{"id":2569,"date":"2013-02-21T06:37:33","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T06:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/?p=2569"},"modified":"2018-09-11T10:17:11","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T10:17:11","slug":"back-to-back-order-or-drop-shipment-setup-in-sage-erp-x3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/2013\/02\/21\/back-to-back-order-or-drop-shipment-setup-in-sage-erp-x3\/","title":{"rendered":"Back-to-back-order or Drop Shipment Setup in Sage ERP X3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In day to day life often it is the case when a company has to look for the drop shipment feature and it becomes a necessity to have the drop shipment in our system.<\/p>\n<p>Before we proceed with this feature in Sage X3, let me explain you the\u00a0<strong>Significance of Drop Shipment<\/strong> in brief;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Delivery of product from a manufacturer or original supplier direct to a buyer, without passing through the warehouse of a distributor or retailer.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">Drop shipping also eliminates duplication of effort, since only one warehouse will pick, pack and ship the product. This approach can reduce total inventory management and shipping costs. These cost reductions can subsequently reduce the price to the consumer<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">As seen above, significance are self-explanatory as why do people look for the Drop Ship feature in any ERP. As far as Drop Shipment in Sage X3 is concerned the terminology used for this is \u201cDirect Order\u201d or \u201cBack to Back Order\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>To configure the Drop Shipment in X3 we need to do some settings which will enable this feature.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>On the products entry screen, under the Sales Tab mark the flag \u201cBack-to-back order \u201c(refer below screenshot).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Drop-Shipment-Setup.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8838\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Drop-Shipment-Setup.jpg\" alt=\"Drop Shipment Setup\" width=\"561\" height=\"489\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Next, you will also Mark the flag \u201cBack-to-back order\u201d under the supplier&#8217;s tab on the products screen (refer below screenshot)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DropShipment-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2572\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DropShipment-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"613\" height=\"535\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Now if the user creates a sales order with the Source of Shipment as \u201cPO-Direct to Customers\u201d\u00a0 at the Line level [refer the screenshot below].<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DropShipment-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2570\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DropShipment-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"627\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>After creation of sales order, click on &#8220;Back to Back option[refer the below screen shot].<\/li>\n<li>A purchase order will be created and you will get the Purchase order number in a log.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Purchase-order-number-in-log.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8839\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Purchase-order-number-in-log-1024x290.png\" alt=\"Purchase order number in log\" width=\"595\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Hope this blog helps<\/strong>\u00a0in understanding the Drop Shipment Concept in Sage X3!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: Medium;\"><strong>About Us<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/\">Greytrix<\/a> \u2013 a globally recognized Premier Sage Gold Development Partner is a one-stop solution provider for Sage ERP and Sage CRM needs. Being recognized and rewarded for multi-man years of experience, we bring complete end-to-end assistance for your technical consultations, product customizations, data migration, system integrations, third-party add-on development and implementation expertise.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/\">Greytrix<\/a>\u00a0caters to a wide range of Sage Enterprise Management (Sage X3) offerings \u2013 a Sage Business Cloud Solution. Our\u00a0unique GUMU&#x2122; integrations include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/product\/sage-crm\/gumu-sage-x3-integration\">Sage Enterprise Management (Sage X3) for Sage CRM<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/product\/sage-x3\/gumu-x3-salesforce-integration\">Salesforce.com<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/product\/magento-sage-integrations\/sage-x3-magento\">Magento eCommerce<\/a>\u00a0along with Implementation and Technical Support worldwide for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/africa\/product\/consulting\/implementation-planning\">Sage Enterprise Management (Sage X3)<\/a>. 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