When you enter an Advance Shipment Notice (ASN) or Advance Shipment Billing Notice (ASBN), you alert the buying company of upcoming shipment deliveries. To create an ASN or ASBN, select the purchase order shipments being shipped and provide the appropriate shipment details.
Note: If Oracle Services Procurement is licensed and implemented, you can create ASN or ASBN for shipments on a complex purchase order having lines with shipment details. The purchase order styles that dictate which of the complex work procurement attributes are available are created in Oracle Purchasing. See: Defining Document Styles, Oracle Purchasing Users Guide
The details that can be specified on an ASN/ASBN include:
Shipment Lines
Shipment Line Defaults:
Packing Slip
Country of Origin
Bar Code Label
Container Number
Truck Number
Comments
Shipments in Advance Shipment Notices
Note: In the Shipments in Advance Shipment Notices section, to view Details, click Show. To hide details, click Hide.
Shipment Headers
Shipment Information (Required fields are marked with *)
Shipment Number*
Shipment Date*
Expected Receipt Date*
Freight Information
Freight Terms
Number of Containers
Freight Carrier
Waybill/Airbill Number
Bill of Lading
Packaging Code
Packing Slip
Tar Weight
Special Handling Code
Net Weight
Tar Weight UOM
Comments
Net Weight UOM
You can enter billing information on a shipment notice to create an ASBN. An ASBN creates an invoice in the buyer's payables system. To create an ASBN, in addition to the above details, the following billing details should be provided (Required fields are marked with *):
Invoice Number*
Invoice Amount*
Invoice Date*
Payment Terms
Freight Amount
Currency
Tax Amount
Remit To Site
The Advance Shipment Notices section includes: