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   <Header>
      <Title>Possible issues and recommendations</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e3025457">
         <Level1>DMS</Level1>
         <Level2>physical flow</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e3025462">
         <Level1>DMS</Level1>
         <Level2>information flow</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e3025467">
         <Level1>DMS</Level1>
         <Level2>static cross-dock orders</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e3025472">
         <Level1>static cross-dock orders</Level1>
         <Level2>DMS</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e3025477">
         <Level1>DMS</Level1>
         <Level2>item-related features</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e3025482">
         <Level1>item-related features</Level1>
         <Level2>DMS</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e3025487">
         <Level1>DMS</Level1>
         <Level2>order-related features</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e3025492">
         <Level1>order-related features</Level1>
         <Level2>DMS</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e3025497">
         <Level1>DMS</Level1>
         <Level2>Enterprise Planning</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e3025502">
         <Level1>Enterprise Planning</Level1>
         <Level2>DMS</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e3025508">
         <Level1>DMS</Level1>
         <Level2>other warehousing activities</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e3025513">
         <Level1>DMS</Level1>
         <Level2>non-location controlled environment</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection ID="warehouse_item">
      <SectionTitle>Physical flow versus information flow</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>In your organization, the physical flow can differ from the
		informational flow. In that case, Infor recommends that you use automatic activities
		for the warehousing procedures in ERP Enterprise as much as possible.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection ID="planning_horizon">
      <SectionTitle>Static cross-dock orders</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>If a received purchase order line is generated from a sales
		order line, the received goods must be cross-docked for this sales order line
		( <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.cdty#static" role="option">Static</GUIRef> cross-docking). Therefore, if this type of purchase order line is received, the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh6130m000" role="session">Direct Material Supply Distribution (whinh6130m000)</GUIRef> session cannot or will not be
		started. The goods are cross-docked for the sales order
		nonetheless.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection ID="demand_type">
      <SectionTitle>Using item and order-related features</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>When ERP Enterprise determines demand, the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh6130m000" role="session">Direct Material Supply Distribution (whinh6130m000)</GUIRef> session also considers item and
		order-related features, such as specific lots and serials, effectivity units,
		package definitions, and binding units. However, the use of such specific item
		and order-related features adversely impacts DMS functionality.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection ID="prio_rules">
      <SectionTitle>DMS and other warehousing activities</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>When a receipt takes place for a warehouse-item combination that
		has the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000#whwmd200.dmsr" role="manual">DMS upon Receipt</GUIRef> or the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2110s000#whwmd210.dmss" role="manual">DMS upon SFC Receipt</GUIRef> check box selected, DMS will or must always precede
		the next warehousing activity. This also applies if the next activity, for
		example, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh2300m000#whinh3201m000" role="command">Generate Inbound Advice</GUIRef>, is an automatic
		activity.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>DMS in a non-location controlled environment</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>If a DMS run is carried out in a non-location controlled
		environment, that is, the item and/or the warehouse is not location controlled, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000#whwmd200.dmsr" role="manual">DMS upon Receipt</GUIRef> is also possible. If, in this case, items are received,
		the items are immediately placed in stock, and the location of the items is
		unknown. You can then still apply DMS to the received quantity in the same way
		as in a location-controlled environment, with one exception: instead of
		cross-dock orders, ERP Enterprise generates outbound advice, similar to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000#whwmd200.dmsi" role="manual">DMS on Inventory</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>If the warehouse and/or item are not location controlled, you
		can define a storage zone in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2510m000" role="session">Warehouse - Item (whwmd2510m000)</GUIRef> session. In the DMS Transfer Report, this zone is used
		instead of a location.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>DMS and Enterprise Planning</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>All DMS-supplied warehouses in a cluster are considered, whereas <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> only
		considers warehouses in a cluster with the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0103s000#tcmcs003.inep" role="manual">Include in Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> check box selected in
		the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0503m000" role="session">Warehouses (tcmcs0503m000)</GUIRef> session. Therefore, if <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> is used
		for purchase planning, Infor strongly recommends that you select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0103s000#tcmcs003.inep" role="manual">Include in Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> check box for
		warehouses that are <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000#whwmd200.dmsp" role="manual">DMS Supplied</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Preventing goods from moving back and forth</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>You can move goods back to the warehouse where they originated
		if, in the interval between DMS planning runs, highest priority demand shifts
		to the warehouse from where those goods were sent. Therefore, to prevent goods
		from moving back and forth between warehouses, be sure to have an adequate
		interval between DMS runs, and beware of sudden priority shifts.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000423" role="manual">Direct material supply (DMS)</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000424" role="manual">DMS settings and master data</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000426" role="manual">DMS planning and processing</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>