Warehouse receipt

Purpose

When IC shipments arrive from the partner, BE-terna Intercompany can create warehouse receipt documents from them automatically. This keeps inventory posted without forcing users to enter receipts manually.

Business value

• Automatic inventory posting on incoming IC shipments – no manual entry required.
• Partial shipments are supported when the purchase order is set up accordingly.
• Consistency between purchasing and inventory, because the receipt carries the same lines as the IC shipment.

Focus areas

Prerequisites

• The relevant location uses warehouse receipt documents.
• Automatic posting of the warehouse receipt is enabled for incoming IC shipments.

Interaction with invoicing

When shipping runs through the warehouse receipt, you cannot invoice through the purchase order. In that case the incoming invoice must use Create purchase invoice (standard).

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Limitations

• Non-item invoice lines are ignored when shipping through the warehouse receipt and continue to flow directly through the purchase order.
• For partial invoices in this model, the Accept purchase partial invoices option on the IC partner card prevents user prompts.

Outcome

• Every incoming IC shipment creates a warehouse receipt at the correct location.
• Subsequent invoicing runs either as a new invoice or (for items) through the purchase order, depending on the setup.