--- title: "Receiving Timber Packs" canonical: "https://kb.myframeworks.com.au/space/CO/30507782/Receiving%20Timber%20Packs" format: markdown --- This process explains how to Receive timber packs, Receive tally products as timber packs and allocate existing timber packs to the receipted products. Overview When receiving in timber from a supplier it can be receipted as a Pack or as a Tally depending on how the timber was added to the Purchase Order. Only timber that was Add Tally Products to a Purchase Order can be receipted as either a Pack or Tally (loose stock). If timber was ordered as a pack then it can only be receipted as a pack. On Receipt of Goods you can choose to Break Packs into "loose" stock or individual timber lengths the pack will then be set to used . To do this tick the Break Packs option before clicking the Receipt Goods button. Stock Movements Standard product stock movements will occur and will be shown in the Product Dashboard under the Product > Branch Stocks > Stock by Length. This will display the Owned Loose and Owed Pack details for each length and also the Total Length. Refer to Stock By Length for more information. This process explains how to Receive timber packs, Receive tally products as timber packs and allocate pre-defined timber packs to the receipted products. Important: Before you can proceed with these steps you will need to have performed the following The ordering branch must be set as a Wholesale branch. (See: Branch Maintenance ) Additionally you can view the chain of custody movements of a pack via the Movements tab in Pack Maintenance . Receiving Timber Packs To receive a timber pack, from a purchase order, perform the following: Navigate to the Stock Receipting screen for the order. Refer to Searching the Stock Receipt Dashboard for more information. From the product grid select the timber product and click on the button to the right of the screen. From the Pack Maintenance window click on the button to add the number of packs you are receiving for this line. The # Packs field will display how many pack were ordered. Enter in the required Internal Pack Numbers and Supplier Pack# by clicking on the fields or using the key. Note: for internal pack purchases (branch transfers) the Pack #, Marks, Production, Supplier Pack #, Tally and LM are populated from the released pack. The Pack # is not editable. and the Location is set to blank. Click once completed. The Timber Packs will then be separated out into its own individual line in the product grid. The Description will be updated to display the quantity of timber and lengths in the timber pack as well as the pack number. The Received this Deliv. should match the Qty Ordered with the total lineal meters (LM) of the pack. Continue to process receiving of the purchase order. Receiving Tally Products as a Pack To receive timber as a timber pack, from a purchase order, perform the following: Navigate to the Stock Receipting screen for the order. Refer to Searching the Stock Receipt Dashboard for more information. From the product grid select the timber product and click on the button to the right of the screen. Both Tally and Pack options will be available if the timber was ordered as timber tally. Refer to Receiving Tally Products for more information to receipting tally products not as timber packs. From the Pack Maintenance window you will see that the # Packs field will display the number of packs ordered. In this example, the order was a tally of 88 6m Lengths so only 1 pack will be displayed. Enter in the required Supplier and Internal Pack numbers by clicking on the fields or using the key. If more than one pack was delivered click on the button to add the number of packs you are receiving for this line and adjust the Tally field to match the delivery. For more information about the Supplier Pack # and Pack # field requirements, see the above Related System Settings for more information. Click once completed. The Timber tally line will be updated with pack information in the Description column. If there was more than one pack received they will display separated into their own individual line on the product grid. The Received this Deliv. should match the Qty Ordered with the total lineal meters (LM) of the pack. Continue to process receiving of the purchase order. Allocating Pre-defined Timber Packs Timber Packs can be pre-defined in Frameworks via Timber Pack Creation . Once created if their Status is In Transit and the pack is either empty or has only matching products then the details of the existing pack, when selected via the Pack Maintenance window, will update the Pack Maintenance details. The pack details are then overridden for any changes made when the pack is receipted. To select a pre-defined pack, from the Pack Maintenance window perform the following: Select the Pack # column and click on the icon to open the Pack Finder window. In the Pack Finder window you can use the search filtering options to help find a pre-defined pack. Select the pack you want to add and click the use button. From the Pack Maintenance window, click once completed. Continue to process receiving of the purchase order. Additional Information System Settings - Flags Flag Description PORecPackAlloc When ticked Frameworks will auto generate an internal Pack Number when Supplier Pack Number entered. PORecPackSupp When ticked, in the Stock Receipting Pack Maintenance window, the Supplier Pack Number is mandatory and is displayed and entered first. Refer to Amounts for more information . System Settings - Numeric Flag Description PackNxtNo This is where the next available pack number is generated Refer to System Settings - Numeric form more information. Additional Settings Related to The Supplier Pack # and Pack # field requirements and position in the Pack Maintenance window. Flag and Results PORecPackSupp PORecPackAlloc Which column is displayed first Supplier Pack Pack Supplier Pack Pack Supplier Pack number mandatory Yes No Yes No Auto Allocation of Pack # Yes, based on PackNxtNo Yes, based on PackNxtNo No, left blank No, left blank Pack Number copied from the Supplier Pack Number. No No Yes No