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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/ff/sales/sales_ff_orders" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Sales orders</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e433913">
         <Level1>Functions and features</Level1>
         <Level2>sales orders</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e433918">
         <Level1>Sales orders</Level1>
         <Level2>functions and features</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <AimSection ID="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000062#aim_sales_order_handling">
         <Paragraph>Sales orders are used to sell and deliver items or services to a
		sold-to business partner under certain terms and conditions. Sales orders can
		result from a variety of sources, such as <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/sls.corg#contracts" role="option">Contracts</GUIRef>, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/sls.corg#quotations" role="option">Quotations</GUIRef>, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/sls.corg#eop" role="option">EDI</GUIRef>, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/sls.corg#planning" role="option">Planning</GUIRef>. In <GUIRef href="/baanerp/sales" role="package">Sales</GUIRef>, you can create and
		modify orders.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>After approval, a sales order is a legal obligation to deliver
		items according to the agreed terms and conditions, including specific prices
		and discounts.</Paragraph>
      </AimSection>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000055" role="manual">Sales order procedure</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>The normal sales order procedure includes the creation,
		  approval, printing, release to warehousing, delivery, invoicing, and processing
		  of sales orders.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000035#sales_project_pegging" role="manual">Project pegging - <GUIRef href="/baanerp/sales" role="package">Sales</GUIRef>
            </Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>To identify costs, demand, and supply for a project, you can
		  peg project costs for sales order lines.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000460" role="manual" Update="No">Allocation and hard pegging</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>If the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000450" role="glossary">allocation</Link> and <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000451" role="glossary" Update="No">hard pegging</Link> functionality is used in a
		  company, inventory is allocated when sales orders are created. In addition, a <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000455" role="glossary">specification</Link> is linked to these
		  orders.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000378#using_sales_catalogs" role="manual"
                  Update="No">Inserting items from a catalog</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>You can add items from a catalog to a sales order.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000520" role="manual" Update="No">Product variants</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>You can configure or link <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#ProducVarian_td" role="glossary">product variants</Link> for <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000440" role="glossary">configurable items</Link> on the sales order line.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000417" role="manual">Direct delivery sales orders</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>On a sales order, you can indicate that you want the sold goods
		  to be <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#DirectDelive_td" role="glossary"
                  Update="No">directly delivered</Link>. In case
		  of a direct delivery, a sales order results in a purchase order. Because the
		  buy-from business partner delivers the goods directly to the sold-to business
		  partner, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh" role="package">Warehousing</GUIRef> is not
		  involved.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000376" role="manual" Update="No">Cross-docking and splitting deliveries</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>If you want to fulfill an existing sales order for which no
		  inventory is available, you can take inbound goods immediately from the receipt
		  location to the staging location for issue. To initiate this process, you must
		  generate a <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000019" role="glossary">cross-docking</Link> order. If a
		  cross-docking order exists and a split delivery is required, you can further
		  split a delivery line into several deliveries.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000404" role="manual">Synchronizing sales order line and delivery lines</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>A sales order line can have linked delivery lines or back order
		  lines. A delivery line can also have linked back order lines. The sales order
		  line holds the aggregated information of the delivery lines/back order lines.
		  Another product's external order line can connect to the sales order line and
		  update the sales order line. Changed fields on the sales order line are
		  synchronized with the delivery lines and vice versa.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000392" role="manual">Rush orders</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>You can specify a <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000374" role="glossary">rush order</Link> or rush an existing sales order.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000515" role="manual" Update="No">Kit handling</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>In the sales order procedure, you can deliver <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000392" role="glossary" Update="No">components</Link> instead of main items. Components can be handled
		  by component lines or by a sales BOM.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000393" role="manual">Integration sales and freight management</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>To identify and choose the appropriate means of transportation
		  during order entry, you can generate a <Link href="/baanerp/fm/glossary/glossary#000009" role="glossary">freight order</Link> from a sales order. The progress of the shipment and loads can be
		  exchanged and information can be shared between <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm" role="package">Freight</GUIRef> and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/sales" role="package">Sales</GUIRef>. You can invoice
		  your business partner for the freight costs.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000009" role="manual">Sales return orders</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>If goods must be returned on a sales order, a <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#ReturnOrder_td" role="glossary">return order</Link> can be created. A return order can contain
		  only negative amounts.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000414" role="manual" Update="No">Changing sales data after release to Central Invoicing</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Depending on the invoice status, you can update sales invoice
		  data after the sales data is released to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci" role="package">Invoicing</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000121" role="manual">Back order handling for sales orders</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>If a final delivery is made for a sales order (delivery) line
		  and only a part of the goods or none of the goods are shipped, ERP Enterprise creates a <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#BackOrder_td" role="glossary">back order</Link>.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000069" role="manual">Installments</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Invoicing by <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000241" role="glossary">installment</Link> enables you to send invoices for partial
		  amounts or percentages of the total net amount before or after the ordered
		  goods are delivered for a sales order. To indicate the installments, you must
		  add installment lines to the sales order.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/sls09410" role="manual">Order blocking</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Several reasons can exist for blocking a sales order or a sales
		  order line. An order can be held for more than one reason at any point in the
		  sales order procedure.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000066" role="manual">Order priority (simulations)</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>You can use <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#OrderPrioriS_td" role="glossary">order priority simulations</Link> to calculate the priority
		  sequence in which inventory is allocated to orders. For example, if
		  insufficient inventory is available, you can use a priority simulation to sort
		  sales orders according to the order delivery priority.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000500" role="manual">Copy templates</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>You can use copy templates when copying sales orders (lines). A
		  copy template specifies how order (line) data is copied and contains a standard
		  set of <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#381" role="glossary">copy exceptions</Link>.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000091" role="manual" Update="No">Sales order history</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>You can use sales order history to track the creation and
		  modification of sales orders and installment orders. You can keep certain
		  information long after the original order is completed.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>