Update of Shipper Synchronization Data

The update of the cumulative quantities can be executed in difference cases:  reconciliation dispute with the customer data, last modification of the customer's needs, periodic re initialization to avoid accumulators capacity to be exceeded.  This update is don  through the Customer status Inquiry if the user profile is authorized to modify Synchro data as defined on Reference File category G23 (Synchro User Authorization).  When modifying a cumulative quantity on a relationship, the system automatically updates the advance/carry field according to the following calculation rule:

Quantity shipped minus quantity due to be shipped

The increase of the cumulative quantity shipped field without increasing the cumulative quantity due shipped at end of day corresponds to an advance, and decreasing the quantity shipped without increasing the due to be shipped corresponds to a backorder..  The advance or backorder is taken into account during the shipping proposal generation process during the next Synchro daily batch.