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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Multicompany warehouse transfers</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>warehouse transfer</Level1>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>multisite</Level1>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<AimSection><Paragraph>Multicompany warehouse transfers enable you to use warehouse transfers to ship goods between warehouses that belong to different <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#LogistCompan.tc" role="glossary">logistic companies</Link>.</Paragraph>
	</AimSection>
	<GeneralSection><List><ListIntro>The benefits of multicompany warehouse transfers are:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>More transparancy about the inter-logistical company transfers to the user.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Fewer transactions.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListItem>You cannot use customized items in multicompany warehousing orders, because the project data is not shared in the overall multisite solution. For the same reason, you cannot use customized items for project warehouses.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>You can only use multicompany warehousing orders in a single-server environment.</ListItem>
			</List>
		</Note>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Multicompany warehouse transfer setup</SectionTitle>
		<List><ListIntro>A warehousing order is a multicompany warehouse transfer if in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh2100m000" role="session">Warehousing Orders (whinh2100m000)</GUIRef> session:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>The inventory-transaction type is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.ittp#transfer" role="enum">Transfer</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh2100m000#whinh200.sfty" role="formfield" Update="No">Ship-from Type</GUIRef> and the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh2100m000#whinh200.stty" role="formfield" Update="No">Ship-to Type</GUIRef> are <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/typs#warehouse" role="enum">Warehouse</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The warehouses specified in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh2100m000#whinh200.sfco" role="formfield" Update="No">Ship-from Code</GUIRef> and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh2100m000#whinh200.stco" role="formfield" Update="No">Ship-to Code</GUIRef> fields belong to different <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#LogistCompan.tc" role="glossary">logistic companies</Link>.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph>In case of a multicompany warehouse transfer, the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh2100m000#rodr.comp" role="formfield">Related Order/Company</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh2100m000" role="session">Warehousing Orders (whinh2100m000)</GUIRef> session indicates the linked warehousing order of the other logistic company.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Order creation/generation</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>You can only create a multicompany warehouse transfer order in the ship-from company. When you create a multicompany warehouse transfer order, SSA ERP checks whether the companies are on the same server. If so, SSA ERP also creates the warehousing order in the ship-to company.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>Multicompany warehosue transfer order can be generated in the ship-to company if one of the following supply systems apply:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/sups#tpop" role="enum">Time-Phased Order Point</GUIRef>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/sups#kanban" role="enum">KANBAN</GUIRef>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/sups#batch" role="enum">Order Controlled/Batch</GUIRef>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/sups#sils" role="enum">Order Controlled/SILS</GUIRef>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/sups#single" role="enum">Order Controlled/Single</GUIRef>
			</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph>The inbound-order line in the ship-to company is blocked until the outbound-order line in the ship-from company get the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.lstb#shipped" role="enum">Shipped</GUIRef> status. If the goods are shipped, SSA ERP unblocks the inbound-order line in the ship-to company to enable the receipt of the goods.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>If in the ship-from company an outbound-order line is created with a lot, serial number, or effectivity unit the following scenarios are possible:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>The Lots (whltc100), Serial Numbers (tcibd401), and Effectivity Units (tcuef002) tables are shared: the lot, serial number, or effectivity unit is known on the outbound-order line in the ship-to company, the inbound-order line in the ship-from company, and the inbound-order line of the ship-to company.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The Lots (whltc100), Serial Numbers (tcibd401), Effectivity Units (tcuef002) tables are not shared: the lot, serial number, or effectivity unit is not known on the outbound-order line in the ship-to company and the inbound-order line in the ship-to company. The lot, serial number, or effectivity unit is known on the inbound-order line of the ship-from company.</ListItem>
		</List>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Outbound Advice</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>You can only generate outbound advice for outbound-order lines which ship-from company is the logistical company the user is working in.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Receipt</SectionTitle>
		<List><ListIntro>When, in the ship-to company the goods are received by linking the inbound-order line to the receipt, SSA ERP retrieves the following data from the shipment lines in the ship-from company:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Package definition (levels)</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Lot</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Effectivity unit</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Serial numbers</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph>In the ship-to company the receipt lines are created based on the shipment lines in the ship-from company.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>When, in the ship-to company, the receipt is confirmed, the received quantity is also updated in the ship-from company.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Inventory</SectionTitle>
		<List><ListIntro>In case of a multicompany warehousing order, SSA ERP maintains the inventory as follows:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>When, in the ship-from company, an outbound-order line is created or changed, the ship-from company's allocated inventory is increased or changed with the outbound-order line's quantity.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>When, in the ship-to company, an inbound-order line is created or changed, the ship-to company's on-order inventory is increased or changed with the inbound-order line's quantity.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>When, in the ship-from company, the shipment is confirmed the ship-from company's allocated inventory is decreased and the in-transit inventory is increased with the shipped quantity.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>When, in the ship-to company, the receipt is confirmed, the ship-to company's on-order inventory is decreased and the ship-from company's in-transit inventory is decreased with the received quantity.</ListItem>
		</List>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Financial Bookings</SectionTitle>
		<List><ListIntro>In case of a multicompany warehousing order the financial bookings related to:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>The issue of the goods are logged in the ship-from company.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The receipt of the goods are logged in the ship-to company.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph>The receipt price that is needed for financial bookings related to the receipt is calculated by use of the data of the ship-from company. However, if the receipt price on the inbound-order line is specified, that receipt price is used.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Inventory transactions</SectionTitle>
		<List><ListIntro>In case of a multicompany warehousing transfers, planned inventory transactions are created in:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>The ship-from company when the outbound-order line is created. When the shipment is confirmed the planned inventory transaction is deleted and an inventory transaction by item and warehouse is created.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The ship-to company when the inbound-order line is created. When the receipt is confirmed the planned inventory transaction is deleted and an inventory transaction by item and warehouse is created.</ListItem>
		</List>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000328" role="manual">Multicompany handling units</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>
