Fill Back Orders - BWH3200

Warehouse > Maintenance > Fill Back Orders

This page is used to record the shipment from the warehouse to a campus location of items on back order. Once the items are available in the warehouse and are listed within the system in sufficient quantities, a back order can be filled.

The following calculation is used to calculate the total cost of an item being restocked when filling back orders: unit price x total number of items shipped = total cost.

Fill back orders:

❏ Click Retrieve to retrieve a list of back orders that need to be filled.

The following purchase order fields are displayed:

Note: When more than one campus has the same inventory item on back order, *** is displayed in the following fields:

  • Item Description
  • Campus
  • Units to Ship

❏ Click one of the following buttons to fill back orders:

Date

Click to fill back orders in date order (e.g., oldest date are filled first).

Equal

Click to fill the back orders in equal quantities for each order. If there is not enough quantity on hand, the order is not filled. For example, if there are only three items on hand, and there are four orders, the order cannot be filled using the Equal button.

Percent

Click to fill back orders using a calculated percentage.

Fill

Click to fill back orders manually. This option allows you to manually enter the order quantities based on the quantity on hand without considering dates or calculations.

You must manually add a value in the Units to Ship field prior to clicking the Fill button. If you click the Fill button without adding a value in the Units to Ship field, the system automatically fills back orders with the available inventory. If there are not enough items available to fill the back order, then they are filled with all available items in the order the requisition was submitted.

❏ The Fill Back Order Preview report is displayed. Review the report.

❏ Click Cancel to return to the Fill Back Orders page without filling the orders.

❏ Click Spyglass Icon to view each item by campus.

The Back Orders window is displayed. A row for each campus is displayed.

The following fields are display only:

  • Item Number
  • Item Description
  • Campus
  • Date
  • On Hand
  • Original Order
  • Units Filled
  • Back Ordered
Units to ShipType the number of items to ship to a particular campus. If you type a number in this field, the Date, Equal, and Percent buttons are disabled.