The Batch print documents option allows you to print picking notes or advice notes for selected WIPs, and clear backorder's. Backorder's can be cleared at the same time that picking notes are printed or you have the option to allocate backorder's only.
To access the Batch print documents program:
Select from the Main menu the Point of Sale option, combined with the concerned company.
The Point Of Sale menu is displayed.
Select from the Point of Sale menu, the Batch print documents option.
The Print batch of Documents form is displayed.
This option is particularly useful in situations where a central warehouse is linked to several POS companies, and orders are raised for parts on the central warehouse stock. In this situation, you can use this option once a day or periodically to print the necessary documents in a batch.
The Mercedes-Benz version of the Batch print documents program includes three Additional filters to enable the more detailed selection of WIPs and the processing logic has also been aligned with the Autoline's standard Point-of-sale logic in the areas of
Free stock locations
The Free stock logic per location check is actioned based on all of the selling locations available to the operator, parts will be delivered from the operator available location that has sufficient stock of the part.
Tip: If the operator can only sell from location's 1 and 2 then the back order is allocated based on the available free stock from location's 1 and 2 and not based on the total available stock.
Supersessions
All entered WIP part lines are checked for availability of supersession alternative parts based on Autoline's standard Point-of-Sale Supersessions logic.
Tip: The supersession logic is not applied to parts where the Do not supersede flag is set.
Partial supply
The Allocate backorder process within the Batch print of document program has been aligned with Autoline's standard Point-of-Sale split lines logic which caters for partial delivery.
Tip: When allocating the backorders of a WIP by performing the Allocate B/O only process in the Batch print of document program, the line is checked and split like the proposal when putting the part on the WIP. The line with the backordered quantity will have the original backorder status while the original requested line will have order status P.