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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Steps: Set Up and Process Advanced Ship Notices

Steps: Set Up and Process Advanced Ship Notices

You can set up and process Advance Ship Notices (ASNs) from suppliers sent in 856 EDI format (ANSI x12) and initiate the auto-creation of a receipt. You can also see shipping information about arriving freight, enabling you to better manage your shipped items and streamline your receiving business process.
  1. Access the
    Edit Tenant Setup - Financials
     task.
    • Select
      Enable Advanced Ship Notices
       to enable suppliers to create advanced ship notices.
    • Specify the ID generator for advanced ship notice.
  2. Set up your advanced ship notice options for suppliers.
  3. Suppliers send advanced ship notices directly to Workday using the:
    • EDI 856 document.
    • Submit Advanced Ship Notice web service.
  4. Buyers Create Advanced Ship Notices on behalf of suppliers.
  5. Create receipts for advanced ship notices:
    • Automatically, on approval of the ASN, when you configure the post-completion step in
      Advanced Ship Notice Event
       business process.
    • Manually, using the
      Advanced Ship Notice
       prompt on the
      Create Receipt
       task.