Road Map: Acknowledgment Print Queue

Use the Acknowledgment Print Queue (OPSPM) program to process the queue, process selected acknowledgments in the queue, and change output information for an acknowledgment. See Overview: Document Management System for more information.

Before you run this program each time

You should run these programs:

Sales Order Maintenance (OE) to enter orders and optionally obligate items and create shipments.

One-Step Invoice Entry (RE) to enter an order, obligate items, create a shipment, and confirm the shipment in one step.

Quote-to-Order Transfer (EPIB) to transfer:

Sales orders imported from ASCII files with Order Import (EPI).
Sales quotations entered with EDI/Sales Quote Maintenance (QOE).
Customer projects transferred with Project Maintenance (PSM).
Orders created with Repetitive Billing Report (RBIC).

Before you run this program the first time

You should run these programs:

System Options Maintenance (XM) (Enterprise Options) to enter the Default system email domain.
System Options Maintenance (XM) (Order Processing Options) to set the Print company name on sales orders? and Customer surcharges active? options.
System Options Maintenance (XM) (Enterprise Options) to select a date display format for your enterprise, Branch Maintenance (TBM) to select a date display format for your branch, or User Maintenance (UIM) to select a date display format for an individual user.
Output Device Maintenance (XDM) to set up the output devices you plan to use.
Document Output Parameters Maintenance (TDOC) to set whether to output an order acknowledgment immediately or queue it, how many copies to output to which devices, and whether to include a header image, the document's ISO number, and boilerplate text.
Document Footer Maintenance (TDFM) to enter standard text that prints at the bottom of the page and can be used to sort document copies.
Branch Maintenance (TBM) to set up branches.
Branch Groups Maintenance (TGM) to set up branch groups.
User Maintenance (UIM) to set up user records.
Price-Contract Maintenance (PCM) to enter price, discount, contract, and surcharge records.
Customer Item Maintenance (CIX) to create a cross-reference from a customer's item number to your item number and enter that number in Sales Order Maintenance (OE) or click the Cust item button and enter a number.
(Optional) User Field Maintenance (XMO) to set up user fields and mark them for printing.
(Optional) Customer Document Profile Maintenance (CDM) to define how you send an order acknowledgment to a specific customer.

After you run this program

You will most likely run these programs in this sequence:

(Conditional) Order Shipment Selection (OSS) to obligate and create shipments for selected sales orders or order lines, if you have not done so with Sales Order Maintenance (OE).

OR

Sales Order Auto Processing (OAP) to obligate sales orders and create shipments.

Sales Shipment Confirmation (OC) or Secured Confirmation (SOC) to create a shipment, if you have not already done so, and confirm the shipment.

AND/OR

Bill of Lading Maintenance (BLM) to create a bill of lading and confirm the shipments and bill of lading.

AR Invoice Register (RR) to select a batch of confirmed shipments to invoice and print the AR Invoice Register, which creates AR invoices, updates commissions, sales statistics, and the general ledger.

You may also run these programs:

Acknowledgment Print (OPS) to print or reprint an order acknowledgment for a specific customer.
Sales Order Inquiry (OQ) to display a sales order.

Sales Order Line Inquiry (OIQ) to display a summarized sales order.

(Optional) Document History Purge (PDX) program to purge document history detail.