer.

The system displays the following details in the “Price Constituents” group box for calculating the total price of the item:

Price

This check box is selected to run the pricing engine.

Taxes

This check box is selected to include the tax imposed on the item for calculating the total price of the item.

Discount

This check box is selected to include the discounts that are allowed for items for calculating the total price of the item.

Charges

This check box is selected to include the charges applicable on items to enable them to dispatch\ ship \ deliver the same.

Promotions

This check box is selected to include the promotions that are given irrespective of the item or their quantity. All the deals defined on document basis are also applicable for items specified in the sale order. The promotions are of three types namely price deal, discount deal and free goods.

The system displays the following fields in the “Order Details” group box:

Order Basic Value

The order basic value is calculated as a sum (total item price).

Order Total Value

The order total value is calculated based on the order basic value.

The formula for calculating the Order Total Value is as follows:

Order Total Value = (Order Basic Value + Total Tax + Total Vat + Total Charge)- Total Discount.

Statutory Tax

 Sum of all the statutory taxes charged for all the items in the sale order.

Total Tax

Sum of all the taxes charged for all the items in the sale order.

Total Charge

Sum of charges for all the order line items.

Total Discount

Sum of all discounts offered charged for all the items in the sale order including the promotion discounts.

Hold Item

Use the drop-down list box to indicate whether the line item is to be held or not. You can select from either “Yes” or “No”.

Reason Code

The code identifying the reason for which a sale order is held or released (Alphanumeric, 5). The system ensures that this field is not left blank. The system also checks for the existence and validity of code. If it is valid, then the corresponding description is retrieved.

The system displays the following details:

Reason for Hold

The description of the reason code.

Customer Item Code

The customer code identifying the item.

Item Code

The code identifying the line item.

Variant Code

The code identifying the item variant.

UOM

The unit of measurement of the item.

Qty.

The quantity of the sale order item ordered.

Price List No.

The code identifying the price list number.

Rate

The unit rate of the ordered item.

Total Item Price

The sum of (Rate*Item Qty), item tax, item charge, item discount, and vat exclusive for an item.

Required Date

The date on which the customer requires the item at his/her location. 

Promised Date

The promised date of delivery to the customer. 

ATP

The “Availability To Promise” information indicates the availability of enough stock based on the promised date to meet the ordered quantity.

Earliest Available Date

The date on which the entire quantity of item ordered would be available for issue.

Processing Action

To indicate the action to be carried out for the Line item in the sale order. It can be “Make”, “Buy” or “Drop ship”.

Usage For CC

The code identifying the cost center associated with the sale order.

Sale Purpose

The reason for sale of the item.

Promotion Type

The promotions that are allowed for items specified in the sale order. It can be Price deal, Discount deal by item, Discount deal by document, Free deal by item or Free deal by document.

Schedule Type

The type of schedule in which the goods are to be shipped. It can be either “Single”, or “Staggered”.

Ship To Customer Code

The code identifying the customer to whom the items must be shipped.

Ship To Address Id.

The address of the location at which the items must be delivered.

INCO Place

This refers to the place from where the "Inco Term" is applicable. The “Inco Term” is commercial terms used for freight. The “Inco” refers to the “International Commercial Terms”.

Shipping Point

The point from where the goods are shipped to the delivery area specified by the customer.

Warehouse Code

The code identifying the shipping location warehouse at which the specified quantity of the item is available.

Ship Partial

To specify whether partial shipment is allowed or not. It can be either “Yes” or “No”.

Transportation Mode

The mode of transportation for the ordered goods. The values are dynamically populated from the “Category” business component.

To Ship Date

The date on which the finished goods are to be shipped from the shipping point to the delivery area specified by the customer.

Available Date

The date on which an item will be available for issue from inventory. This is also the date when a firm demand will be posted into disposition. The date depends on the to ship date and packing time. Available date cannot be greater than promised date and to ship date. It should not be left blank. Available date is calculated as a difference of to ship date and packing time. This field cannot be left blank.

Pricing Date

The pricing effective date for defaulting price list(s). Pricing date is defined here only.

Item Variant Desc.

The description of the item variant.

Stock Status

The status of the stock. The values are populated from the “Stock Status Definition business component based on the transaction type. 

Item Type

The type of item.  It can be “Item“, “Model”, “Kit “, “Sundry” or “Service”.

Sales Person Code

The code identifying the salesperson.

Sales Person Name

The name of the salesperson.

Consume Against Forecast

The details pertaining to the number of item that is to be consumed during the sale against the forecasted value. It can be either “Yes” or “No”.

If the combo “Hold Item” field value is set to “Yes”, then the system holds the item from any further transaction. If the value is set to “No”, all the items can be released for all transactions. If an item is Held, no further action can be taken on it.

The system holds the Order Number from any further transactions. The status of the sale order is updated to "Held".

The system releases the sale order selected. The status is set to "Authorized”.

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