Print Bill of Lading

Explanation

This activity is used to print a Bill of Lading, as soon as the shipment is created. However, you should note that at this point the document will be considered as preliminary if printed before the shipment has been completed. The bill of lading can be printed several times, and also at any time during the shipment process until the shipment reaches the Closed status.

This activity can be executed either manually per shipment, manually for all shipments connected to a consolidated shipment or automatically in the shipment flow. Whether or not to print a bill of lading automatically, is controlled by the shipment type of the shipment. In the shipment type, it can be defined that a bill of lading should be printed at the execution of a main activity in the shipment flow e.g. reservation, report picking, delivery. A consolidated shipment is defined as one departure of several shipments from the specified site, to all the delivery addresses of the connected shipments. When executed from the consolidated shipment the bill of lading for all connected shipments are printed in reversed load sequence order to get the bill of lading in unloading order.

To get a complete bill of lading, it is necessary to define a handling unit structure. A bill of lading printed after the shipment is completed is considered as final. 

Prerequisites

• A handling unit structure must have been defined.

Note: If a bill of lading is printed and no handling unit structure has been defined, the document content is considered incomplete. 

• For a bill of lading to be printed automatically, the shipment type must have been defined accordingly.

System Effects

• The Bill of Lading will be printed.
• The Bill of Lading check box on the shipment header will be selected.  

Window

Shipment 
Shipments
Consolidated Shipment
Consolidated Shipments

Related Window Descriptions

Shipment
Shipments
Consolidated Shipment
Consolidated Shipments

Procedure

To print a bill of lading manually:

1. Open the Shipment window or the Shipments window.
2. Retrieve the shipment for which you want to print the bill of lading by using the Populate or Query function.
3. Right-click and then click Print Bill of Lading.

To print a bill of lading automatically:

1. Execute a main activity in the shipment flow e.g. reservation, report picking, delivery.
2. A bill of lading will be printed, if the main activity has this defined as an optional event in the shipment type.

To print bill of lading manually, for all shipments connected to a consolidated shipment:

1. Open the Consolidated Shipment window or the Consolidated Shipments window.
2. Search for the consolidated shipment for which you want to print the bill of ladings for all connected shipments.
3. Right-click and then click Print Bill of Lading.