Document types

This topic provides a reference for the different document types used by Sterling Order Management System.

Table 1. Document types.

Document types

Document Type Number Description
Order
Sales Order 0001 This document type is used to sell items or services, either from business to business or business to customer.
Planned Order 0002 This document type is used to plan an order that takes place in the future.
Return Order 0003 This document type is used for returning items to the seller.
Template Order 0004 This document type is used to create a template that future orders can be modeled from.
Purchase Order 0005 This document type is used by a business to purchase items or services from another business.
Transfer Order 0006 This document type is used to transfer items from one organization to another (for example, a warehouse to a distribution center, a warehouse to another warehouse, a distribution center to a store).
Master Order 0007 This document type is used to sell items that ship in a timed sequence, either from business to business or business to customer.
Quote 0015 This document type is used to provide quotes for a sales opportunity.
Load
Load 1001 This document type is used for a delivery plan which consolidates multiple shipments into a single delivery.
General
General 2001 This document type is used for transactions and services that do not fall under any other document types.
Putaway 2002 This document type is used for transactions and services that are used for the putaway related processes (to specify the location where the products coming into the warehouse would be putaway).
Layout 2003 This document type is used for transactions and services that are used for configuring the warehouse layout and related processes.
Inventory 2004 This document type is used for transactions and services that are used for inventory tracking, maintenance, and related processes.
Trailer 2005 This document type is used for transactions and services that are used for the trailer loading and unloading related processes.
Task 2006 This document type is used for transactions and services that plan all tasks that need to be done within a warehouse.
Move Request 2007 This document type is used for transactions and services that describe how products should be moved from one location to another within a warehouse.
Manifest 2008 This document type is used for transactions and services that relate to the manifest process, and provide the carrier that describes what is in the shipment.
Over Pack 2009 This document type is used for transactions and services that relate to the overpacking process, which involves packing one or more outbound containers into another outbound container.
Count
Count 3001 This document type is used for transactions and services that relate to performing a physical count of inventory in the warehouse.
Container
Container 5001 This document type is used for transactions and services that relate to containers used to pack outbound goods.
Wave
Outbound Picking 4001 This document type is used for transactions and services that relate to the outbound picking process.
Work Order
Work Order 7001 This document type is used when a Provided Service is ordered, a Work Order gets created, typically for tasks like installation and repairs.
Opportunity
Opportunity 0020 This document type is used to provide sales opportunities for customers.