Create Consolidated Shipment

Explanation

This activity is used to create a consolidated shipment to which can be connected. A consolidated shipment is considered as a single departure of several from a specific site, to all the delivery addresses of the connected e.g. multiple are loaded on the same truck and unloaded on each delivery address by the same truck. A consolidated shipment is beneficial in order to plan, monitor and execute a departure of multiple   from your site. For instance transport capacity can be compared with the connected or to be connected, the progress of all connected can be monitored, load sequence can be managed.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites.

System Effects

As a result of this activity, a consolidated shipment is created that can be used for building a departure of several .

Window

Consolidated Shipment

Related Window Descriptions

Consolidated Shipment

Procedure

  1. Open the Consolidated Shipment window.
  2. Click New.
  3. If desired change the default site.
  4. If desired enter values for planned ship date, shipment type, route, forwarder etc in the header or the General tab.
  5. Save when completed.