--- title: "Selling Packs" canonical: "https://kb.myframeworks.com.au/space/PROSTIXV48DOC/31099952/Selling%20Packs" format: markdown --- This procedure explains how to allocate timber packs to orders. Pack numbers are allocated to pack products as they are receipted into the system. To keep track of inventory, these pack numbers are also recorded as these packs are sold, therefore if you have an order that contains pack products, you are required to allocate a specific pack number to each pack on the Sales Order before the packs can be released. Refer to Release an Order for further information. It is possible to release the remainder of the order without allocating pack numbers, however if this is done, the packs get placed onto a back order. Pre-requisites: 1. Completion of Pack Maintenance. Refer to pre-defining new packs, updating pack availability, committing packs to stock and randomly ending section packs in the Inventory Management User Guide . 2. Allocating lengths of timber to packs To allocate timber packs to orders (also refer to the alternate pack allocation method below) , perform the following: 1. From the ProStix Main Menu select 'Sales Order Processing' , then 'Order Processing' . 2. Select ' Search By Order No ' to search for the order. Note : It is also possible to search by customer and delivery address. 3. The default Branch appears in the ' Which Branch ' field. Update as required, then select default ' Order Types ' of B (Both which includes Orders and Quotes). 4. Type the ' Order No ', then press to select it. 5. Select the 'Pack Allocations' option. When selected, all packs that exist on the order appear. Select the required pack product by using the and keys, or start typing the product code to locate it automatically, then select to update. 6. The specific 'Pack Allocations' update screen for the selected Product/s shows the Production Facility and the number of packs on the order, with the corresponding LM and M3 quantity calculations. As packs are allocated, this information gets displayed in the ' Alloc' fields. Any variance between the Order and 'Alloc' fields (for example, if 2 packs have been ordered, but only 1 has been allocated a pack number) are displayed in the row labelled Vary. 7. Type the pack number in the ' Pack Number' field to allocate the selected sale item, then press . Select (Search) as required. Note: You can only allocate packs that have a status of 'In Stock' (S). Packs that have a status of 'Used' (U) or 'In Transit' (T) cannot be allocated to a sales order. 8. Continue to allocate packs as required. When you have finished allocating pack numbers, select (Finished). 9. Within the Pack Allocation screen the following options are available: Alternate Pack allocation method 1. If you are typing a pack product to a Customer Order in Sales Order Processing, there is an option to cross over to the Stock Enquiry program by selecting (Enquiry) at the pack Entry screen. 2. The 'Stock Enquiry' screen is displayed. The following options are available: 3. Select the pack by highlighting the required pack number via the 'St Pack No' field. Use your space bar to allocate one or more packs to the Order. 4. The 'Order Confirmation' screen displays a list of all the packs of the selected product length that are either currently in stock or allocated to orders. 5. Select the pack/s to allocate against this order. An arrow (>) appears after each pack that you have selected. Continue selecting packs, or select to complete the selection. 6. To allocate the pack/s you have just selected, highlight the required pack/s, then select (Change), then update the ' Allocate ' field from 'No' to 'Yes' . 7. If you wish to delete (from allocation) one of the selected packs, highlight that pack, then select (Delete). 8. When the allocations are correct, select then continue typing the Customer Order.