When an Franchise Outbound Buffer Hdr table has been replicated to a partner and the partner has processed the information and sent back a Processed message, the Franchise Outbound Buffer Hdr table, the Franchise Outbound Doc. Line, Franchise Outbound Doc. Comment and the Franchise Outb Doc SerialLotNo tables are archived, i.e. the information from these tables is moved to the Archived tables. The Archived tables contain exactly the same information as the original tables, except the Archive Franch Outb. Buff Head contains information on when it was archived.