Inbound Bookings (Advanced Shipment Notification, ASN)
Inbound bookings are requests from the SEKO Client to send goods to the warehouse or distribution centre in order that requests from the Client's customers can be fulfilled.
Inbound bookings contain the following stages:
Action | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Booking loaded onto system | NEW | Orders can be modified |
ASN sent to warehouse | Sent to Warehouse | Warehouse aware of the ASN |
Goods arrived | Arrived | Goods have arrived linked to the ASN |
Goods received | Received | Expected and actual quantities shown |
Outbound Bookings (Sales Orders, SO)
Outbound bookings are White Glove requests from the SEKO Client to fulfil orders from the SEKO Client customers. They are loaded by the SEKO client and can be amended under certain circumstances, generally up until the processing of the order has started.
Action | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Booking loaded onto system | NEW | Orders can be modified |
Sales order sent to warehouse | Sent to Warehouse | Warehouse aware of the order |
Dispatched | Dispatched | Goods have left the warehouse |
Final Mile Pre-Alert Sent | Pre-Alert Sent | Final Mile Facility made aware of the shipment including the following:
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Link between Inbound and Outbound Bookings
Outbound bookings (Sales Orders) should be completely isolated from Inbound bookings (ASNs). However in circumstances where there are supply issues, something which purports to aid the SEKO Client is a link between the arrival of an ASN meaning that the Sales Order can be fulfilled.
There are problems with this in practice for this non-exhaustive list of reasons:
The quantity of items specified in the ASN may not be the same as that on board and delivered
Some items may be damaged
Priority orders use stock which has been “soft-allocated” to existing orders