Define Default Remote Warehouse for Purchasing Flows

Explanation

Use this activity to define a default remote warehouse per Site for purchasing flows.

Prerequisites

Required warehouse must be defined as a remote warehouse in Warehouses or Warehouse Navigator or Warehouse pages.

System Effects

As a result of this activity, when entering new records (Part line/ Non-inventory part line/No part line/ Rental Part line) manually to purchase requestions or purchase orders or purchase order change orders, this Default Remote Warehouse will be added as the Destination Warehouse automatically for this specific site on the line.

When a purchasing flow starts from a Purchase Requisition, the default remote warehouse added as the Destination Warehouse in the requisition line will be added to purchase order line’s Destination Warehouse when the requisition is converted to a purchase order in below both conversion flows:

  1. Purchase Requestion to Purchase Order
  2. Purchase Requisition to Request to Purchase Order

However, this default remote warehouse will not be added to Purchase Order line when a direct Request is converted to a Purchase Order.

For business processes that automatically create purchase requisitions using below mentioned system defined Requisitioners under mentioned conditions, default remote warehouse will be set to Destination Warehouse accordingly.

Requisitioner ID Requisitioner Name Relevant Condition(s) Auxiliary Condition(s)
MRP MRP Demand Code = Invent Order If Part Availability Control of Default Remote Warehouse is set with Part Supply Control as “Nettable”
INT INTERNAL ORDER Demand Code = Int Demand -
OE CUSTOMER ORDER Demand Code = Customer Order Transfer
Supply Code = Purchase Order Transit		 -
MS MASTER SCHEDULING Demand Code = Invent Order If Part Availability Control of Default Remote Warehouse is set with Part Supply Control as “Nettable”
KANBAN KANBAN Demand Code = Purch Order If Part Availability Control of Default Remote Warehouse is set with Part Supply Control as “Nettable”
WO WORK ORDER Demand Code = Work Order -
NLD NEXT LEVEL DEMAND Demand Code = Invent Order If Part Availability Control of Default Remote Warehouse is set with Part Supply Control as “Nettable”
INV ORDER POINT LIST Demand Code = Invent Order If Part Availability Control of Default Remote Warehouse is set with Part Supply Control as “Nettable”
PM PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE Demand Code = PM Action -
WT WORK TASK Delivery Method = Normal -

In Purchase Orders, the line address will be set as ‘Single Occurrence’ from the automatically set Destination Warehouse address.