We have a similar situation.  Our solution was to go ahead and create invoices for each shipment, but don't send them to the customer.  When the order has shipped complete we then make up a dummy invoice (outside of DBA) and send that to the customer.  We attatch all the real invoices for tha project to the dummy invoice so that we have back-up when the payment arrives and for auditing.  Down side is that accounts receivable aging is always a problem for that customer.  We tried future dating each of the real invoices to the expected final invoice date, but that created it's own set of problems.  I haven't found a "clean" solution.

Quote from treace   on 11/01/05 at 11:43:42:

Quote from treace   on 11/01/05 at 11:43:42:

 
To remove finished goods from inventory without posting an invoice, you could use IN-C, the "SHIP" transaction category and use the packing slip as a reference point.  The only down side to this, is when you prepare the final invoice, you cannot re-use the inventory part number for previous quantities shipped, because posting the invoice will again deduct the item from finished goods.  You could use an A/R voucher for billing previous quantities shipped without affecting inventory.
The down side to this, is neither the inventory adjustment as a shipment, nor the AR voucher will decrease quantities on the open sales order.
 

This is true that you still see Units On Hand. You can hit the location button and see where the units are by location. It still isn't a great solution but a workable one at best.
 
John

Hi Lynn,  any further thoughts on this one?  
 
You can answer here or feel free to email me at dave@rickly.com.
 
Thanks,
-Dave

Dave -
 
We are improving the "Segregated Inventory Location" - the next update will in fact exclude the segregated Location from the total On Hand when you rebuild stock status.  It will also have the ability to enter a different Location on different lines of a sales order.  Once that update is released (shooting for this weekend - may be a bit later; still testing a few things), you would be able to do the following:
 
Use IN-L-M and transfer one or a list of parts to a segregated Location at the time of shipment.  The Transfer Sheet could be edited to say "Packing Slip" so you have a document to go with the parts.  Then go into SO-A and change the Location of that line (or lines) on the original sales order to the segregated Location so the On Sales Order demand for production is reduced.  When you make the final shipment, release the whole order and process the invoice.  The items previously shipped will be deducted from stock at the segregated Location.
 
We could also write a custom program to automatically do all this behind the scenes when you print a packing slip but that would cost money.  I would suggest the manual approach first to work out any kinks and get it working the way you want and then if the time savings makes it worthwhile, look into the custom.

Yes, it will be available for both.