| # Planned status for Warehousing order lines For each warehousing order type, you can determine whether the initial status of inbound and/or outbound order lines must be Planned or Open. The Planned status is meant for order data entry, you cannot process planned warehousing orders. To make a planned warehousing order available for order processing, you must activate the warehousing order. An activated warehousing order obtains the Open status. If Warehousing is integrated with a Warehouse Management System, activated warehousing orders are automatically uploaded to the WMS system for processing. However, for planned warehousing orders originating from the following packages, the originating package determines whether the initial status is Planned or Open: Service Maintenance Sales Maintenance Work SFC Production Production Schedule ASC Production Production KANBAN For a newly created warehousing order line with the Planned status, you can: Define advance shipment notices Create freight orders Create cross-dock orders Generate handling units Specify Inventory commitment In addition, for planned warehousing orders, LN: Generates planned inventory transactions Checks whether planned order lines are blocked or marked as rush orders. Creates history records Setting parameters for the Planned status In the Warehousing Order Types (whinh0110m000) session: To specify that new inbound order lines obtain the Planned status, select the Generate Planned Inbound Order Lines check box. To specify that new outbound order lines obtain the Planned status, select the Generate Planned Outbound Order Lines check box. New inbound or outbound order lines are either generated from other packages or created manually. How to activate Planned warehousing orders To activate warehousing orders with the Planned status, you can use the Activate Warehousing Orders (whinh2203m000) session to activate a range of warehousing orders, or you can select individual orders and click Activate. The Activate option is available in the following sessions: Warehousing Orders (whinh2100m000) Warehousing Order (whinh2100m100) Inbound Order Lines (whinh2110m000) Inbound Line Status Overview (whinh2119m000) Outbound Order Lines (whinh2120m000) Outbound Line Status Overview (whinh2129m000) Warehouse Manager Dashboard (whinh2300m000) In the Activate Warehousing Orders (whinh2203m000) session, you can also deactivate manually created warehousing orders. Note that after you have activated a planned warehousing order for which the first activity is set to Automatic, you must use the Process button to trigger automatic processing or manually perform the first activity. For more information, refer to Inbound and outbound procedures. |