Customers have the option to choose to receive consolidated invoice deferred to run on request (usually end of week or month) instead of immediately with goods. Customers requiring consolidated invoicing must have its consolidation flag set appropriately as required in the Customer masterfile. Control file TMSDS/CM-OCON defines how to merge picking slips, invoices and how to trigger invoice merge process, either automatically by system or manually released for invoice. Automatic refers to immediate invoice print where as manual is either End of Day process or whenever an invoicing run is created.
Customers that are setup for consolidated invoicing will receive a delivery docket on delivery. The delivery docket number will be warehouse picking slip number. The stock will be reserved at picking/delivery and the status of the order on delivery will be ‘A’ – (awaiting document merge / print) even after the stock has been physically delivered to the customers.
At invoicing time, a process will be run to invoice all orders with status ‘A’. This process will produce a consolidated invoice that will list all delivery dockets in a summary form. Accounts Receivable, stock and the sales information would be updated at invoicing.
The claim entry and returns process will be able to allocate returns to either a delivery docket or an invoice number. Claims Auto Allocation however only allocates to invoiced (completed orders).
