Shipment requests for purchase orders

A shipment request is a formal request to either ship a part to a vendor as an outbound shipment request, or to receive a part from a vendor as an inbound shipment request. In the Purchase Orders application, you can choose to automatically create shipment requests and shipments when a purchase order is approved. On the Shipments tab, you monitor the progress of shipment requests and shipments.

If you want a shipment request and shipment to be automatically created for a purchase order, specify details for the shipment request in either the outbound shipment fields to create an outbound shipment request and shipment, or in the inbound shipment fields to create an inbound shipment request and shipment. After the purchase order is approved, the shipment request and a shipment for the request appear on the Shipments tab.

In the Shipments tab, you can view a complete history of every shipment request or shipment that is associated with the purchase order. You cannot modify shipment request lines or shipment lines in the Purchase Orders application.