I have already searched this forum and have found no clear answer so I am going to have to ask...
For some of our products we simply send a PO to our vendor and they handle every aspect of the order including drop-ship. The PO MUST include a line item for S&H along with associated cost/charge and destination address.
My first thought is to add a Non-Stock item to the PO so it will show on the PO and so we can reconcile it when we receive an Invoice from the vendor. The Non-Stock item will go to the proper GL Account and use the drop-ship address as a description. The only thing I am not too sure about is what happens during our ghost receipt of the drop-ship goods at the customer site.
If the above is okay I will add a little bit of code to bring in the Branch Address, Proper GL Code, and Freight Cost from the associated Sales Order to make the task very fast and easy.
Do any of you have the same situation and, if so, how are you handling it? I don't want to reinvent the wheel and I want to keep it simple. Very shortly I will be integrating SuiteCRM as the Contract initiator with webERP as the Sales Order data consumer so the simpler the better. I looked at Shipments Management and from what I read I don't believe it will help in this context.
Any help or thoughts are greatly appreciated!