Advance Shipping Note - An Overview

When there is a requirement for certain parts, you create a Purchase Order, Release Slip, Repair Order, Loan Order or a Subcontract Order. The document is then sent to the supplier. The supplier ships the parts or items as requested.

The Advance Shipping Note is prepared before receiving the goods from the supplier. This document is used to record the parts or items to be received from the supplier.

In this document, you can record details such as the supplier who has to make the shipment, the expected date of delivery, insurance terms, invoice amount and the details of parts to be received.

Apart from this, you can also keep track of the shipment till it reaches you. The “Advance Shipping Note” business component provides a facility called the ‘Route Plan’, wherein you can specify the course taken by the shipment. In other words, each location covered by the shipment in its course can be specified, and the status of your shipment in each location can be updated. Therefore, at any point of time, you know the exact location and status of your shipment.

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