Introduction to TRANSFER Delivery System

Developing TRANSFER Applications Sample TRANSFER Application
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4. At the warehouse the Inventory Control application receives the sales order and
sends a request to generate a pick ticket on December 13. (On December 13 the
pick ticket will be attached to the cream armchair, which will be loaded on a truck
and delivered to Kate Chopin’s house on December 14.) The transaction to generate
the pick ticket extends until the ticket is generated and arrives at Inventory Control
on December 14.
5. Having handled the package from Sales, Inventory Control sends a reply. The reply
completes the transaction that started at Sales. (The sales correspondent is a person;
at Inventory Control, no person participates in the transaction.)
6. The Inventory Control application consults its database: will the new order bring
the stock of cream armchairs below the normal stock threshold? If the answer is
yes, the application starts a transaction by sending a purchase requisition to
Purchasing at \CORP.
7. Purchasing issues a purchase order and sends it to a vendor.
8. Having issued the order, an operator in Purchasing drafts a reply to Inventory
Control. The reply includes a copy of the purchase order and a copy of the purchase
requisition with the purchase order number added to it. The reply completes the
transaction started in Step 4.
9. The vendor ships the armchair by truck to Receiving. Along with the shipment
comes an invoice.
10. At Receiving someone determines that the armchair is in good condition, checks
that the invoice matches the purchase order, and sends a copy of the invoice to
Accounts Payable.
11. Accounts Payable processes the invoice to complete the sale of the armchair to the
customer.