| # Shipment Building In Infor LN FP6 the shipment building functionality is enhanced in the Warehouses (whwmd2500m000) session (Shipments tab) to allow the user to influence the way picked outbound advices are combined into the same shipment. In this way it is possible to better manage / minimize the number of shipments generated by the system to the same customer. Shipment Building in FP5 In Infor LN FP5 the Ship-to Addresses on the shipments must match for additional shipment lines to be added to the initial shipment. Shipment Building in FP6 In Infor LN FP6 the shipment building engine combines multiple shipments into the same load in case the Ship-from Address, the Carrier and the Route on these shipments are identical. This implies that no new loads are created in case the Ship-to address of the (additional) shipment differs. A new shipment building option Within Time Interval is added. The Within Time Interval option allows the user to add shipment lines to an existing shipment order within the time interval range. The time interval range is calculated based on the minimum and maximum time interval specified by the user.
Current field | Shipment Date From | Shipment Date/Time To
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Within Time Interval | Shipment Date From = Shipment Creation Date - Minimum Shipment Interval (in hours or calendar days) | Shipment Date To = Shipment Creation Date + Maximum Shipment Interval (in hours or calendar days)
The following are the new fields added: Minimum Time interval Maximum Time interval Add Orders Based On Single Picking Mission per Shipment |