Ship an Order An order is considered open until it is shipped. After this it is considered a Closed Incoice. The shipping process does the following: 1. updates the quantity shipped (you specify or as ordered) 2. extends the unit prices. 3. calculates sales tax as applicable. 4, Posts invoice total to the bill to customer, if a charge sale. (default - see below) (If a cash sale, will post as paid) 5. Inventory items are deducted from stock and from reserved. Note that the system will not allow you to ship an order/invoice already shipped (closed). They are skipped automaticly. Shipping From an Order/Invoice Master Screen If shipping from the master screen, the settings on this ship screen are used, the same as a Specific Order being selected. The Record Production options and Process controls shown here are looked at no matter where you ship from. Range Shipping Select From/Thru or Recur Only to limit the ship operation to a Range of Orders. A shipping Log is printed for all orders that are shipped. Included on the report are any skipped orders with the reason for not shipping. Note that no report is printed if shipping a specific order. Record Production while Shipping If checked, this allows end item B/M's to have its components withdrawn and the end item quantity on hand is put into stock, then immediately withdrawn for the sale. Basicly, Dynamic mode means components are affected only if the end item on hand is zero or negative. See Inventory : Bills of Material : Record Production for more information. Process Controls These are for situations where you may not actually bill the customers. That is done thru a 3rd party. And you may be paid a commission on the sale. For instance selling consigned inventory that you stock. Note that the process controls may not be changed unless security is on, and the user logged in using the master password, Choose the process that suits you best for posting customers. Setting the GL Posted checkbox automaticly disables posting anything to the G/L. This is a checkbox on each invoice master screen. If checked here, each time you ship an order the GL Updated checkbox will be checked on that invoice.