Attach Parts to Handling Unit
Explanation
This activity is used to attach parts to a handling unit. Either in inventory
or on a shipment.
Prerequisites
A handling unit must exist in the handling unit structure.
System Effects
Parts are attached to the handling unit and attached lines can be viewed in
the Handling Units tab.
Window
Handling Unit
Inventory Part In Stock
Receipt
Shipment
Related Window Descriptions
Handling Unit
Handling Unit/Structure
Inventory Part In Stock
Receipt/Detail
Shipment
Shipment/Handling Unit Structure/Unattached Shipment Lines
Attach Parts to Handling Unit in Handling Unit window
Attach Parts to Handling Unit in Inventory Part in Stock window
Attach Parts to Handling Unit in Shipment window
Procedure
From Handling Unit window:
- Open the Handling Unit
window.
- Query for an existing handling unit.
- Click the Structure tab to
view the handling unit structure details.
- Click the Unattached Inventory Parts In Stock tab.
- Select the record(s) you want to attach, right-click and then
click Attach to Handling Unit.
- On the dialog box that appears, on the upper table, modify the quantity
to attach accordingly and click OK.
- The record(s) attached/packed to handling unit either updates regarding
availability quantity or disappears from the
Unattached Inventory Parts In Stock tab and can be viewed in the
Handling Units tab instead.
- Same way the steps from 5-7 can be performed from the Unattached
Inventory Parts in Arrival tab in order to attach
unattached receipts in an Arrival or QA location.
Parts can also be attached by drag-and-drop within the structure:
- Open the Handling Unit
window.
- Query for an existing handling unit.
- Click the Structure tab to
view the handling unit structure details.
- In the tree structure, click the part, or handling unit, to move.
- Drag it to the handling unit to attach to.
From Inventory Part In Stock window:
- Open the Inventory Part In Stock
window.
- Query for then inventory part in stock records to be packed. Note that
only records with qty available >0 will be possible to attach to a handling
unit.
- Select the record(s) you want to attach, right-click and then
click Attach to Handling Unit.
- In the upper part of the dialog that appears one can either pack into a
new handling unit by entering a handling unit type ID or pack into an
existing handling unit by entering a handling unit ID.
- In the lower part of the dialog, modify the quantity
to attach accordingly for the records to be packed and click OK.
- The record(s) attached/packed to handling unit updates the stock records
regarding availability quantity and new inventory part in stock records are
created for the packed parts. The complete handling unit with its content
can be viewed in the Handling Unit window.
From Shipment
window:
- Open the Shipment
window and search for the required shipment.
- In the handling unit structure, select the relevant handling unit.
- Click the Unattached Shipment Lines tab.
- Select the shipment line(s) you want to attach, right-click and then
click Attach Parts to Handling Unit.
- On the dialog box that appears, on the upper table, modify the quantity
to attach accordingly and click OK.
- The shipment line(s) disappears from the
Unattached Shipment Lines tab and can be viewed in the
Handling Units tab instead.
Parts can also be attached by drag-and-drop within the structure:
- Open the Shipment
window and search for the required shipment.
- In the handling unit structure, select the relevant handling unit.
- In the tree structure, click the part, or handling unit, to move.
- Drag it to the handling unit to attach to.
From Receipt
window:
- Open the Receipt
window and search for the required shipment.
- In the Details tab, select the relevant
receipt line with HU=0.
- Right-click and then
click Attach Parts to Handling Unit.
- On the dialog box that appears, on the upper table, modify the quantity
to attach accordingly and click OK.
- The receipt qty will be reduced from the original line (HU=0) and a new
line will get created with the new HU ID in the Details
tab.