Rental Management - Outbound and Inbound shipments

One of the key features on the JD Edwards EnterproseOne Rental managament module is the related order functionaity. It allows customers to track inventory going out to customer locations by creating a Sales order and shipping information.

While doing so, the sales order is triggered automatically by the system, with zero cost and zero price. This is an issue however, the ship confirmation is generating stand cost variance in customers on 07 costs, and driving average price up for customers on 02 cost method. Any idea how this can be mitigated/eliminated.

On the other hand, it also allows adding a PO for tracking inventory back after the rental period is over, so they can be inspected and brought back in stock. The PO is created at zero cost, which will trigger cost variance for 07 customers or lower the costs for 02 customers, eventually nullifying the effect of the Outbound sales.