Configure a Consignment Parent Despatch Order

For more information about parent despatch orders (PDOs) and consignment parent despatch orders (CPDOs), see Parent and Child Despatch Orders, Consignment Parent Despatch Orders and Configuration for Consignment Parent Despatch Orders.

Create the child despatch orders (CDOs) via the contract or contract quota, either at the time of the CPDO configuration, or even after the CPDO has been despatched.

You can specify a default configuration per contract. See Enter Default CDO Settings for a Sales or Purchase Contract.

Note: The business rules for CPDOs and their CDOs are quite different from the rules for split parent despatch orders (SPDOs). The CDOs of a SPDO are created via the SPDO, and may come from different contracts; or the CDOs are created by MineMarket for cumulative pricing.

Security Note: You need the Allow the user to maintain despatch orders security right in the Contracts domain security rights group for this activity.

Activity Steps

1. Open the consignment parent Despatch Order.
2. Select the Child Despatch Orders tab.
3. Set the Calculation Method to Consignment.
4. If the CPDO is for discrete units, select the Consignment Discrete Unit Location.

   Location (and discrete unit division if selected) from which CDOs of the CPDO must be loaded for discrete unit movements. Select from the discrete unit locations, discrete unit divisions, and despatch locations defined on the Supply Chain panel of the Solution Explorer. Despatch locations are rail sidings, truck despatch locations, barge terminals and port locations.

5. If the CPDO is for bulk materials, select the Consignment Stockpile.

   Stockpile from which CDOs of the CPDO must be loaded for bulk transactions. Select from the stockpiles defined on the Supply Chain panel of the Solution Explorer.

6. Click Save.