Drop Shipments of Non-Stock Items: Generated Transactions

To be able to process a sale of non-stock items intended for drop shipment, you create and process a sales order and a purchase order. The following sections describe the GL transactions generated during the processing of the documents for a sale of non-stock items for drop shipment.

Note:
Sales orders of the SO type do not produce any GL transactions.

Transactions Generated for a Sales Invoice

When you create and release a sales invoice with a line with a non-stock item, the system generates the following general ledger transactions.

Account Source of Account Debit Credit
Accounts Receivable account Customer Amount 0.00
Sales account Depends on the settings of the order type on the Order Types (SO201000) form 0.00 Amount

You can view the reference number of the GL batch in the Batch Nbr. box on the Financial tab of the Invoices (SO303000) form. You can click the link in this box to view the details of the batch on the Journal Transactions (GL301000) form.

Transactions Generated on AP Bill Release

When an accounts payable bill prepared for a purchase order (or for purchase receipt) is released, the system creates a batch of the following transactions.

Account Source of Account Debit Credit
Accounts Payable account Vendor 0.00 Amount
PO Accrual account Item Amount 0.00

You can view the reference number of the GL batch generated for a particular AP bill in the Batch Nbr. box on the Financial tab of the Bills and Adjustments (AP301000) form. You can click the link in this box to view the details of the batch on the Journal Transactions (GL301000) form.