Automatic Reconciliation

The automatic reconciliation of the customer and vendor synchronization data process is executed in the Synchro daily batch process.  Remember that synchronization data is item/delivery point specific.  When the customer synchronization data has been transmitted, this process verifies their consistency with the shipment cumulative quantities and issues messages in case of discrepancies.  The reconciliation compares the cumulative quantity received (customer) with the cumulative quantity shipped (shipper) recalculated as of the last shipping list received by the customer.  The cumulative quantity received, declared by the customer, refers to the last delivery taken into account by the customer.  If additional shipping lists have been shipped since then, but have not been taken into account by the customer, the system examines the shipping list sequence and subtracts them from the cumulative quantity shipped  to compare the data at the same level.  If there is an error, a message is issued; it will be printed at the end of the process; no automatic modification of the shipping cumulative quantities is executed.  The user must manually re-synchronize after having analyzed the cause of the errors.