Can you Enter a Stock Line on a Direct Ship Order?
As of the World A9.3 release, the Direct Ship Order program (P4243) will
accommodate stock line types. Prior to the A9.3 release, P4243 will
only handle line types with a 'D' inventory interface, which deems there
to be no affect to your inventory quantities.
The initial concept of a 'direct ship order' was such that your supplier
would be sending goods directly to your customer without those goods
ever entering your warehouse. That being the case, P4243 was designed
to accommodate only that scenario. Prior to the A9.3 release, there is
nothing to stop you from entering a stock line on a direct ship order;
however, you will get unpredictable results. For example, the Direct
Ship program does not update committed quantities correctly in the Item
Balance file (F41021) for stock lines. As well, the Enter Receipts
program (P4312) does not properly accommodate partial