Related orders

An inbound order is related to another order it is either chained to or derived from.

A chained order is linked to a parent and the life cycle of one effects the other. For example, if the order is placed with a Seller who must source an item from a ship node that they do not own, the Inbound Order Fulfillment pipeline may be configured to create another "chained" order that differs from the Sellers regular release process. This allows the owner of the ship node to handle the order according to their own business practices while also allowing the original Seller organization to maintain visibility of the order and in turn reflect any changes such as delivery dates and carrier service to be reflected in the original purchase order.

In some business scenarios, the Seller of the parent order may become the Buyer of the child. Therefore, the Seller organization associated with the chained order must also be configured as a Buyer organization through the Applications Manager.

A derived order is associated with a parent and the life cycle of one does not necessarily impact the other’s. A return order derived from a sales order and an exchange order derived from a return order are both examples of derived orders.

The order header field descriptions can be referred from the Inbound Order table.