Enable Inter-Company Synchronization

Explanation

This activity is used to activate inter-company rental event synchronization for sites in different companies. The activity requires that you select one of three options. The first option None implies that this functionality is not activated. The other two options mean the functionality is in active state with different constraints.

Prerequisites

This activity has no prerequisites.

System Effects

As a result of this activity:

• When None is selected (default option), it means that synchronization is not activated (i.e., the event creation happens in each site individually).
• When Supply Company is selected, it means that synchronization is activated (i.e., the events created manually/automatically in the supply site gets recorded at both sites automatically). However, this does not allow the creation of any manual/automatic rental events from the demand site. Here, the right-mouse button menu option Manage Rental will not be disabled from the purchase order line, but an error will be triggered upon attempting to create an event from the Mange Rental window or automatically.
• When Both Companies is selected, it means synchronization is activated (i.e., the events created manually/automatically in the supply site gets recorded in the Rental Events History window of both sites automatically) and the events created manually/automatically in the demand site gets recorded in the Rental Events Approval window and then recorded in the Rental Events History window of both sites after being approved manually by the supply site.
  
  Note: In general, for inventory-tracked parts, the particular purchase order should be in Received status to create rental events. However in this case, it is not mandatory and the Reserved status of the relevant customer order line is sufficient to allow rental events to be created in the Rental Events History window of the demand site.

Window

Parameters for Distribution and Manufacturing
Rental Events Approval

Related Window Descriptions

Parameters for Distribution and Manufacturing
Rental Events Approval

Procedure

1. Open the Parameters for Distribution and Manufacturing window.
2. In the Rental Event Synchronization Company field, select the required option from the list.
3. Save the changes.