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Description

Returns from customers are products that were once sold from the store (or website) and are then returned by the consumer for several reasons in varying conditions.

Sometimes also referred to as Salvage Goods, Customer Returns are typically products that have been purchased from a store (or online store) but then returned by a customer. 

For example, you may experience customer returns in the below occurrences

  • Wrong item size or wrong product shipped
  • Product didn’t match the website or catalog description
  • Late delivery of Products
  • Product did not meet customer expectations

Terminology

FIELD DESCRIPTION
Account Customer name for customer returns
Closed If the return is processed it will check this box to true
Closed Date Date when the return is closed
Comments Text field to add any comments on the Return
Contact Contact of the Account
From Location From which inventory location the inventory was originally packed or received into inventory
Number of Lines Total Number of Return Lines
Original Order For returns of type, “From Customer”, the original order that was used to pack and send product(s) to the customer
Priority Priority for processing this return
Replacement Order
If a replacement product is being sent to a customer, the order which is being used to facilitate the replacement
Return Name Name of the Return, which will be generated automatically
Status Status of the Return
Type The type of return this return represents

 

Creating a customer return 

  • Go to Orders tab 
  • Select an order that contains the packed order products that the customer wants to return 
  • Click on the Return Order button

Order details

  • Select the lines that are available for return.  You can select the specific line by clicking the Return button next to the line or return all for creating returns for all the products.

Order lines available for return

  • Select the quantities that needs to be returned and then click the “Create Return” button

Create return record

  • This will create a return and return lines with type “From Customer” as this is a return created from an order. This also shows the original order number from where it was created.

Return details

Return lines details

Processing a Customer Return 

  • To process one or multiple return lines you need to click the Process Return Lines button 
  • Then click Process all or Process next to a return line to return a specific line

Return lines processing

  • Select the location and lot where the inventory needs to be returned to and click the Process Return button, which will complete processing the return.

Return lines processed

  • After the return is processed, the system will create Return lines processed records and inventory will be added to the selected location along with a product transaction record.

Processed return lines

Product with return record

Product with return record

 

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