An order can be considered as an inbound shipment when the vendor starts the purchase order to ship the goods to the buyer’s receiving destination. It allows the buyer to track the shipment after the shipment leaves the supplier’s place to reach the desired destination and then finally in the buyer’s inventory.
Enable Inbound Shipment Management
Setup > Company > Setup Tasks > Enable Features.
Transactions subtab> Shipping and Receiving> Inbound Shipment Management
Creation of inbound shipment
- Click on transactions, select Purchases/vendors, and click on create an inbound shipment.
- Add the shipment document number given by the shipping company. It will display the progress of the shipment.
- Enter the expected date.
- Enter the shipping date.
- Enter the expected date of delivery.
- Enter Memo which you wish to accompany in the record.
- Enter IMO or vessel number.
- Enter shipment bill lading number
Adding purchase orders to inbound shipment
- Click on the items
- Click on Add PO items
- Choose a Vendor to filter the purchase orders
- Select the purchase orders
- Check out the box near POs to include all the associated items.
- Click on OK.
- Save it.