Once a dropship Purchase Order is created, the SO line will start using the Drop-Ship processing route going forward. Drop-Ship PO can be created manually or automatically by NetSuite, after the SO is approved. It is possible to create a dropship PO only for the partial quantity of SO line. In such case, only the quantity linked to the PO will be processed with the Drop-Ship route, the rest will continue with Selling from Stock route.
While Purchase Order alone is still an estimate, its item rate overrides any estimate sourced from item or manual cost.
The final document for the Drop-Ship route is Vendor Bill. The VB rate is used as source of purchase cost fully, or only partially if the PPV feature is enabled. For details, see Purchase Price Variance section in SMT Configuration.
