How can you enable partial deliveries for a sales order, while making sure to get as few deliveries as possible?

Question

Options

• AIn each order item, set partial deliveries to required.
• BIn the order header, set order combination to allowed.
• CIn the order header, set the Complete Delivery indicator.
• DIn each order item, set complete delivery to required.

• A
  69% (22)
• B
  3% (1)
• C
  9% (3)
• D
  19% (6)

Explanation

Setting partial deliveries to "required" at the item level (Option A) is the correct approach because it tells the system to ship available quantities rather than wait for full availability, while the delivery scheduling logic still combines items into as few deliveries as possible. This operates at the granular item level, giving each line permission to ship partially without locking the whole order.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• B (Order combination): This controls whether separate sales orders can be merged into one delivery - it has no effect on partial delivery behavior within a single order.
• C (Complete Delivery indicator on header): This does the opposite - it forces the entire order to ship only when all items are fully available, preventing partial deliveries entirely.
• D (Complete delivery required at item level): This means each individual item must be fully available before it ships - again the opposite of enabling partial deliveries.

Memory tip: Think of it as "partial = possible, complete = wait." The header Complete Delivery flag is a strict all-or-nothing gate; the item partial delivery "required" flag is a green light to ship what's ready. If you want fewer deliveries with partial shipping, you need the item-level permission - not a header-level restriction.

No community discussion yet for this question.