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PO for Drop Ship Sales Orders

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Hi Folks

Can i combine drop ship sales orders into one purchase order and maintain the link between the SO and the PO?

I don't think so, it appears that i can only put one customer in the header of the Drop Ship PO, but what if the same customer orders twice, and i want to combine those two sales orders into one PO?

Can someone confirm that there is a one to one relationship between drop ship sales order and drop ship purchase order.  the PO cannot be combined with multiple SO

thanks!

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    iruser2 2,046 on at
    RE: PO for Drop Ship Sales Orders

    Awesome answer Angela!  thanks!

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    RE: PO for Drop Ship Sales Orders

    Hi!  

    With GP213 we do have some additional functionality that will help!

    In conjunction with the ability to now print multiple ship to addresses on one Sales document, if you are drop shipping your items, you can also configure the system to consolidate purchase order information so that only 1 PO is created even though multiple customer sites are being shipped to.

     

    Note:

    On earlier versions of Microsoft Dynamics GP, you would need to click the Organize button in the Purchase Orders Preview window and manually combine nodes to create a single PO.

     

    Combine Different  Ship-To Addresses into one PO option

    This is a new option you can select in Sales Order Processing Setup Options to create one purchase order from one sales order with multiple lines that contains different ship-to addresses. This is useful when you have a sales order for one company and you are drop shipping to multiple locations. When used in conjunction with the Combine Similar Items into a Single PO Line option, orders with similar items and the same Ship-to  address are combined into one line. If this option is not marked, individual purchase, orders are created for each item.

     

     

    Combine Different  Ship-To Addresses from Different Sales Orders into one PO option

    This is a new option you can select in Sales Order Processing Setup Options, which will create one purchase order from multiple sales orders when drop shipping to multiple shipping addresses. This is useful when you have several sales orders and you are drop shipping the same item to multiple locations, and only one purchase order is necessary to purchase the correct quantity of the items. When used in conjunction with the Combine Similar Items into a Single PO Line option, the similar items with the same shipping address are summed onto one line on the PO.

    Following are two charts highlighting the effect of these setup options when used together to create a drop-ship purchase order from one or more sales orders.

    Scenario A: You have one Sales Order with the following four line items.

    Item 1 - Warehouse

    Item 1 - Warehouse

    Item 2 - Warehouse

    Item 2 - Primary

     

    Scenario

    Combine Different Ship-To Addresses into one PO?

    Combine Similar Items Into a Single PO Line?

    Drop-ship purchase orders created and line item detail

    What the PO(s) look like:

    One sales order with the same item/ship-to combination on multiple lines.

    No

    No

    Two POs are created. One for each Ship-to. Each line item is on their own line on the PO. Existing GP functionality.

    PO 1

    • Item 1 - warehouse
    • Item 1 - warehouse
    • Item 2 - warehouse

    PO 2

    • Item 2 - primary

     

    Yes

    Yes

    One PO is created with one line for each item/ship-to combination.

    PO 1

    • Item 1 - warehouse (2)
    • Item 2 - warehouse
    • Item 2 - primary

     

    Yes

    No

    One PO is created with a separate line for every line item on the sales order.

    PO 1

    • Item 1 - warehouse
    • Item 1 - warehouse
    • Item 2 - warehouse
    • Item 2 - primary

     

    No

    Yes

    Two POs are created. Each PO for a ship-to site on the sales order. Existing GP functionality.

    PO 1

    • Item 1 - warehouse (2)
    • Item 2 - warehouse

    PO 2

    • Item 2 - Primary

    Note:

    These examples assume that Print One Purchase Order per Address is unmarked on the Purchase Order Print Options window. If this option is selected, a PO is printed for each different address regardless of the other settings.

     

    Scenario B: You have two Sales Orders with the same 4 line items.

    SO1: 

    Item 1 - Warehouse

    Item 1 - Warehouse

    Item 2 - Warehouse

    Item 2 - Primary

    SO2:

    Item 1 - Warehouse

    Item 1 - Warehouse

    Item 2 - Warehouse

    Item 2 - Primary

     

     

    Note:

    The Combine Different Ship-To Addresses from Different Sales Order into one PO option can only be marked if Combine Different Ship-To Addresses into one PO is also marked.

     

    Note:

    Use the Sales Document Range Inquiry window to create one purchase order from multiple sales documents. (Sales >> Inquiry >> Sales Range Inquiry > Purchase button)

    Scenario

    Combine Different Ship-To Addresses into one PO?

    Combine Different Ship-To Addresses from Different Sales Orders into one PO?

    Combine Similar Items Into a Single PO Line?

    Drop-ship purchase orders created and line item detail

    What the PO(s) look like:

    Two sales orders with the same item/ship-to combination on multiple lines.

    No

    No

    No

    A separate PO is created for each ship-to for each sales order. No combining of item lines is done.

    Previous GP functionality.

    PO 1

    ·        Item 1 - warehouse

    ·        Item 1 - warehouse

    ·        Item 2 - warehouse

    PO 2

    ·        Item 2 - Primary

    PO 3

    ·        Item 1 - warehouse

    ·        Item 1 - warehouse

    ·        Item 2 - warehouse

    PO 4

    ·        Item 2 - Primary

     

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    One PO is created combining Item/ship-to combinations on one line.

    PO 1

    ·        Item 1 - warehouse (4)

    ·        Item 2 - warehouse (2)

    ·        Item 2 - Primary (2)

     

    Yes

    Yes

    No

    One PO is created with individual lines.

    PO 1

    ·        Item 1 - warehouse

    ·        Item 1 - warehouse

    ·        Item 2 - Warehouse

    ·        Item 2 - Primary

    ·        Item 1 - warehouse

    ·        Item 1 - warehouse

    ·        Item 2 - Warehouse

    ·        Item 2 - Primary

     

    Yes

    No

    Yes

    Two POs are created. One for each sales order with similar item/ship-to combinations combined.

    PO 1

    ·        Item 1 - warehouse (2)

    ·        Item 2 - warehouse

    ·        Item 2 - Primary

    PO 2

    ·        Item 1 - warehouse (2)

    ·        Item 2 - warehouse

    ·        Item 2 - Primary

     

    No

    No

    Yes

    Separate POs are created for each ship-to for each sales order. Lines are combined when possible.

    Existing GP functionality.

    PO 1

    ·        Item 1 - warehouse (2)

    ·        Item 2 - warehouse

    PO 2

    ·        Item 2 - Primary

    PO 3

    ·        Item 1 - warehouse (2)

    ·        Item 2 - warehouse

    PO 4

    ·        Item 2 - Primary

    Hope this helps!

    Thank you for using Microsoft Dynamics Communities,

    Angela Ebensteiner 

    Sr. Technical Advisor

    Microsoft Dynamics GP

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