| # To ship handling units You can generate handling units for shipments and shipment lines and process the handling units. Handling units are processed in the Handling Units (whwmd5130m000) session. Shipments and handling units If a shipment has the Frozen or Confirmed 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. 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. Note You can only generate handling units for shipments if the shipped quantity is greater than zero. When a handling unit is generated for a shipment with the Frozen status, the handling unit obtains the Shipment Frozen status. If the shipment is re-opened, the shipment's status changes to Open and the linked handling unit's status is changed to Shipment Open. If the shipment is re-frozen the shipment's status changes to Frozen and the linked handling unit's status changes to Shipment Frozen. When the shipment is confirmed, the shipment's status changes to Confirmed, the handling unit is updated with the manual changes on the shipment, and the handling unit's status changes to Shipped. When you confirm shipments of warehousing orders with order origin Transfer or Transfer (Manual) the handling unit's status is changed to In Transit. You can link a manually created handling unit with status Inactive to a shipment with the Open status. The status of such a handling unit is only changed when the shipment is confirmed and receives the Confirmed status, in which case the handling unit's status is changed to Shipped. This type of handling unit is not affected by freezing and re-opening shipments. Shipment lines and handling units When you generate a handling unit for a shipment, LN also generates handling units for the shipment lines. You can replace the handling unit that is generated for the shipment line in the Handling Unit field of the Shipment Lines (whinh4131m000) session. If you add a shipment line with a handling unit to another shipment without handling units using the Compose Shipment (whinh4231m000) session, the handling units linked to the shipment line are deleted. If you add a shipment line without a handling unit to another shipment with a handling unit by means of the Compose Shipment (whinh4231m000) session, handling units are generated for the shipment line. When you add a shipment line with a handling unit to another shipment with a handling unit using the Compose Shipment (whinh4231m000) session, the parent of the shipment line's handling unit is changed into the shipments handling unit. Shipment notices and shipment-notice lines 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. Related topics Handling units Outbound procedures and handling units |