Goods in Transit Report

A logistics manager might need to know which orders are dependent upon delayed transfers or procurements. This information can also help to identify details about the transfers that can delay orders. The transfers can be tracked to ensure timely deliveries.

The Goods in Transit Report provides visibility into transfer orders and procurement orders whose delayed shipment impacts the shipment of an outbound order. You can run this report for procurement orders as long as they are:

  • In Shipped but not Received status
  • Are chained from a sales order
  • Are overdue beyond the specified shipping threshold

The shipping threshold for a procurement order is the acceptable number of days that the buyer is willing to wait for the shipment before it is considered overdue. For example, a procurement order is shipped on the 3rd of December with a specified threshold of 10 days. If the report is run on December 12th and the procurement order is not received, this procurement order does not appear on the report because it has not been 10 days since it was shipped. However, if the report is run on December 15th and the procurement order is not received, it appears on the report because it is more than 10 days since it was shipped and it is still not received.

The following image shows a sample of the Goods in Transit Report.

Figure 1. Sample Goods in Transit Report
Figure displaying a sample report for goods in transport, including the days over the threshold.
Note:
  • The sample reports provided are designed to run with low data volumes.
  • The sample reports are designed to run for a 7-day period or lesser but not beyond 7 days