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   <Header>
      <Title>Compose Shipping Structure - Container Handling</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2597972">
         <Level1>Compose Shipping Structure - Container Handling</Level1>
         <Level2>shipping structure</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <Paragraph>This topic describes whether containers, if applicable, must be
		created manually or whether LN generates the first container automatically. The following <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh0110m000#whinh010.cnth" role="manual">Container Handling</GUIRef> options are available:</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.cnth#manual" role="option">Manual</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.cnth#automatic" role="option">Automatic</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.cnth#not.appl" role="option">Not Applicable</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
   </AimSection>
   <ConceptSection>
      <Paragraph>The shipping container indicates how the shipments are packed
		for transportation. Multiple containers can be linked to a load. Multiple
		shipments, (for different ship-to codes) can be linked to one shipping
		container.</Paragraph>
   </ConceptSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Manual</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>The creation of shipping containers and the assignment of
		shipments to shipping containers is a fully manual process. When LN creates a shipping
		structure, by default all the shipments are added to the node <Emphasis>Without
		Containers</Emphasis> in the Compose Shipping Structure graphical browser
		framework (GBF). You must manually create shipping containers and move the
		shipments from <Emphasis>Without Containers</Emphasis> to these newly created
		shipping container.</Paragraph>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.cnth#manual" role="option">Manual</GUIRef> option is not applicable for the following <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh0110m000#whinh010.ittp" role="manual">Inventory Transaction Types</GUIRef>:</Paragraph>
         <List>
            <ListItem>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.ittp#receipt" role="option">Receipt</GUIRef>
            </ListItem>
            <ListItem>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.ittp#wip.transfer" role="option">WIP Transfer</GUIRef>
            </ListItem>
         </List>
      </Note>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Automatic</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.cnth#automatic" role="option">Automatic</GUIRef> option indicates that LN generates a first
		shipping container and assigns the shipments to this shipping container
		automatically. LN automatically generates a shipping container during load/shipment building and
		links this container to the load/shipments.</Paragraph>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.cnth#automatic" role="option">Automatic</GUIRef> option is not applicable for the following <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh0110m000#whinh010.ittp" role="manual">Inventory Transaction Types</GUIRef>:</Paragraph>
         <List>
            <ListItem>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.ittp#receipt" role="option">Receipt</GUIRef>
            </ListItem>
            <ListItem>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.ittp#wip.transfer" role="option">WIP Transfer</GUIRef>
            </ListItem>
         </List>
      </Note>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Not Applicable</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.cnth#not.appl" role="option">Not Applicable</GUIRef> option indicates that the concept of shipping containers is
		not in use. LN does not
		generate shipping containers. If the option is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.cnth#not.appl" role="option">Not Applicable</GUIRef>, you cannot create shipping containers even
		manually.</Paragraph>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.cnth#not.appl" role="option">Not Applicable</GUIRef> option is not applicable for the following <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh0110m000#whinh010.ittp" role="manual">Inventory Transaction Types</GUIRef>:</Paragraph>
         <List>
            <ListItem>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.ittp#issue" role="option">Issue</GUIRef>
            </ListItem>
            <ListItem>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.ittp#transfer" role="option">Transfer</GUIRef>
            </ListItem>
         </List>
      </Note>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>(Automatic) Linking of Shipments to Containers</SectionTitle>
      <ExampleSection>
         <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>The following example scenarios describe how shipments are
		  linked to shipping containers and how shipping containers are created in case
		  no container is available:</Paragraph>
         <List>
            <ListItem>
               <Paragraph>
                  <Emphasis>Scenario 1: Load status = Open</Emphasis>
               </Paragraph>
               <Paragraph>The number of containers with status Open = one: New
				shipments must be linked to that container.</Paragraph>
               <List>
                  <ListTitle>Example</ListTitle>
                  <ListItem>Container 1 with status = Confirmed</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>Container 2 with status = Confirmed</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>Container 3 with status = Frozen</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>Container 4 with status = Open</ListItem>
               </List>
               <Paragraph>In this case, new shipments are linked to the container
				with status Open.</Paragraph>
            </ListItem>
            <ListItem>
               <Paragraph>
                  <Emphasis>Scenario 2: Load status =
				Open</Emphasis>
               </Paragraph>
               <Paragraph>The number of containers with status Open = two : New
				shipments must be linked to node "Without Containers."</Paragraph>
               <List>
                  <ListTitle>Example :</ListTitle>
                  <ListItem>Container 1 with status = Confirmed</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>Container 2 with status = Confirmed</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>Container 3 with status = Open</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>Container 4 with status = Open</ListItem>
               </List>
               <Paragraph>In this case, new shipments are linked to node "Without
				Containers" to let the user decide which container must be used.</Paragraph>
            </ListItem>
            <ListItem>
               <Paragraph>
                  <Emphasis>Scenario 3: Load Status =
				Open</Emphasis>
               </Paragraph>
               <Paragraph>The number of containers with status Open =
				Zero.</Paragraph>
               <Paragraph>In this case, a new container is generated and the new
				shipments are linked to this new container.</Paragraph>
            </ListItem>
            <ListItem>
               <Paragraph>
                  <Emphasis>Scenario 4: Load status = Frozen/Confirmed.</Emphasis>
               </Paragraph>
               <Paragraph>In this case, a new load and container are generated and
				the new shipments are linked to this new container.</Paragraph>
            </ListItem>
         </List>
      </ExampleSection>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000500" role="manual">Shipping structures</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>