Display the Shipping Backlog

Use the Shipping Backlog by Item (SBI) program to display a list of items that have not shipped. See Road Map for work flow.

The program displays these fields:

Field Name

Displays

Item no

The number of the item that has not shipped

Wanted

The date the customer wanted the item

Promised

The date you promised the customer the item would ship

Days late

The number of days that the shipment is late

Cust no

The customer that ordered the item

Order no

The order number

Ln

The number of the order for this item

Qty open

The quantity that has not been shipped

Extended price

The price of the quantity that has not been shipped: Quantity open x Unit price

Description

The description of the item that has not shipped

Adj prom

If you changed the first promised date, the new promised date

Qty shipped

The quantity of the item that has been shipped

Customer name

The name of the customer that ordered the item

Prod cl

The item's product class

Inv acct

The item's inventory account code

Exp ship

The date the item is expected to ship

Ordered

The date the item was ordered

  1. Choose the appropriate options:

To

Do This

Review your options for this program

Click Prog opts. See step 2.

Print the backlog listing

Click Print. See Print an Inquiry.

Go to a related program for an item

Highlight the line and click Jump. See Jump.

Display sales order details

Highlight a line and click Order or double click the line. See Display a Summarized Sales Order. Click OK to return to this program.

Display the total open quantity and extended amount, and subtotal amounts if you selected Subtotal? for a sort option

Click Totals. Click Totals again to restore the detailed display.

Exit the program

Click Exit.

  1. When you click Prog opts:

    1. Click the Runtime tab to set runtime options. See Set Options for Reports and Inquiries for more information.

    2. Click the Sort tab to set sort order.

    3. Click the Selection tab to select specific records.

    4. Click the Program tab to set these program specific options:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

Print orders > days late

Required
3 numeric

Enter the minimum number of days late you want to display. For example, enter 30 to include only those shipments that are more than 30 days late.

Enter 0 to include all late shipments. Enter -1 to include shipments that shipped on time.

Convert to currency

Optional
2 alphanumeric

Select the currency code for which you want to display statistics or leave blank to display the currency used for the transaction.

Curr exchange date

Conditional
10 date

Select the currency exchange date or enter a date shortcut.

Calculate days late based on

Required

Select one:

  • Wanted date

  • Promised date

  • Expected ship date

 

    1. Click Save to save these options for future use.

    2. Click Refresh to redisplay current options.

    3. Click OK to apply these options or click Cancel to exit without applying them.