Use the Customer Order Blanket Lines form to add lines to a blanket order. A blanket order ships items to a customer in a staggered manner.
You can also add releases to the blanket lines. By adding releases to individual lines, you determine the ship dates of the items. A blanket order can have multiple lines, or items. A blanket line can have multiple releases, or ship dates.
To add a new Blanket Order, define the Header of the order. On the Customer Orders form, select Blanket in the Type field. After you add the header, click the Lines button to view the Customer Order Blanket Lines form.
When you add a line/release with a Planned status, the system does not perform any customer credit checks or update customer balances. However, when you change the line/release status from Planned to Ordered, the system performs a credit check, and updates the customer balance to reflect the domestic currency on the line/release being changed. As a result, the system does not increase customer balances for future shipments.
The Actions menu includes options to display several types of self-explanatory lists, in addition to these options:
The Features tab appears on the Customer Order Lines, Customer Order Blanket Lines, and Estimate Lines forms. This tab is disabled if the item on the order or estimate does not require the configuration string.
Reopening a Closed Order, Blanket Line, or Release
Using Demand and Source Vendor Site PO-CO Automation
Configuring an Item from a Customer Order Line (Regular or Blanket)