If the receiving node and the shipping node have a pre-defined transfer schedule, the transfer schedule is used for determining the correct expected shipment date.
On a transfer schedule, you can specify the days of the week on which you ship from the shipping node to the receiving node. Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation assumes that shipments can be made to the receiving node only on the days of the week specified on the transfer schedule. This constraint is added in addition to the minimum notification time to come up with the correct shipping date. Time calculations are unchanged.
You can also specify the default transit time it takes to ship from the shipping node to the receiving node. This default time can be overridden by transit times specified for particular days of the week.
Given the following scenario an order is scheduled to ship as indicated in the following table.
Ship time using pre-defined transfer schedule
If current time is... | and "Use End of Shift" is set to... | the order will be scheduled to ship... |
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Friday 1 PM | Yes | the upcoming Monday at 4 PM |
Friday 1 PM | No | the upcoming Monday at 8 AM |
Monday 5 PM | Yes | the same day at 8 PM |
Monday 5 PM | No | the same day at 7 PM |
Monday 7 PM | Yes | Thursday 4 PM |
Monday 7 PM | No | Thursday 8 AM |