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When running Carry-out Action Message from the Planning Worksheet, Business Central groups purchase and transfer lines primarily by Vendor (Purchase Orders) or From/To Location (Transfer Orders). Due Date is not considered during document creation, resulting in a single Purchase Order or Transfer Order containing lines with many different due dates.


For organizations that plan over extended time horizons, this creates several challenges:

  • Purchase Orders contain lines required weeks or months apart.
  • Transfer Orders combine movements that should occur on different dates.
  • Buyers and warehouse personnel must manually split documents after they are created.
  • Suppliers may incorrectly interpret a single PO as requiring immediate delivery of all lines.


It would be beneficial if Business Central allowed Carry-out Action Message to optionally group documents by Due Date (or another planning date), creating separate Purchase Orders and Transfer Orders for each date.


For example:

  • Vendor A
  • Due Date: July 15 → Purchase Order #1
  • Due Date: July 22 → Purchase Order #2
  • Due Date: August 5 → Purchase Order #3


Likewise, Transfer Orders could be separated by shipment requirement date instead of combining all transfers into a single document.


This could be implemented as an optional setting in Carry-out Action Message (or Planning Setup) so customers can choose between the current behavior and grouping by Due Date.


This enhancement would reduce manual document maintenance, produce cleaner purchasing and transfer documents, and better align planning output with real-world procurement and warehouse processes.

Category: Manufacturing
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