Print Packing List

Explanation

This activity is used to print a packing list. The packing list is used as a pick list before the reservation is done and therefore it enables you to get a real pick list. This feature ties in to the benefit of early created shipments and early shipment planning. The packing list is considered as a document that can be printed several times, each time displaying the current contents and status of the shipment. Therefore, the packing list may have to be reprinted if the content such as the shipment lines are changed.

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 packing list automatically, is controlled by the shipment type of the shipment. In the shipment type it can be defined that a packing list should be printed at execution of a main activity in the shipment flow e.g. reservation, report picking, delivery. A consolidated shipment is defined as a single departure of several shipments from the specified site, to all the delivery addresses of the connected shipments. When executed from the consolidated shipment the packing list for all connected shipments are printed in load sequence order prepare what is next to be loaded first.

You can print a packing list as soon as the shipment is created. However, you should note that at this point the document is considered as preliminary if it is printed before the shipment has been completed. A packing list printed after the shipment is completed, is considered as final.

Prerequisites

• At least one shipment line must have been created by connecting a quantity of an order line to the shipment.
• For a pack list to be printed automatically, the shipment type must have been defined to do so at the execution of a main activity.

System Effects

• The packing list will be printed.
• The Packing List 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 packing list manually:

1. Open the Shipment window or the Shipments window.
2. Search for the shipment for which you want to print the pack list.
3. Right-click and then click Print Packing List.

To print a packing list automatically:

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

To print packing list 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 packing lists for all connected shipments.
3. Right-click and then click Print Packing List.