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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">To ship handling units</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Outbound handling unit</Level1>
			<Level2>ship</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Shipping</Level1>
		</Keyword>
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	<AimSection><Paragraph>You can generate handling units for shipments and shipment lines and process the handling units. Handling units are processed in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m000" role="session">Handling Units (whwmd5130m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
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	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Shipments and handling units</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>If a shipment has the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.shst#frozen" role="enum">Frozen</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.shst#confirmed" role="enum">Confirmed</GUIRef> status, you can generate handling units for the shipment and the shipment lines and a handling unit structure for the shipment. Separate handling units are generated for the shipment, for each shipment line, and for each packing structure level of the shipment line's packing structure.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>The shipment's handling unit is the top handling unit in the handling unit structure. The shipment lines' handling units are the child handling units of the shipment's handling unit. The packing structure level zero handling units are the children of the shipment line's handling units, the packing structure level one handling units are the children of the packing structure level zero handling units, and so on.</Paragraph>
		<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>You can only generate handling units for shipments if the shipped quantity is greater than zero.</Paragraph>
		</Note>
		<Paragraph>When a handling unit is generated for a shipment with the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.shst#frozen" role="enum">Frozen</GUIRef> status, the handling unit obtains the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/hust#shipment.frozen" role="enum">Shipment Frozen</GUIRef> status.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>If the shipment is re-opened, the shipment's status changes to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.shst#open" role="enum">Open</GUIRef> and the linked handling unit's status is changed to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/hust#shipment.open" role="enum">Shipment Open</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>If the shipment is re-frozen the shipment's status changes to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.shst#frozen" role="enum">Frozen</GUIRef> and the linked handling unit's status changes to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/hust#shipment.frozen" role="enum">Shipment Frozen</GUIRef>. When the shipment is confirmed, the shipment's status changes to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.shst#confirmed" role="enum">Confirmed</GUIRef>, the handling unit is updated with the manual changes on the shipment, and the handling unit's status changes to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/hust#shipped" role="enum">Shipped</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>When you confirm shipments of warehousing orders with order origin <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.oorg#transfer" role="enum">Transfer</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.oorg#transfer.man" role="enum">Transfer (Manual)</GUIRef> the handling unit's status is changed to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/hust#in.transit" role="enum">In Transit</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>You can link a manually created handling unit with status <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/hust#inactive" role="enum">Inactive</GUIRef> to a shipment with the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.shst#open" role="enum">Open</GUIRef> status. The status of such a handling unit is only changed when the shipment is confirmed and receives the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.shst#confirmed" role="enum">Confirmed</GUIRef> status, in which case the handling unit's status is changed to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/hust#shipped" role="enum">Shipped</GUIRef>. This type of handling unit is not affected by freezing and re-opening shipments.</Paragraph>
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	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Shipment lines and handling units</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>When you generate a handling unit for a shipment, SSA® ERP LN also generates handling units for the shipment lines. You can replace the handling unit that is generated for the shipment line in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh4131m000#whinh431.huid" role="formfield">Handling Unit</GUIRef> field of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh4131m000" role="session">Shipment Lines (whinh4131m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>If you add a shipment line with a handling unit to another shipment without handling units using the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh4231m000" role="session">Compose Shipment (whinh4231m000)</GUIRef> session, the handling units linked to the shipment line are deleted.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>If you add a shipment line without a handling unit to another shipment with a handling unit by means of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh4231m000" role="session">Compose Shipment (whinh4231m000)</GUIRef> session, handling units are generated for the shipment line.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>When you add a shipment line with a handling unit to another shipment with a handling unit using the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh4231m000" role="session">Compose Shipment (whinh4231m000)</GUIRef> session, the parent of the shipment line's handling unit is changed into the shipments handling unit.</Paragraph>
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	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Shipment notices and shipment-notice lines</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>When EDI messages can be sent to the ship-to business partner, an ASN is generated automatically containing also the handling unit numbers of the shipment and shipment lines. As a result, the ship-to business partner knows the handling unit that identifies the upcoming shipment.</Paragraph>
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	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000318" role="manual">Handling units</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000349" role="manual">Outbound procedures and handling units</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
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