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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Cross-docking process</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Cross-docking</Level1>
			<Level2>process</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Cross-docking</Level1>
			<Level2>settings</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Settings</Level1>
			<Level2>cross-docking</Level2>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<ProcedureSection><ProcIntro><Paragraph>In <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh" role="package">Warehouse Management</GUIRef>, <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000019" role="glossary">cross-docking</Link> comprises the following steps:</Paragraph>
		</ProcIntro>
		<Steps><Step><StepTitle>Creation of a cross-dock order</StepTitle>
				<Paragraph>Cross-dock orders can be created manually, in batch, or generated automatically by SSA ERP:</Paragraph>
				<List><ListItemHead>Manually</ListItemHead>
					<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh6100m000" role="session">Cross-dock Orders (whinh6100m000)</GUIRef> session, enter an outbound order line, the requested cross-dock quantity and unit. A cross-dock order ID is generated based on the number group and series. You can optionally enter a <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000445" role="glossary">user priority</Link> and a staging location, to which the goods will be cross-docked.</ListItem>
					<ListItemHead>In batch</ListItemHead>
					<ListItem>Use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh6200m000" role="session">Generate Cross-dock Orders and Cross-dock Order Lines (whinh6200m000)</GUIRef> session to generate a range of cross-dock orders.</ListItem>
					<ListItemHead>Automatically</ListItemHead>
					<ListItem><ProcedureList><ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh0100m000" role="session">Inventory Handling Parameters (whinh0100m000)</GUIRef> session and the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000" role="session">Warehouse (whwmd2100s000)</GUIRef> session, make sure the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh0100m000#whinh000.dycd" role="formfield">Dynamic Cross-docking</GUIRef> check box is selected.</ListItem>
							<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2110s000" role="session">Warehouse - Item (whwmd2110s000)</GUIRef> session, select either or both of the following check boxes: <List><ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000#whwmd200.cdro" role="formfield">Generate Cross-dock Order when Releasing Order to Warehousing</GUIRef>
									</ListItem>
									<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000#whwmd200.cdoa" role="formfield">Generate Cross-dock Order for Outbound Advice Shortage</GUIRef>
									</ListItem>
								</List>
							</ListItem>
						</ProcedureList>
					</ListItem>
				</List>
				<Paragraph>A newly created cross-dock order receives the status <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.cdls#open" role="enum">Open</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
			</Step>
			<Step><StepTitle>Creation of cross-dock order lines</StepTitle>
				<Paragraph>Cross-dock order lines can be created manually, in batch, or generated automatically SSA ERP:</Paragraph>
				<List><ListItemHead>Manually</ListItemHead>
					<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh6100m000" role="session">Cross-dock Orders (whinh6100m000)</GUIRef> session, on the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu, choose <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh6100m000#option.open.lines" role="formcommand">Cross-dock Order Lines</GUIRef>. In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh6110m000" role="session">Cross-dock Order Lines (whinh6110m000)</GUIRef> session, enter an inbound order line, the planned cross-dock quantity and unit.</ListItem>
					<ListItemHead>In batch</ListItemHead>
					<ListItem>Use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh6200m000" role="session">Generate Cross-dock Orders and Cross-dock Order Lines (whinh6200m000)</GUIRef> session to generate a range of cross-dock order lines.</ListItem>
					<ListItemHead>Automatically</ListItemHead>
					<ListItem><ProcedureList><ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh0100m000" role="session">Inventory Handling Parameters (whinh0100m000)</GUIRef> session and the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000" role="session">Warehouse (whwmd2100s000)</GUIRef> session, make sure the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh0100m000#whinh000.dycd" role="formfield">Dynamic Cross-docking</GUIRef> check box is selected.</ListItem>
							<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2110s000" role="session">Warehouse - Item (whwmd2110s000)</GUIRef> session, select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000#whwmd200.cdcr" role="formfield">Generate Cross-dock Order Lines when Confirming Receipt</GUIRef> check box.</ListItem>
						</ProcedureList>
					</ListItem>
				</List>
			</Step>
			<Step><StepTitle>Approving cross-dock order lines</StepTitle>
				<Paragraph>Cross-dock order lines must be approved before inbound advice takes place; no cross-docking will be carried out for unapproved cross-dock order lines. You can approve cross-dock order lines manually, in a batch process, or automatically:</Paragraph>
				<List><ListItemHead>Manually</ListItemHead>
					<ListItem><List><ListItem>To approve a single cross-dock order line, in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh6110m000" role="session">Cross-dock Order Lines (whinh6110m000)</GUIRef> session, on the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu, choose <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh6110m000#" role="formcommand">Change Status to</GUIRef>, and then <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh6110m000#set.status.to.approved" role="formcommand">Approved</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
							<ListItem>To approve <Emphasis>all</Emphasis> cross-dock order lines for a cross-dock order, in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh6100m000" role="session">Cross-dock Orders (whinh6100m000)</GUIRef> session, select the appropriate cross-dock order and, on the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu, choose <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh6100m000#whinh6210m100" role="formcommand">Approve Cross-dock Order Lines</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
						</List>
					</ListItem>
					<ListItemHead>In batch</ListItemHead>
					<ListItem>Use he <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh6210m100" role="session">Approve Cross-dock Order Lines (whinh6210m100)</GUIRef> session to approve a range of cross-dock order lines.</ListItem>
					<ListItemHead>Automatically</ListItemHead>
					<ListItem><ProcedureList><ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh0100m000" role="session">Inventory Handling Parameters (whinh0100m000)</GUIRef> session and the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000" role="session">Warehouse (whwmd2100s000)</GUIRef> session, make sure the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh0100m000#whinh000.dycd" role="formfield">Dynamic Cross-docking</GUIRef> check box is selected.</ListItem>
							<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2110s000" role="session">Warehouse - Item (whwmd2110s000)</GUIRef> session, select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh0100m000#whinh000.cdap" role="formfield">Automatically Approve Cross-dock Order Lines</GUIRef> check box.</ListItem>
						</ProcedureList>
					</ListItem>
				</List>
				<Paragraph>When a cross-dock order line is created and approved, the associated cross-dock order receives the status <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.cdos#planned" role="enum">Planned</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
			</Step>
			<Step><StepTitle>Processing cross-dock order lines</StepTitle>
				<List><ListItemHead>Receiving goods</ListItemHead>
					<ListItem>On the warehousing receiving side, users can initiate cross-docking by generating cross-dock order lines during confirmation of receipt lines, based on the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000#whwmd200.cdcr" role="formfield">Generate Cross-dock Order Lines when Confirming Receipt</GUIRef> setting in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2110s000" role="session">Warehouse - Item (whwmd2110s000)</GUIRef> session. Before confirm receipt takes place, however, users can overrule this setting by either selecting or clearing the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh3512m100#whinh312.cdck" role="formfield">Cross-docking</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh3512m000" role="session">Warehouse Receipts (whinh3512m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
					<ListItemHead>Inbound advice</ListItemHead>
					<ListItem>During generation of inbound advice, SSA ERP checks whether the receipt line must be cross-docked. If this is the case, the goods are advised for a staging location. If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh6110m000#whinh610.cdun" role="formfield">Quantity Planned to Cross-dock</GUIRef> is less than the received quantity, only part of the receipt line is advised for a staging location, while the remainder is advised for a bulk or pick location. If, based on the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh3512m000#line.inspection" role="formfield">Inspection</GUIRef> field of the receipt line, inspection is required, the goods are first advised for the inspection location. If inbound advice is created for the receipt line and no inspections are required, the cross-dock order line status will be set to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.cdls#advised" role="enum">Advised</GUIRef>. If inspections must be carried out first, the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.cdls#advised" role="enum">Advised</GUIRef> status will be assigned when goods are advised after inspections. If an inbound advice is generated for an inbound order line that is linked to more than one cross-dock order, the goods are first advised for the cross-dock order with the highest priority.</ListItem>
					<ListItemHead>Inspections (inbound)</ListItemHead>
					<ListItem>During inspection goods can be approved, destroyed, or rejected.</ListItem>
					<ListItemHead>Approving goods</ListItemHead>
					<ListItem>When goods are approved they are ready to be advised.</ListItem>
					<ListItemHead>Destroying and/or rejecting goods</ListItemHead>
					<ListItem>If goods are destroyed or rejected, and the remaining quantity is not enough for cross-docking, the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh6110m000#whinh610.cdun" role="formfield">Quantity Planned to Cross-dock</GUIRef> of the corresponding cross-dock order line is decreased. As a result, the cross-dock order requires some additional cross-dock order lines to compensate for this. If there are multiple cross-dock order lines for an inbound order line, the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh6110m000#whinh610.cdun" role="formfield">Quantity Planned to Cross-dock</GUIRef> of the cross-dock order line corresponding to the cross-dock order with the lowest priority will be decreased first. If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh6110m000#whinh610.cdun" role="formfield">Quantity Planned to Cross-dock</GUIRef> of a cross-dock order line is completely destroyed and/or rejected, the cross-dock order line is canceled or closed. If the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Quantity Actually</GUIRef>
						<GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh6110m000#whinh610.qact" role="formfield">Cross-docked</GUIRef> is greater than zero, it will be closed, otherwise canceled.</ListItem>
					<ListItemHead>Approvals (outbound inspections)</ListItemHead>
					<ListItem>When a cross-dock order corresponds to an outbound order line for which approvals/outbound inspections are defined in the outbound procedure, these inspections are carried out during the inbound inspections of the corresponding inbound order lines/cross-dock order lines. This means that for an inbound order line with corresponding cross-dock orders lines, inbound inspections will take place if inbound and/or outbound inspections are required.</ListItem>
					<ListItemHead>Put Away/Confirm Storage List</ListItemHead>
					<ListItem>The goods are put on the advised location. If this is a staging location, the goods were cross-docked. The <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Quantity Actually</GUIRef>
						<GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh6110m000#whinh610.qact" role="formfield">Cross-docked</GUIRef> of the cross-dock order line will be increased. The outbound advice procedure is completely skipped when cross-docking.</ListItem>
					<ListItemHead>Shipment</ListItemHead>
					<ListItem>After the goods are put away, shipment and shipment lines are created. From here, the goods can be shipped. The cross-dock order receives the status <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.cdos#closed" role="enum">Closed</GUIRef> when the outbound order line receives the status <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.lstb#shipped" role="enum">Shipped</GUIRef>. If nothing was cross-docked, the cross-dock order will receive the status <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.cdos#canceled" role="enum">Canceled</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
				</List>
			</Step>
		</Steps>
	</ProcedureSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Cross-docking settings</SectionTitle>
		<List><ListItem>The settings in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh0100m000" role="session">Inventory Handling Parameters (whinh0100m000)</GUIRef> session are used as defaults for the corresponding settings in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000" role="session">Warehouse (whwmd2100s000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>In turn, the settings in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000" role="session">Warehouse (whwmd2100s000)</GUIRef> session are used as defaults for the corresponding settings in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2110s000" role="session">Warehouse - Item (whwmd2110s000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Because SSA ERP only considers warehouse-item-specific settings, users can easily overrule general settings as required.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Important><SectionTitle>Important!</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>To use dynamic cross-docking at warehouse-item level ( <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2110s000" role="session">Warehouse - Item (whwmd2110s000)</GUIRef> session, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2110s000#whwmd210.dycd" role="formfield">Dynamic Cross-docking</GUIRef> check box), you must first select the corresponding check boxes in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh0100m000" role="session">Inventory Handling Parameters (whinh0100m000)</GUIRef> and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000" role="session">Warehouse (whwmd2100s000)</GUIRef> sessions.</Paragraph>
		</Important>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Cross-dock restrictions</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>Use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh6150m000" role="session">Cross-dock Restriction Definitions (whinh6150m000)</GUIRef> session to define <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000456" role="glossary">cross-dock restriction definitions</Link>.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Cross-dock priorities or planning priority rules</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>Use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh6120m000" role="session">Priority Definitions (whinh6120m000)</GUIRef> session to define either <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000443" role="glossary" Update="No">cross-dock order priority definitions</Link> or <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000457" role="glossary" Update="No">planning priority rules</Link>.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
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