Patent ID: 8041613

Claim:
A computer implemented method for cross-dock and direct shipment processes, the method comprising: entering, on a computer, an order to ship inventory from a default plant of a selling organization to a customer; changing the default plant on the order to a new plant of the selling organization, wherein the new plant is located in another country which is a same country as a destination country of the customer but a different country than the default plant of the selling organization; entering a cross dock partner function to reflect an address of the new plant in the destination country, the cross dock partner function being used by the selling organization to process the order and output sales documentation for the transfer of inventory from the default plant of the selling organization to the new plant of the selling organization; conducting an inter-company transfer of the inventory from the default plant to the new plant, such that the inventory passes through customs inter-company before being shipped to the customer; and processing the order on the computer wherein the default plant, not the new plant, is displayed to the customer as a shipping plant.