You can send to the BCM server all the orders of your choice that have been prepared for the selected Purchase Control company, and print them if you want to.
To submit stock orders:
On the FORD OPERATIONS menu select Ford BCM communication and click OK.
The Ford BCM communication menu is displayed.
Select Menu - Outgoing communication and click OK.
The Menu - Outgoing communication menu is displayed.
Select Submit stock order followed by the Stock Order company and the Purchase Control company you require, and click OK.
The Ford Submit stock order form is displayed, with any stock orders found for that Purchase Control company listed on the grid.
Select the orders for submission and click OK.
The selected files are converted into one EDIFACT format file, which is transferred to the BCM server and verified. If the file is correctly transferred, the Purchase Control stock order files are deleted from the system and a message is displayed confirming that the transfer has been successful.
Click OK.
You are returned to the Menu - Outgoing communication menu.
To get stock order files available for submission to Ford they should be prepared in the Purchase Control module by using the Submit stock order option from the main menu.
Select the manufacturer code and purchase order number before the Submit button is pressed to enable the system to build the file and store it correctly. If you select orders that have already been submitted and have the date, time and user id shown after the order, they will be submitted twice.
There can be more then one order selected in the same run. A submit order file is then created for each individual order.
This form is displayed when select the Submit stock order option on the Menu - Outgoing communication menu and select Stock Order and Purchase Control companies. It enables you to send off all the selected orders created which are prepared for the selected Purchase Control company.
Company: Number of the selected Stock Order company.
Print to: If this check box is ticked, the selected stock orders are printed on the printer indicated.
Order file: Name of the stock order found for the selected Purchase Control company.
Note: A tick in the grid indicates that the ticked order is selected to be transmitted to the Ford CDS network when you click OK. Double-clicking in the tick column changes the order on the corresponding grid row from selected to not selected and back again.
Buttons:
OK: Sends to the BCM server all the selected orders created which have been prepared for the selected Purchase Control company, printing them if the Print to check box is ticked.
Note: If no grid rows are selected the OK button is unavailable.
Cancel: Returns you to the Menu - Outgoing communication menu
Help: Displays this help page in a browser
