| # Shipments and loads A load consists of one or more shipments, and a shipment has one or more shipment lines. Loads, shipments, and shipment lines are generated by Warehouse Management or by Freight Management. During the outbound procedure, Warehouse Management generates loads and shipments for outbound order lines with status Staged, unless an actual Freight Management load plan is present. For more information, refer to Freight Management loads and shipments, Warehouse Management loads and shipments, and The outbound procedure. You can also manually create loads and shipments, which is usually done to adjust or replace generated loads and shipments. Optionally, you can manually insert shipping containers, which provide a detailed insight into the packing structure of the shipments. If shipping containers are used, a load contains one or more shipping containers, a shipping container contains one or more shipments, and a shipment has one or more shipment lines. For further information on shipping containers, see Overview of kit handling in Warehouse Management. Warehouse Management loads and shipments ERP LN generates loads, shipments, and shipment lines for the outbound order lines that obtain the Staged status as follows: Generate shipment line. Check if a shipment is present to which the shipment line can be linked. If yes, link shipment line to shipment. For more information, refer to How ERP LN links a shipment line to a shipment If no, generate shipment. Check if a load is present to which the shipment can be linked. If yes, link shipment to load. For more information, refer to How ERP LN links a shipment to a load If no, generate load and link shipment. Note If an actual Freight Management load plan is present, Warehouse Management generates loads and shipments based on the Freight Management loads and shipments. For more information, refer to Freight Management loads and shipments For production orders, the setting of the Create Shipment field in the Default Order Types by Origin (whinh0120m000) session determines whether shipment lines are generated. You can view and maintain loads, shipping containers, shipments, and shipment lines in the following sessions: Planned Loads/Shipments (whinh4180m000). In this session, you can create loads and shipments for both inbound and outbound order lines. Warehousing Order Loads and Shipments (whinh4545m000) Loads (whinh4140m000) Shipping Containers (whinh4125m000) Shipping Structures Graphical User Interface This GBF is available from the Specific menu of the sessions mentioned in this list. Move Shipment to Shipping Containers (whinh4125m100) Shipments (whinh4130m000) Shipment Lines (whinh4131m000) Compose Load (whinh4134m000) Compose Shipment (whinh4231m000) In these sessions, you can also manually create or modify loads, shipping containers, shipments, and shipment lines. For further information, see: Shipping structures Shipment and load statuses Manually created shipments Overview of kit handling in Warehouse Management How ERP LN links a shipment line to a shipment A shipment line is linked to a shipment for which the following data matches the warehousing order line data of the shipment line: Ship-from type and ship-to type Ship-from code and ship-to code Ship-from address and ship-to address Terms of delivery Point of title passage Delivery code Motive of transport Sales office Shipment procedure activities Route Carrier Planned delivery date. The way the planned delivery date is used is controlled by the option selected in the Generate Shipments group box of the Warehouses (whwmd2500m000) session. Note If the Single Order per Shipment check box or the Single Order Set per Shipment check box is selected in the Warehousing Order Types (whinh0110m000) session, a shipment can only contain shipment lines that are created from order lines of the same order or order set. For more information, refer to Shipping structures. How ERP LN links a shipment to a load A shipment is linked to a load for which the following data matches the warehousing order line data of the shipment: Route Planned delivery date Carrier/LSP Note If the Single Order per Load check box is selected in the Warehousing Order Types (whinh0110m000) session, a load can only contain shipments that are created from order lines of the same order set. For more information, refer to Shipping structures. Freight Management loads and shipments Freight Management can generate loads and shipments for warehousing order lines and originating order lines. To generate loads and shipments, Freight Management must generate freight orders for the warehousing orders or originating order lines first. The loads and shipments that Freight Management generates from the freight orders are contained in a load plan. After the load plan is made Actual, Freight Management passes on these loads and shipments to Warehouse Management, where they are displayed in the Planned Loads/Shipments (whinh4180m000) session. If Warehouse Management has generated loads and shipments for a particular warehousing order before Freight Management 's load plan based on the freight orders of the warehousing order is made Actual, the loads and shipments generated by Warehouse Management prevail. Warehouse Management 's loads and shipments will populate the Planned Loads/Shipments (whinh4180m000) session, and will replace the load and shipments of the (not yet Actual) load plan. However, if the Overrule Load Plan check box is selected in the Outbound Order Lines (whinh2120m000) session, the load plan is overruled, even if it is actual. Settings for generating freight orders for warehousing order lines Freight Management can generate freight orders for warehousing order lines if: In the Warehousing Order Types (whinh0110m000) session, the Generate Freight Order Automatically check box is selected for the warehousing order type of the order line. For outbound order lines, the Generate Freight Order from Warehousing check box is selected in the Outbound Order Lines (whinh2120m000) session. For inbound order lines, the Generate Freight Order from Warehousing check box is selected in the Inbound Order Lines (whinh2110m000) session. The values of the Generate Freight Order from Warehousing check box in the Outbound Order Lines (whinh2120m000) session and the Generate Freight Order from Warehousing check box in the Inbound Order Lines (whinh2110m000) session are defaulted from the Generate Freight Order Automatically check box in he Warehousing Order Types (whinh0110m000) session. Note Freight orders can be generated from various originating orders, such as: Sales orders Purchase orders Enterprise Planning orders To ignore the shipment lines of a Freight Management load plan for an individual outbound order line, you can select the Overrule Load Plan check box in the Outbound Order Lines (whinh2120m000) session. Related topics Introducing load building To handle warehousing orders To define warehousing procedures Inbound and outbound procedures |