Use this activity to manually source a customer order line where the supply code is Not Decided and the header status is Less than Delivered. To source an order line in this page means that you manually specify which sourcing alternative or alternatives will supply the customer order line. Note that only one sourcing alternative can be specified for a customer order line that originates from an internal purchase order. Possible sourcing alternatives in this page are own inventory, internal suppliers, external suppliers, and manufacturing at the own site. The information displayed for the different sourcing alternatives is based on default values. Key information such as ship via, wanted delivery date, and delivery mode, can be changed in this page.
Choose Source From Order Site to show the information needed to supply the order from the own inventory or by manufacturing at own site. Source From Suppliers shows the information needed to supply the order from internal and/or external suppliers. Only suppliers defined for the purchase part on the order line are displayed. The delivery mode on the sourcing alternatives is set to Transit by default. If you want the goods to be delivered directly to the customer, select Direct from the Delivery Mode list. Furthermore, if you want to ship the goods in a way that differs from the default method, you can change the ship via code by using the List of Values. Finally, you can change the wanted delivery date which, for instance, can be useful when the customer wants to have the same product delivered on different dates. If you change the delivery mode, the ship via code, or the wanted delivery date, the information displayed for the sourcing alternative is recalculated.
To analyze availability of a part, select the appropriate line in Source From Suppliers and then click Inventory Part Availability Planning.
If you want to change the sales quantity on the order line, you can do this directly in the page header, or on the customer order line on the Customer Order/Lines.
A customer order line, with supply code Not Decided, cannot be released if not the whole sales quantity is sourced. However, all order lines that are fully sourced, i.e., sourced quantity match sales quantity, are released at the same time as the rest of the order. An order line that is not released together with the rest of the order, remains with the Not Decided supply code, and can be released later. As long as the header status is less than Delivered, a new order line with the Not Decided supply code can be entered and manually sourced in this page.
If you want to reserve the sourced quantity, on either the local site (the order taking site) or the supply site, select the sourced line and choose the appropriate command for reservation.