Shipment

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Usage

Use this window to register a shipment in order to send goods to a customer. A shipment is defined as one dispatch of goods from one party to another, where the customer 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 order lines from different orders as long as the customer 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 order lines are connected automatically to shipments. The following consolidation parameters are available: customer order number, planned ship date, route, forwarder, reference ID, dock code, sub dock code and the to-location. So for instance, by adding planned ship date and route as consolidation parameters, only order 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 an order line to a shipment. When manually connecting order lines to an empty shipment, the consolidation parameters will get a value in the shipment if all order 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, Shipment Freight Charges

Activity Diagrams

Create Shipment
Handle Picking
Packing of Goods
Distribute Customer Order
Create Shipment Invoices

Activities

Create Shipment
Connect Order 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 Shipment Freight Charges Manually
Enter Shipment Freight Charge Tax Lines
Approve Shipment

Print Address Label
Print Shipment Delivery Note
Print Shipment Pro Forma Invoice
Print Consignment Note
Print Bill of Lading
Print Packing List

Finalize Shipment
Attach Parts to Handling Unit
Pack into Handling Unit(s)
Pack According to Packing Instruction

Create Consolidated 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