| # Shipments A shipment is a document listing the goods that must be transported to a specific address on a specific date and time by using a specific route. 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 Warehousing or by Freight. During the outbound procedure, Warehousing generates loads and shipments for outbound order lines with status Staged, unless an actual Freight load plan is present. Delivery notes A delivery note is a transport document that provides information on a consignment contained in a single truck or other vehicle and refers to an order or a set of orders for one consignee at a delivery address. It is one of the shipping documents, in addition to packing slips, bills of lading, etc. that can be part of a shipment procedure. You can use various parameters to control the usage of delivery notes or other shipping documents. Advance Shipment Notice (ASN) An advance shipment notice is a notification that a shipment has been sent. Advanced shipment notices are usually sent and received through Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). You can receive advance shipment notices from your supplier informing you that goods are to arrive at your warehouse, or you can send advance shipment notices to your customers that their ordered goods are about to be delivered. Manual shipments In addition to generating shipments for warehousing orders, LN enables you to manually create shipments and shipment lines. Manual shipments are used to ship goods without performing LN warehousing procedures and related financial transactions. You can use manual shipment and shipment lines to register goods transports for items not registered in LN, or goods transports for which no warehouse orders exist. For manually created shipments, you can print delivery notes. The shipment procedure This procedure includes the steps, also called activities, that you must perform in LN to ship goods that were issued from the warehouse by means of the outbound procedure. Shipping Sequence For shipments based on sales schedules, you can view the shipping sequence. The shipping sequence informs you about the sequence in which your ship-to business partner needs the items on the assembly line. Therefore, you must ship the goods in the specified sequence. Consolidation of stockpoints A stockpoint is the smallest inventory level that you can register in LN. It includes data such as the item, inventory date, and, if defined, lot number and location. You can use the Consolidate Stock Points in one Shipment Line option to consolidate the outbound advices of an order with different stockpoint details into a single shipment line even if the outbound advice contain multiples of the following: Lots (in inventory) Serials (in inventory) Inventory Dates Effectivity Units E-Item Revision (via the lot) Packaging Reference Distribution When goods are picked and linked to a shipment, the packaging reference distribution is created or updated and is used when handling units are generated for a shipment line. This is applicable only for the shipment lines that are created for a sales schedule. The distribution is created based on the outbound order line reference distribution. Shipment Acceptance Shipment acceptance is part of the shipping process applicable for the Material Inspection and Receiving Report (DD Form 250). The report comprises a set of prescribed information relevant to the shipping process and can be used for invoicing. The report is generated as part of the shipping process and includes acceptance of the goods by the customer. This report must be used by the contractors working for the US Government. On-time shipments A stacked bar chart is available for viewing on-time shipments, early shipments, and late shipments for a specific warehouse over a specified period of time. Completed shipments A stacked bar chart is available for viewing completed shipments and unfinished shipments for a specific warehouse for a specified date range. |