| # Generate Inventory Commitment for Freight Orders, Loads or Shipments (fmfoc2210m000) Use this session to generate or cancel inventory commitments for selected ranges of freight orders, loads, or shipments. The purpose is to make sure that the inventory is available when the actual shipping starts. When you generate or cancel inventory commitments, the inventory is actually committed or canceled for the originating orders of the selected freight orders, loads, or shipments. The inventory is committed first to the freight order lines and shipments lines with the earliest planned load date. You can generate inventory commitments for freight orders before a load plan is created. If you generate inventory commitments for freight orders, loads, or shipments, and a freight order line has the Actual status, which means that there is an actual plan, only the committed inventory of the shipment lines of the actual plan are updated. If there is no actual plan, all shipments lines in all plans are updated with the committed inventory. You cannot generate or cancel inventory commitments for originating orders for which outbound advice is created. In the Generate Plan (fmlbd0280m000) session, you can select the Plan with Committed Inventory Only check box to build load plans based on committed inventory. Prerequisites To generate inventory commitments: Originating orders for the freight orders must exist. The Planned Delivery Date option must be selected in the Generate Inventory Commitment based on field in the Inventory Planning Parameters (whinp0100m000) session in the originating company. The Batch option or the Order Line Entry option must be selected in the Commitment Policy field of the Item - Sales (tdisa0601m000) session. The latter two prerequisites ensure that inventory commitments are generated for the originating order lines. Interaction of inventory commitment updates in Infor LN When inventory commitments are generated in this session, the inventory commitments in Warehousing and the committed quantities on the originating sales order lines of the selected freight orders, loads, or shipments are updated. Inventory commitments for other order origins are not updated. If commitments are generated from packages other than Freight, only the inventory commitments in Warehousing are updated, but not the related freight order lines and shipment lines. Inventory commitments that are decreased or canceled in the Inventory Commitments (whinp2100m000) and Cancel Inventory Commitment (whinp2204m000) sessions are updated on the related shipment lines and freight order lines. If they are increased in the Inventory Commitments (whinp2100m000) session, they are not updated on the related shipment lines and freight order lines. To operate this session In the Action group box, select the Generate option to generate, or the Cancel option to cancel inventory commitments. In the Generate/Cancel Inventory Commitment for group box, select the Freight Orders, Loads, or Shipments option to specify whether cancellation or generation of inventory commitments as specified previously is to be performed for freight orders, loads, or shipments. In the Planning group box, select a shipping office, and optionally a planning group. Specify the other planning data and item ranges as preferred. If required, select the Commit Complete Order Quantities Only check box. Specify the preferred range of freight orders, loads, or shipments in the next tabs of this session. The option selected in step 2 determines whether the Freight Order Selection tab, the Load Selection tab, or the Shipment Selection tab is available. Click Generate to start up the generation or cancellation process. The process is carried out for the freight orders, loads or shipments that meet the criteria that you specified in steps 3, 4 and 6. A report showing the results is printed. Related topics Inventory commitment Action To operate this session Generate/Cancel Inventory Commitment for To operate this session Shipping Office A department that is responsible for the organization of transportation for one or more warehouses. When goods are moved from or to a warehouse, the responsible shipping office plans the transportation of these goods or subcontracts the transportation of the goods. In direct delivery scenarios, the shipping office provides planning or transport subcontracting services for external suppliers or customers. In Freight, a shipping office plays a key role in load building and freight order clustering. Freight orders are grouped by shipping office. The groups of freight orders by shipping office are used by the load building engine to build shipments and loads, or by the freight order clustering engine to build freight order clusters. Planning Group An entity that is used to group freight order lines into shipments and loads or freight order clusters. Each freight order line is allocated to a planning group. Freight order lines with different planning groups cannot be in the same shipment, load, or freight order cluster. For example, all goods destined for Belgium are subdivided into planning group Belgium. From a hierarchical perspective, the planning group is one level below the shipping office. A shipping office has one or more planning groups. Freight orders are grouped into shipping offices, the underlying freight order lines are grouped into the planning groups of the shipping office. Planned Load Date Planned Load Date Planned Load Date Planned Unload Date Planned Unload Date Planned Unload Date Standard Route A standard route is a fixed route that is traveled with a particular frequency, such as a truck that visits delivery and/or loading addresses according to a fixed schedule, a rail service, or a boat service. Usually, transportation via standard routes costs less than travel via non-fixed routes. For example, you can define a route like Amsterdam via Rotterdam to Antwerp that is run once a day. Standard Route A standard route is a fixed route that is traveled with a particular frequency, such as a truck that visits delivery and/or loading addresses according to a fixed schedule, a rail service, or a boat service. Usually, transportation via standard routes costs less than travel via non-fixed routes. For example, you can define a route like Amsterdam via Rotterdam to Antwerp that is run once a day. Route Plan A network of loading and unloading addresses, one of which is a pooling point. A route plan is usually defined for routes that involve multi-modal transport. A route plan consists of one or more legs. Each leg, or part of the route, can be handled differently depending on the specified transport category and transport means group. Route Plan A network of loading and unloading addresses, one of which is a pooling point. A route plan is usually defined for routes that involve multi-modal transport. A route plan consists of one or more legs. Each leg, or part of the route, can be handled differently depending on the specified transport category and transport means group. Carrier/LSP An organization that provides transport services. To use a carrier for load building, freight order clustering, transport cost calculation, and invoicing, you must define the carrier both as a carrier and a buy-from business partner in Common. A carrier is also referred to as a forwarding agent. Carrier/LSP An organization that provides transport services. To use a carrier for load building, freight order clustering, transport cost calculation, and invoicing, you must define the carrier both as a carrier and a buy-from business partner in Common. A carrier is also referred to as a forwarding agent. Ship-from Warehouse The warehouse from which the issue will take place. Ship-from Warehouse The warehouse from which the issue will take place. From Item In LN, the raw materials, subassemblies, finished products, and tools that can be purchased, stored, manufactured, sold, and so on. An item can also represent a set of items handled as one kit, or exist in multiple product variants. You can also define nonphysical items, which are not held in inventory but can be used to post costs or to invoice services to customers. The following are examples of nonphysical items: Cost items (for example, electricity) Service items Subcontracting services List items (menus/options) To Item In LN, the raw materials, subassemblies, finished products, and tools that can be purchased, stored, manufactured, sold, and so on. An item can also represent a set of items handled as one kit, or exist in multiple product variants. You can also define nonphysical items, which are not held in inventory but can be used to post costs or to invoice services to customers. The following are examples of nonphysical items: Cost items (for example, electricity) Service items Subcontracting services List items (menus/options) Commit Complete Order Quantities Only If this check box is selected, commitment only takes place for full order line quantities. Freight Order A commission to transport a particular number of goods. A freight order includes an order header and one or more order lines. A freight order header includes some general information, such as the delivery date and the name and address of the customer who is to receive the goods listed on the freight order. A freight order line includes an item to be transported and some details about the item, such as the quantity and the dimensions. Freight Order A commission to transport a particular number of goods. A freight order includes an order header and one or more order lines. A freight order header includes some general information, such as the delivery date and the name and address of the customer who is to receive the goods listed on the freight order. A freight order line includes an item to be transported and some details about the item, such as the quantity and the dimensions. Freight Order Line A freight order entry. Freight order lines include information about an item to be transported entered on a freight order. A freight order line originates from a purchase-, sales-, warehouse-, or planned distribution order, or can be created manually. Freight Order Line A freight order entry. Freight order lines include information about an item to be transported entered on a freight order. A freight order line originates from a purchase-, sales-, warehouse-, or planned distribution order, or can be created manually. Freight Order Line Status Freight order statuses Freight Order Line Status Freight order statuses Route Line of travel from your warehouses to the ship-to or ship-from business partner's warehouse and vice versa. Use routes to group business partners that are located in the same area or along one convenient route. You can arrange addresses by routes to print picking lists and shipping notes sorted by route. Route Line of travel from your warehouses to the ship-to or ship-from business partner's warehouse and vice versa. Use routes to group business partners that are located in the same area or along one convenient route. You can arrange addresses by routes to print picking lists and shipping notes sorted by route. Plan The identification of a structure of shipments and loads created for one or more freight orders. The shipments and loads show the transport planning details, such as planned loading and unloading dates and addresses, of the freight orders for which transportation planning is generated. You can use the load building engine to create a load plan. If you select a range of freight orders and start up the load building engine, the freight orders are grouped into shipments and loads. The resulting shipments and loads form a load plan. You can also create load plans manually. Plan The identification of a structure of shipments and loads created for one or more freight orders. The shipments and loads show the transport planning details, such as planned loading and unloading dates and addresses, of the freight orders for which transportation planning is generated. You can use the load building engine to create a load plan. If you select a range of freight orders and start up the load building engine, the freight orders are grouped into shipments and loads. The resulting shipments and loads form a load plan. You can also create load plans manually. Load The largest consignment for which Freight plans transportation. A load contains a number of goods that are transported by a means of transport that belongs to a transport means group travelling to a given destination on a given date/time via a specific route. A load can contain more than one shipment, for example if the consolidation planning algorithm is used. Load The largest consignment for which Freight plans transportation. A load contains a number of goods that are transported by a means of transport that belongs to a transport means group travelling to a given destination on a given date/time via a specific route. A load can contain more than one shipment, for example if the consolidation planning algorithm is used. Status Load plan, load, and shipment statuses Status Load plan, load, and shipment statuses Shipment The smallest consignment for which Freight plans transportation. A shipment is an identifiable part of a load, and contains a number of goods that are transported to a given destination on a given date/time via a specific route. Shipment The smallest consignment for which Freight plans transportation. A shipment is an identifiable part of a load, and contains a number of goods that are transported to a given destination on a given date/time via a specific route. Shipment Line An entity that provides information about one of the items listed on a shipment, such as the weight, the quantity, or the additional costs. Shipment Line An entity that provides information about one of the items listed on a shipment, such as the weight, the quantity, or the additional costs. Status Load plan, load, and shipment statuses Status Load plan, load, and shipment statuses Generate Start up generating or canceling inventory commitments for the selected freight orders, loads, or shipments. |