Block Automatic Connection to Shipment

Explanation

This activity is used to block automatic connection of more source lines for a shipment. This is beneficial when you want to prepare and finalize what is already connected to the shipment. This activity can be executed either manually or automatically. Whether or not to block automatic connection automatically, is controlled by the shipment type of the shipment. In the shipment type, you can define that automatic connection should be blocked for a shipment at the execution of a main activity in the shipment flow e.g. reservation, report picking etc. It is still possible to manually connect more source lines to a shipment when automatic connection is blocked.

When you manually block automatic connection of more source lines, this can be done per shipment or for all shipments connected to a consolidated shipment. A consolidated shipment is considered as one departure of several shipments from a specific site, to all the delivery addresses of the connected shipments e.g., multiple shipments are loaded on the same truck and unloaded to each delivery address by the same truck.

Prerequisites

• A shipment or consolidated shipment must have been created.
• In order to automatically block automatic connection to a shipment, the shipment type must have been defined to do so at the execution of a main activity.

System Effects

• For customer orders, no more order lines will be added automatically, at order release or pick list creation, for the blocked shipment(s).

Window

Shipment
Shipments

Related Window Descriptions

Shipment
Shipments

Procedure

To block automatic connection manually:

1. Open the Shipment window, the Shipments window, the Consolidated Shipment window or the Consolidated Shipments window.
2. Search for the shipment for which you want to block automatic connection.
3. Select the Auto Connection Blocked check box.
4. Save.

To block automatic connection automatically:

1. Execute a main activity in the shipment flow, e.g. reservation or report picking.
2. The shipment will be blocked for automatic connection of more source lines, if the main activity has this defined as an optional event in the shipment type.