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   <Header>
      <Title>Integration Freight Order Control and Procurement</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1608771">
         <Level1>Procurement</Level1>
         <Level2>integration with Freight Order Control</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1608776">
         <Level1>Freight</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>For companies that want
		to do their own freight planning, an integration is available between <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/foc" role="module">Freight Order Control</GUIRef> and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/procurement" role="package">Procurement</GUIRef> to
		generate freight orders from purchase orders.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Freight orders can be
		generated from purchase orders that are manually created, generated by ERP Enterprise, or from purchase
		orders that originate from a converted supplier quotation.</Paragraph>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Quotation settings</SectionTitle>
         <List>
            <ListIntro>To enable the generation of freight orders from purchase
			 orders that originate from a converted supplier quotation and to provide the
			 necessary freight-related information when the quotation is converted to a
			 purchase order, specify the following fields in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur1506m000" role="session">RFQ - Quotations (tdpur1506m000)</GUIRef> session:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem>Select the <Link href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur1506m000#tdpur106.gefo" role="formfield">Generate Freight Orders from Purchase</Link> check box.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Enter a service level
			 in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur1506m000#tdpur106.serv" role="manual">Freight Service Level</GUIRef> field
			 if you want the same service level to be used in the freight order as in the
			 purchase order.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur1506m000#tdpur106.crbn" role="manual">Carrier Binding</GUIRef> check box if you want the same carrier to be used in the freight order as in
			 the purchase order.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Enter a date in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur1506m000#tdpur106.ddat" role="manual">Planned Receipt Date</GUIRef> field, which must be considered
			 as the unload date.</ListItem>
         </List>
         <Note>
            <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>Freight orders
			 cannot be generated from quotations, but only from purchase orders. In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur1506m000" role="session">RFQ - Quotations (tdpur1506m000)</GUIRef> session, you define all freight-related data
			 to provide the necessary information when the quotation is converted into a
			 purchase order in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur1202m000" role="session">Convert Quotations to Contracts/Orders/Price Books (tdpur1202m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
         </Note>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Purchase order settings</SectionTitle>
         <List>
            <ListIntro>To enable the generation of freight orders from purchase
			 orders that are manually created or generated by ERP Enterprise, the following
			 settings must be applied in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4101m000" role="session">Purchase Order Lines (tdpur4101m000)</GUIRef> session, or the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4101m200" role="session">Purchase Order Line Details (tdpur4101m200)</GUIRef> session:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4101m000#tdpur401.gefo" role="manual">Generate Freight Orders from Purchase</GUIRef> check box must be selected.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4101m000#tdpur401.crbn" role="manual">Carrier Binding</GUIRef> check box must be selected if you want the same <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000087" role="glossary">carrier</Link> to be used in the
			 freight order as in the purchase order.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>A service level must
			 be entered in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4101m000#tdpur401.serv" role="manual">Freight Service Level</GUIRef> field if you want the same service
			 level to be used in the freight order as in the purchase order.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>A date must be entered
			 in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4101m000#tdpur401.ddta" role="manual">Planned Receipt Date</GUIRef> field. If the purchasing company
			 is responsible for transportation, you must consider this as the <Link href="/baanerp/fm/glossary/glossary#000053" role="glossary">unload date</Link>, the date when
			 the goods must be available in the warehouse.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>A <Link href="/baanerp/fm/glossary/glossary#000050" role="glossary">planned load date</Link> must be
			 entered in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4101m000#tdpur401.ldat" role="manual">Planned Load Date</GUIRef> field. If the purchasing company is responsible for transportation, this is the
			 date on which the suppliers must be ready with the goods on their site. This
			 date can also be considered as the shipment date.</ListItem>
         </List>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>To generate freight orders from purchase
		  orders</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/ipu/tdipu0110m000#tdipu010.gefo" role="manual">Generate Freight Orders from Purchase</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/ipu/tdipu0110m000" role="session">Items - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000)</GUIRef> initially determines whether freight
		  orders must be generated for a specific combination of item and purchase
		  business partner. You can, however, always determine not to generate, or to
		  generate a freight order for an individual purchase order (detail) line by
		  clearing or selecting the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4101m000#tdpur401.gefo" role="manual">Generate Freight Orders from Purchase</GUIRef> check box on the purchase order (detail) line. In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur0560m000" role="session">Purchase Order Type - Activities (tdpur0560m000)</GUIRef> session, you can define how freight
		  orders are generated.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/ipu/tdipu0110m000#tdipu010.gefo" role="manual">Generate Freight Orders from Purchase</GUIRef> check box is selected in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/ipu/tdipu0110m000" role="session">Items - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000)</GUIRef> session and a purchase order is
		  generated for the item – purchase business partner combination, after approval, ERP Enterprise checks whether <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4220m000" role="session">Generate Freight Orders (tdpur4220m000)</GUIRef> is linked as an activity to the order type in
		  the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur0560m000" role="session">Purchase Order Type - Activities (tdpur0560m000)</GUIRef> session to determine the freight
		  order generation method.</Paragraph>
         <Note>
            <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>If <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4220m000" role="session">Generate Freight Orders (tdpur4220m000)</GUIRef> is linked as an activity to the order type in
			 the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur0560m000" role="session">Purchase Order Type - Activities (tdpur0560m000)</GUIRef> session and a purchase order is
			 generated, the activity <Emphasis>Generate Freight Orders</Emphasis> is linked
			 to the purchase order (detail) line in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4534m000" role="session">Purchase Order Line Status (tdpur4534m000)</GUIRef> session. In addition, you can view the
			 activity's execution mode and status in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4534m000" role="session">Purchase Order Line Status (tdpur4534m000)</GUIRef> session. However, if you decide to clear the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/ipu/tdipu0110m000#tdipu010.gefo" role="manual">Generate Freight Orders from Purchase</GUIRef> check box on the purchase
			 order (detail) line, ERP Enterprise removes the activity <Emphasis>Generate Freight Orders</Emphasis> from the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4534m000" role="session">Purchase Order Line Status (tdpur4534m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
         </Note>
         <Paragraph>When a freight order
		  is generated from a purchase order (detail) line, the freight order has the
		  status <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/domains/foc.lnst#expc" role="option">Expected</GUIRef>. The information
		  that goes to the freight order contains purely shipping related data, such as
		  planned dates, addresses, shipping constraints, carrier, route, delivery terms,
		  and planning responsibility. If a load plan is created for the freight order,
		  the freight order has the status <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/domains/foc.lnst#plnd" role="option">Planned</GUIRef>.
		  The load plan can only be made actual in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm" role="package">Freight</GUIRef>, and the freight
		  order can receive the status <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/domains/foc.lnst#actl" role="option">Actual</GUIRef>,
		  when the purchase order (detail) line is released to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh" role="package">Warehousing</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
         <List>
            <ListIntro>If the freight order has the status <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/domains/foc.lnst#plnd" role="option">Planned</GUIRef>,
			 on the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu of
			 the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4101m000" role="session">Purchase Order Lines (tdpur4101m000)</GUIRef> session or the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4101m200" role="session">Purchase Order Line Details (tdpur4101m200)</GUIRef> session, click:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem> 
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4101m200#start.freight.details" role="command">Freight Details</GUIRef>, to start the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/lbd/fmlbd3552m000" role="session">Freight Details (fmlbd3552m000)</GUIRef> session, or the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/foc/fmfoc3501m000" role="session">Freight Details (fmfoc3501m000)</GUIRef> session. In these sessions, you can view freight
			 details, such as information about shipments and loads, the used carrier, the
			 dates that the shipments will be executed and the quantities to be shipped.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4101m000#tdpur4502s000" role="command">Purchase Order Line - Linked Information</GUIRef>, to start the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4502s000" role="session">Purchase Order Line - Linked Information (tdpur4502s000)</GUIRef> session. In this session, you can
			 view linked freight orders.</ListItem>
         </List>
         <Note>
            <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>If you want to
			 modify, block, delete or cancel a purchase order and linked freight order, the
			 status of the corresponding freight order must be <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/domains/foc.lnst#expc" role="option">Expected</GUIRef>, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/domains/foc.lnst#plnd" role="option">Planned</GUIRef>,
			 or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/domains/foc.lnst#actl" role="option">Actual</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
         </Note>
         <Paragraph>After the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4101m000#tdpur401.ddta" role="manual">Planned Receipt Date</GUIRef> is entered on the purchase order
		  (detail) line, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm" role="package">Freight</GUIRef> determines if the transportation lead time is sufficient to deliver the goods
		  in time. If not, a signal is sent back to the purchase order (detail) line and
		  the user must either change the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4101m000#tdpur401.ddta" role="manual">Planned Receipt Date</GUIRef> or select another carrier. It
		  occurs that, due to the type of transport or the availability of the carrier,
		  the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4101m000#tdpur401.ddta" role="manual">Planned Receipt Date</GUIRef> differs from the date as entered
		  on the purchase order (detail) line. If you click Printing in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4100m000" role="session">Purchase Orders (tdpur4100m000)</GUIRef> session and select <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4100m000#tdpur4432" role="command">Print with Deviation in the Shipment Dates(Dummy for FM)</GUIRef>, the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/lbd/fmlbd3450m000" role="session">Print Orders with Deviating Shipment Dates (fmlbd3450m000)</GUIRef> session starts. In this
		  session, you can generate a difference report that provides an overview of all
		  orders for which the dates from the origin are not the same as those in the
		  load plan of <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm" role="package">Freight</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
   </GeneralSection>
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