Create releases for fulfillment.
An order is ready to release to fulfillment when payment has been authorized and all order line items are allocated.
A release is a grouping of order line items on an order that are shipping to the same address, from the same fulfillment center, with the same carrier, at the same time. Conceptually, it groups together all items on the order that could conceivably be put in the same box. In addition, a catalog item can be configured to be "released separately." If this condition is true, then within any order this item will be in its own release. Release to fulfillment should only occur when all of the various components of an order (order line items, inventory, and payment) are simultaneously in the correct state.
Professional, Business Edition
Task | Description | Role |
---|---|---|
Add items to Manufacturer order |
Add the designated items to the shopping cart. |
System |
Release products |
After the selections have been made and the fulfillment centers chosen, release the products to fulfillment. |
Logistics Manager |
Assign fulfillment center to items |
Assign the selected fulfillment center to items to be released to fulfillment. |
System |
Look up accepted orders |
Find orders that are eligible to be released. The criteria is an order with payment information capture complete (C) and either at least one allocated item and the order is not ship as complete or the order is ship as complete and at least one item is not allocated or does not have a ship-to address. |
System |
Find orders to be released |
Find orders that are ready to be released. |
System |
Select products to be released |
Select products that are to be released to fulfillment. |
Logistics Manager |
Select fulfillment center for items |
Select the fulfillment center for each product that is to be released to fulfillment. If the fulfillment center has a store associated with it, which would be the case for releasing to the MarketPlace, the item will be added to a shopping cart in the designated store. |
Logistics Manager |
Time to release orders for store |
This task models the event that starts a scheduled command or process. |
System |
(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1996, 2004. All Rights Reserved.