Use this window to register a shipment in order to send goods to a receiver. A shipment is defined as one dispatch of goods from one party to another, where the receiver ID, delivery address, ship-via code, delivery terms and shipment type are the common denominator for all lines. Hence, one shipment can contain quantities from any number of source lines from different sources as long as the receiver ID and delivery address as well as the delivery parameters are the same on all lines.
Optionally you can define consolidation rules in the shipment type used when source lines are connected automatically to shipments. The following consolidation parameters are available: source ref 1, planned ship date, planned delivery date, route, forwarder, reference ID, dock code, sub dock code and to-location. So for instance, by adding planned ship date and route as consolidation parameters, only source lines with the same planned ship date and route will be consolidated automatically into the same shipment. The consolidation rules are not considered when you manually connect a source line to a shipment. When manually connecting source lines to an empty shipment, the consolidation parameters will get a value in the shipment if all source lines you connect have a common value, unless a value is entered previously in the shipment. So if you, for instance, manually connect lines with the same route, this route will be saved in the header of the shipment.
A shipment can be defined with or without a handling unit structure. Goods can be shipped with or without printing transport documents, and with or without sending a dispatch advice message.
For the description of each tab in the window, follow the appropriate link: Shipment Lines, Available Order Lines, Handling Unit Structure, Address, General, CO Collect/Freight Charges
Create Shipment
Handle Picking
Packing of Goods
Deliver Shipment
Create Shipment Invoices for Customer Orders
Create Shipment
Connect Source Lines
Connect to/Disconnect from Consolidated Shipment
Block Automatic Connection to Shipment
Release Quantity not Reserved from Shipment
Remove/Modify/Reassign Shipment Lines
Reassign Handling Unit
Reserve Shipment Lines
Handle Parts in Shipment Inventory
Add Customer Order Freight Charges Manually
Manage Tax, Customer Order Freight Charges in Shipment
Approve Shipment
Print Shipment Handling Unit Labels
Print Handling Unit Labels
Print Address Label
Print Shipment Delivery Note
Print Shipment Pro Forma Invoice
Print Consignment Note
Print Bill of Lading
Print Packing List
Attach Parts to Handling Unit
Pack According to Handling Unit Capacity
Pack According to Packing Instruction
Disconnect Handling Units from Shipment
Create Pick List
Print Pick List
Report Picking
Report Picking with Differences
Preliminary Shipment
Complete Shipment
Deliver Shipment
Close Shipment
Send Dispatch Advice
Create Shipment Invoices for Customer Orders