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Shipment management is integrated into the logistics chain. It helps controlling supply flows by planning the provision of ordered products and anticipating on possible stock shortages.
Shipments are performed by a BP (agent, forwarding agent, etc.) responsible for supervising transportation for various sites, companies and countries. Each shipment can thus be linked to a Transport number. However, it remains possible to manage transport data such as the departure and arrival place, the transport mode, the carrier (etc.) directly in this function and with no transport number.
In this function, select:

  • Let us consider one or several freight containers which you have already set up with grouped purchase orders and purchase order lines. The shipment management can be set to:
    - single container type: the shipment applies to freight containers having the same container.
    - multiple freight containers: the shipment applies to freight containers that can integrate different containers.
  • One or several Orders/order lines. It can be full orders for which you can decide to keep or discard the initially planned quantities. You can also pick a selection of lines and modify their initial quantity.

SEEINFOHowever, it is not possible to combine both orders/order lines and freight containers in the same shipment.

When the shipment status is 'Pre-received' or 'Received', modification and deletion of the shipment is no longer authorized.

Prerequisites

SEEREFERTTO Refer to documentation Implementation

Screen management

In order to create a shipment, you must at least specify:

  • its number, if the automatic numbering is deactivated,
  • the code of the BP overseeing transportation,
  • an order line, selected from the order selection panel, or a freight container, selected from the freight container selection panel.

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Fields

The following fields are present on this tab :

  • Shipment no. (field SHIPNUM)

Help common to functions: Shipments, Shipment pre-receipt and Order pre-receipt.

  • On creating a shipment and an order pre-receipt, this number is mandatory. You can:
  • On recording a shipment pre-receipt, this field cannot be entered. It is the shipment number selected from the shipment selection panel.
  • Shipment ID (field SHIPUID)

This is the shipment identification number.

  • Ship status (field SHIPSTAT)

Help common to the Shipments, Shipment pre-receipt and Order pre-receipt functions.

The shipment status cannot be specified. It then automatically takes the value:

  • Created upon the shipment creation.
    This status authorizes the modification of the quantities on the order lines.
  • Shipped. This status is only available for Shipments and Shipment pre-receipts. It is displayed when you check the Shipped flag on the shipment level to indicate that the shipment has effectively been sent.
  • Pre-received as soon as the Pre-receipt of the shipment has been recorded. This status does not allow the modification of the quantities on the order lines.
  • Received as soon as part of the receipt has been recorded.
  • Closed as soon as all shipment lines have been received or the shipment has been manually closed.
  • Ship date (field SHIPDAT)

This field indicated the shipment date. It is loaded by default with the date of the day.
This date is for information purposes only.

  • Shipped (field SHIPFLG)

Help common to the Shipments, Shipment pre-receipt and Order pre-receipt functions.

This check box is only available from the Shipment function. Enable it to indicate that the shipment has been sent. The shipment status automatically changes from Created to Shipped.
This indication for information only, no action is associated with it.

Help common to the Shipments, Shipment pre-receipt and Order pre-receipt functions.
This field is used to specify the site to which the purchase orders or the freight containers that you want to select are linked. Choosing a site allows you to filter in the selection panel only the purchase orders and freight containers recorded for this site. Once the first order or the first container has been selected, the site can no longer be modified.
In a shipment, if you want to save orders or freight containers originating from different sites (but belonging to the same company), leave that field empty and use the Picking criteria to carry out your selection.

Help common to the Shipments, Shipment pre-receipt and Order pre-receipt functions.
Use this field to specify the supplier to which the purchase orders or the freight containers that you want to select are linked. Choosing a supplier allows you to filter in the selection panel only those purchase orders placed with this supplier or the freight containers associated with this supplier.
If you have also entered a site:

  • The order selection panel is filtered with only the orders placed on that site with the specified supplier.
  • The freight container selection panel is filtered with only the containers associated with this site and defined for the specified supplier.

Once the first order or the first container has been selected, the supplier can no longer be modified.
For a given shipment, if you want to save orders placed with different suppliers, or freight containers defined for different suppliers, leave that field empty and use the Picking criteria to carry out your selection.

Enter the BP code or use the Lookup tool to search from the BP table.

It is the BP in charge of the logistics operations relating to the shipment. For example, a forwarding agent or a shipping agent.

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Tab Management

Presentation

On this tab, you can specify information on:

  • The shipment capacity.
    If you enter a container, the maximum weight and volume cannot be entered. Otherwise, you can enter the required information. The total shipment weight/volume and the available weight/volume are automatically calculated based on the selected order lines or containers.
  • The transport.
    If you enter a transport number, the information is automatically displayed. Otherwise, you can enter the required information.

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Fields

The following fields are present on this tab :

Capacity

  • Management (field SHIPMGT)

This field cannot be entered. It displays the shipment management mode, which is automatically defined based on your shipment setup:

  • Single-container:
    This field displays this value if you enter a container (that must have the "freight" type). The freight container selection list is filtered and only includes those freight containers sharing the same container. Specify the quantity of containers used. This information will determine the maximum capacity you can use.
  • Multi-container:
    This field displays this value if you do not enter any container. You can then select in your shipment freight containers having different containers.
  • Order lines:
    This field displays this value if you do not enter any container and you select those deliveries impacted by your shipment.

If you perform a single-container shipment, specify the "freight" type container used in the shipment. The freight container selection list is filtered and only includes those freight containers sharing the same container. This information, which is linked to the quantity of containers used, will determine the maximum weight and maximum volume to be shipped.
Leave this field blank if you want to perform a shipment with multiple containers, or a shipment of order lines.

  • Quantity of containers (field SHIPNBCTR)

This field can only be entered when a container is specified.
Specify the number of containers used during the shipment. This information will determine the maximum weight and maximum volume to be shipped.

  • Max wgt. (field MAXWEI)

This field can only be entered when you perform a shipment of multiple containers or a shipment of orders. Enter the maximum shipment weight.
With a single container type management, the maximum shipment weight is automatically calculated based on the type and quantity of containers being used. It cannot be modified.

Specify the weight unit used. When a container is entered, the unit used is the one defined for this container and it cannot be modified.

  • Max volume (field MAXVOL)

This field can only be entered when you perform a shipment of multiple containers or a shipment of orders. Enter the maximum shipment volume.
With a single container type shipment, the maximum shipment volume is automatically calculated based on the type and quantity of containers being used. It cannot be modified.

Specify the volume unit used. When a container is entered, the unit used is the one defined for this container and it cannot be modified.

Totals

  • Shipment total wgt. (field CRRWEI)

 This is the total weight of the containers or orders selected for shipment.

  • Shipment total vol. (field CRRVOL)

 This is the total volume of the containers or orders selected for shipment.

Available

  • Avail. weight (field AVAWEI)

The available weight corresponds to the difference between the maximum weight and total weight of the shipment.

  • Available volume (field AVAVOL)

The available volume corresponds to the difference between the maximum volume and total volume of the shipment.

Transport

You can enter the transport number. The essential information related to the transport will be automatically displayed, such as the departure and arrival date and places, the transport mode and the carrier. Leave this field empty if you want to be able to enter or modify this information freely.

  • Description (field TRNDES)

This non modifiable field displays the transport description.

If you enter a transport number, the Carrier code is automatically displayed and cannot be modified.
If you need to modify or enter this information freely, delete the transport number.

  • Transport mode (field TRNMOD)

If you enter a transport number, the transport mode is automatically displayed and cannot be modified.
If you need to modify or enter this information freely, delete the transport number.

If you have entered a transport number, the departure Place linked to the transport is automatically displayed and cannot be modified.
If you need to modify or enter this information freely, delete the transport number. If you enter the arrival place, you must also enter the departure place (and conversely).

If you have entered a transport number, the country of origins linked to the transport is automatically displayed and cannot be modified.
If you need to modify or enter this information freely, delete the transport number.

If you enter a transport number, the arrival Place linked to the transport is automatically displayed and cannot be modified.
If you need to modify or enter this information freely, delete the transport number. If you enter the arrival place, you must also enter the departure place (and conversely).

If you have enter a transport number, the destination country linked to the transport is automatically displayed and cannot be modified.
If you need to modify or enter this information freely, delete the transport number.

  • Departure date (field DPEDAT)

If you enter a transport number, the departure date linked to the transport is automatically displayed and cannot be modified.
If you need to modify or enter this information freely, delete the transport number.

  • Exp. arrival date (field ARVEXPDAT)

If you have entered a transport number, the planned arrival date linked to the transport is automatically displayed and cannot be modified.
If you need to modify this information, delete the transport number and save.

If you have not entered a transport number, the planned arrival date is automatically calculated based on the departure date as follows:

Arrival date + Transport lead time between the departure place and arrival place + release lead time at arrival place+ potential days difference entered manually in the function.

The transport lead time considered between the departure place and arrival place is the one defined for the specified transportation mode and carrier. 
If this setup does not exist for the given carrier, the transport lead time defined for the transportation mode is considered. If no setup has been defined for this transportation mode, then the transport lead time defined between the departure place and arrival place is considered. Otherwise, the calculation is performed with no transport lead time.
The calculated date remains available for modification.

For example:
Let us consider the following transport lead times defined between Paris (departure place) and Geneva (arrival place):
Line 1: Carrier: DHL - Transport mode: AIR --> 1 day
Line 2: Carrier: DHL - Transport mode: ROAD --> 2 days
Line 3: Carrier: ---    - Transport mode: ROAD --> 2 days
Line 4: Carrier: ---    - Transport mode: not defined --> 4 days

The considered transport lead times are:

  • Shipment by DHL by road: line 2
  • Shipment by DHL by rail: line 4
  • Shipment by DHL by road: line 3
  • Shipment by DHL by air: line 4

SEEINFOIn order to calculate the planned receipt date of order lines when the arrival date has not been specified, the planned arrival date is used.

  • Arrival date (field ARVDAT)

  • If you enter a transport number, the arrival date linked to the transport is automatically displayed and cannot be modified.
    If you need to modify or enter this information freely, delete the transport number.
  • If you have not entered a transport number, you need to enter the following information beforehand so the date can be calculated automatically: Departure place, Arrival place and Departure date.

This arrival date is used to calculate the planned receipt date of order lines. By default, the planned arrival date is used.

  • Shift to apply (field SHIPSLAG)

If you have entered a transport number, the time lag date linked to the transport is automatically displayed and cannot be modified. If you need to modify this information, delete the transport number and save.

If you have not entered a transport number, you can freely enter a time lag in number of days (integers). This difference is considered when calculating the expected arrival date. This can be a delay causing the initially planned arrival date to be behind schedule.
When recording the shipment, the entered value increments the Total days difference. The time difference to be applied is reseted: you can enter a new time difference if needed.

  • Total days difference (field SHIPLAG)

This field cannot be entered. It is incremented automatically each time you enter a number of days in the field Shift to apply.

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Tab Lines

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The lines grid is populated from the orders or containers picking you performed in both selection panels.
You can select:

  • Either orders/order lines
  • Or freight containers The containers selection list displays the set of containers meeting the Site and/or Supplier criteria specified on the Management tab, or containers meeting the entered Picking criteria. If a container is entered, the list is also filtered on those freight containers having the same containers.

Reminder: In a shipment, you cannot associate orders or order lines to order lines that have already been included in freight containers.

When the shipment directly applies to orders lines, you can modify information such as the quantity, weight, volume and planned receipt date.
However, when the shipment applies to freight containers, only the planned receipt date can be modified. All modifications must be carried out at freight container level.

In creation mode, the selection panel of freight containers displays the list of freight containers having the same containers as those specified on the Management tab. Only containers which have not been selected for shipment yet are displayed in the selection list.

 

Fields

The following fields are present on this tab :

Grid

  • Order no. (field POHNUM)

Purchase order number.

  • Line (field POPLIN)

This is the purchase order line.

  • Freight container no. (field CTRNUM)

Number of the selected container.

  • Container ID (field CTRUID)

This is the freight container identification code defined for the international trade, according to the ISO 4 standards: 4 alphanumeric characters followed by 7 numeric characters.

  • Full (field FULFLG)

This flag cannot be entered. Its value is taken from the setup carried out at the container level.

Ordered product reference.

  • Description (field ITMDES)

This is the description translated into the supplier's language.

  • Standard description (field ITMDES1)

This is the description from the product record.

This field displays the unit in which the order is done and cannot be modified.

  • Shipped qty. (field SHIQTY)

Help common to functions: Shipments, Shipment pre-receipt and Order pre-receipt.

This field contains the dispatched quantity.

  • In the Shipment screen used for order lines, you can only modify the quantity when the order line is not included in a container. If the order line is included in a container, the modification must be carried out at the container level.
    When partially shipping orders including products with landed costs in a cost structure, the amount of costs for the related shipped lines is recalculated based on the quantity, but also on the criteria affecting the calculation (in particular the weight and volume).
  • In the container shipment screen and in the Pre-receipt screens, the quantity cannot be modified.
  • Shipped (field SHIPP)

This non modifiable field shows the line shipment status:

  • No:
    The shipment status is Created. No quantity has been shipped yet.
  • Partially:
    The shipped quantity is lower than the ordered quantity.
  • Totally:
    The shipped quantity is greater than or equal to the ordered quantity.
  • Exp. receipt date (field EXTRCPDAT)

Help common to functions: Shipments, Shipment pre-receipt and Order pre-receipt.

This field contains the expected arrival date of the shipment. This date is calculated automatically as follows:
Arrival date or expected arrival date + transport lead time from the transport arrival place to the receiving site of the order line + release time on the receipt site (place).

SEEWARNINGSince no transport mode or carrier is specified on the shipment line of the order line for carrying the goods from the arrival place to the receipt site, the considered lead time is the one set up without carrier and with a Not defined transport mode. If this setup is not available, the calculation of the planned receipt date is performed with no transport lead time.

If the information required for the calculation is not provided, the date is initialized based on the planned receipt date of the order.

This date can be modified as long as the shipment status is Created. Any modification to this date at the level of the Shipment function is automatically applied at the level of the Pre-receipt screen, and vice-versa. The date is also updated in the ORDERS table used in the MRP calculation. However, it is not updated in the order. 

  • Pre-received qty. (field PRCPQTY)

Help common to functions: Shipments, Shipment pre-receipt and Order pre-receipt.

This field contains the pre-received quantity. This quantity can only be entered at the level of the pre-receipt screen as long as the status of the shipment is 'Created'.
When all the shipment lines have an entered quantity, the shipment status goes from 'Created' to 'Pre-receipt'.

In Shipment pre-receipt:

  • Click the Pre-receipt action from the Actions panel to automatically initialize, on each line, the pre-receipt quantity based on the shipped quantity. The Pre-receipt flag is then automatically enabled. This action is only available when no pre-receipt quantity has been entered.
  • You can enter a pre-received quantity equal to 0 and still specify that the line has been pre-received. You use this specific setup to manage situations where the goods are never received (e.g.: theft or loss). The shipment line cannot be selected on Receipt but a shipment can be created again for the order line.
  • Pre-received (field PRCPFLG)

This field indicates if the line has been subject to a pre-receipt. It cannot be modified.

SEEINFO InShipment pre-receipts, you can indicate that the line has been pre-received while entering a pre-received quantity of 0. You use this specific setup to manage situations where the goods are never received (e.g.: theft or loss). The shipment line cannot be selected on Receipt but a shipment can be created again for the order line.

 

  • Weight (field QTYWEU)

Help common to functions: Shipments, Shipment pre-receipt and Order pre-receipt.

  • In the Shipment screen used for order lines, you can only modify the weight when the order line is not included in a container. If the order line is included in a container, the modification must be carried out at the container level.
    When partially shipping orders including products with landed costs in a cost structure, the amount of costs for the related shipped lines is recalculated based on the quantity, but also on the criteria affecting the calculation (in particular the weight and volume).
  • In the Container shipment screen and in the Pre-receipt screens, the weight cannot be modified.

This field displays the weight unit specified on the reference document.

  • Volume (field QTYVOU)

Help common to functions: Shipments, Shipment pre-receipt and Order pre-receipt.

  • In the Shipment screen used for order lines, you can only modify the volume when the order line is not included in a container. If the order line is included in a container, the modification must be carried out at the container level.
    When partially shipping orders including products with landed costs in a cost structure, the amount of costs for the related shipped lines is recalculated based on the quantity, but also on the criteria affecting the calculation (in particular the weight and volume).
  • In the container shipment screen and in the Pre-receipt screens, the volume cannot be modified.

This field displays the volume unit specified on the reference document.

  • Line amount - tax (field LINAMT)

Order line excluding tax amount. This field is not editable.

This field displays the company management currency.

code of the issuing site of the order line.

  • Closed (field CLEFLG)

Help common to functions: Shipments, Shipment pre-receipt and Order pre-receipt.

This non modifiable field indicates whether the line is closed or not in view of its receipt and pre-receipt.

The line is automatically closed when the receipt is closed.

You can also manually close a shipment/pre-receipt line or the whole shipment/pre-receipt in one of the following situations:

  • the goods have been partially received or not received,
  • the goods are not compliant and have been rejected.

Click Close from the Actions icon in order to manually close a shipment/pre-receipt line.
Click Ship. closed from the Actions icon in order to completely close the shipment/pre-receipt.

This non modifiable field displays the receipt site of the line.

  • Landed cost coef. (field CPRCOE)

Help common to functions: Shipments and Shipment pre-receipt. This field is also displayed, but not determining, in the Order pre-receipt function.

The landed cost coefficient is initialized to the one of the order and can be modified, except in the Shipment pre-receipt function.
The management of this field depends on the method used to determine the landed costs. When it can be entered, the landed cost coefficient must be greater than or equal to 1.
It is used to impact the order price of the shipment by including costs that have been previously estimated.
Upon receipt of the supplier invoice, the landed costs impacted on the stock can be adjusted with the actual costs identified in the supplier invoice if the valuation method of the product authorizes adjustments and if parameter PIHCPR - Invoice price adjustment also authorizes it.

Reminder on landed costs:

The management of landed costs makes it possible to quantify the routing costs of the goods ordered from a supplier and to allocate them to the products upon order, receipt or invoice. These costs are used for the calculation of the purchase cost and stock cost.
The evaluation of these costs can be performed according to one of the two following methods:

  • global method in which a Landed cost coefficient is applied and/or a Fixed cost per unit is taken into account,
  • method in which a set of costs detailed in a cost structure is taken into account.

Only one method can be used, the choice of this method is performed at the level of the product management.

  • Fixed cost per unit (field CPRAMT)

Help common to functions: Shipments and Shipment pre-receipt. This field is also displayed, but not determining, in the Order pre-receipt function.

The fixed cost per unit is initialized to the one of the order and can be modified, except in the Shipment pre-receipt function.
The management of this field depends on the method used to determine the landed costs and on the entry transaction used. When it can be entered, this value, which must be a positive value, is expressed in the company currency.

Reminder on landed costs:

The management of landed costs makes it possible to quantify the routing costs of the goods ordered from a supplier and to allocate them to the products upon order, receipt or invoice. These costs are used for the calculation of the purchase cost and stock cost.
The evaluation of these costs can be performed according to one of the two following methods:

  • global method in which a Landed cost coefficient is applied and/or a Fixed cost per unit is taken into account,
  • method in which a set of costs detailed in a cost structure is taken into account.

Only one method can be used, the choice of this method is performed at the level of the product management.

  • Cost structure (field STCNUM)

Help common to functions: Shipments and Shipment pre-receipt. This field is also displayed, but not determining, in the Order pre-receipt function.

A cost structure details all the costs that are considered as fixed costs and can be identified at the time of the purchase. These costs are expressed in the company currency and document currency.
This information can never be modified: this is the cost structure entered at order level.

Click Cost structure detail from the Actions icon to access the detail window of the costs included in the cost structure. It is still possible to adjust the calculated amounts.

Reminder on landed costs:

The management of landed costs makes it possible to quantify the routing costs of the goods ordered from a supplier and to allocate them to the products upon order, receipt or invoice. These costs are used for the calculation of the purchase cost and stock cost.
The evaluation of these costs can be performed according to one of the two following methods:

  • global method in which a Landed cost coefficient is applied and/or a Fixed cost per unit is taken into account,
  • method in which a set of costs detailed in a cost structure is taken into account.

Only one method can be used, the choice of this method is performed at the level of the product management.

This field, which cannot be modified, is a reminder on the incoterm displayed in the order header.

The Incoterm codes, set by the International Chamber of Commerce, seek to standardize the terms the most used in the international commerce by defining the respective responsibilities of the seller and the buyer agreed upon on establishement of the sales contract by a unique word similarly understood throughout the world.

The Incoterm code, controlled in Incoterm table is used in the INTRASTAT file (Exchange of goods declaration). It can also be used to define the price lists.

  • Rate type (field CHGTYP)

This field, which cannot be modified, is a reminder on the rate type displayed in the order header.

  • Shipped qty. STK (field SHIQTYSTU)

This field displays the shipped quantity expressed in the stock unit.

  • Pre-received STK qty. (field PRCPQTYSTU)

This non-modifiable field contains the pre-received quantity expressed in stock units.

  • Received STK (field RCPQTYSTU)

This field gives the receipt quantity in STK unit and cannot be modified.

Product storage unit.

  • Reinteg. shipped qty (field QTYEXPFLG)

Help common to functions: Shipments, Shipment pre-receipt and Order pre-receipt.

This flag cannot be entered. It indicates the choice made when the manual closing of a shipment or shipment pre-receipt line has be requested. This flag can be determining in one of the following situations:

  • the goods have been partially received or not received,
  • the goods are not compliant and have been rejected.

When this flag is enabled, the shipped quantity is included: you can perform a shipment for this order line.
When this flag is disabled, you will need to record a new order. 

  • Received (field RECEIPT)

This non modifiable field shows the line receipt status:

  • No:
    No quantity has been received.
  • Partially:
    The received quantity is less than the ordered quantity.
  • Totally:
    The received quantity is greater than or equal to the ordered quantity.

Help common to functions: Shipments, Shipment pre-receipt and Order pre-receipt.

This field cannot be entered. This field indicates the selected closing reason when manually closing the shipment line or shipment pre-receipt line.

 

Action icon

Order

Used to directly access the Order function.

Container

Click this action to directly access the Container function.

Cost structure detail

This function is only available if the shipment line relates to a product for which landed costs are managed with a Cost structure and if the current user has the necessary Functional authorizations for the site considered (option L).
It displays a window showing the list of the costs defined in the cost structure. The calculation detail is displayed in each cost line and the user can adjust the calculated amount.
This list can be printed using report PURFCS - Purchase costs, available from menu File/Print.

Header:

  • Purchase cost total displays the total of all the cost lines, partially or fully supported by the buyer.
  • Stock cost total displays only the total of the costs for which it is specified that they are to be taken into account in the stock valuation.

Cost detail:

  • Calculated tax excl. amount: this field contains the cost amount that is obtained according to the calculation mode and the values entered. It is expressed in the currency of the cost and cannot be modified.
  • Adjusted tax excl. amount: this field is loaded with the calculated tax excl. amount. It is expressed in the currency of the cost and can be modified. It is automatically modified upon reconciliation with an additional invoice that has the New cost flag set to 'No'.
    This is the amount taken into account in the calculations.
  • Amt before tax (company): this field contains the adjusted tax excl. amount, converted into the currency of the company. It can be modified. In the case of partial delivery, the amounts of these last two fields and of header totals are recalculated based on the criteria affecting the cost calculation (quantity, weight, volume, etc.); it is not based on the pro rata of the initially calculated (or adjusted) amounts included in the orders.
    SEEINFOWhen the currency of the cost is modified, the currency of the calculated tax excl. amount and adjusted tax excl. amount is also modified, since they are expressed in the currency of the cost. The currency of the company is displayed but cannot be modified. The amount before tax (company) is updated according to the exchange rate value applied.
    The applied rate is the one applicable on the shipment date. Therefore it may no longer match the rate of the order.
  • Unit: when modifying the unit is authorized (depending on the calculation mode that has been chosen), the following checks are carried out:
    - if a Quantity basis is selected, the unit that has been chosen must exist for the Product as a purchase or packing unit in the Units of measure tab or as a purchase unit in the Suppliers tab,
    - if a Weight basis is selected, the unit that has been chosen must exist for the Product as a weight unit. If this unit does not exist, it is accepted only if a Conversionexists with the weight unit of the shipment line (for instance: 1L = 1KG),
    - if a Volume basis is selected, the unit that has been chosen must exist for the Product as a volume unit. If this unit does not exist, it is accepted only if a Conversionexists with the volume unit of the shipment line.
    SEEINFOWhen the calculation mode is based on a schedule, the unit, the basis and the currency can never be modified.
  • Percentage: this is the percentage payable by the buyer. This percentage can be modified only if the cost amount is payable by both the seller and the buyer. In this case, its default value is 50%. Reminder: the incoterm specifies who has to pay the cost amount, the seller and/or the buyer, or none of them.
    SEEINFOWhen there is no incoterm, the costs are considered, by default, to be payable by the buyer but this default percentage can still be modified. If a cost nature is not defined in the incoterm that has been specified, the costs linked to this cost nature are also considered to be payable by the buyer.
    In addition, when a cost is defined in the incoterm as non-payable by the buyer (fully or partially), none of the fields referring to it can be modified.
  • Rate type: the one defined for the cost.
  • Analytical dimension types: analytical dimensions originate from the order.

SEEREFERTTO For more details about the calculation mode of the various cost types, please refer to the documentation on Costs and more specifically to the following field help: Product cost calculation.

Notes:

  • A cost cannot be deleted. In order to prevent a cost from being taken into account, the user can:
    - either modify the values of the formula so that the result of the cost calculation is equal to 0,
    - or enter the value '0' in the Adjusted tax excl. amount.
    However, a cost can be added manually or via the selection icon, except if this cost is an inactive cost, a shipment cost, a cost of the Formula or Schedule type, or a cost defined in the incoterm as non-payable by the buyer.
    SEEWARNINGWhen splitting or duplicating a shipment line, or when duplicating a whole shipment, the costs manually added and the modifications made to the existing costs are not taken into account.
  • No field can be modified if the shipment line has already been received, even partially.
    Nevertheless, it can be sometimes necessary, once the shipment has been received/pre-received, to modify the amount of a cost which had been simply estimated when creating the shipment. This modification is done by matching one or multiple additional invoices or credit memos on additional invoices, with the order or one of the documents directly/indirectly attached to the order (receipt, order, invoice). It is necessary to:
    - the New cost flag on the additional invoices must not be activated,
    - the STCREG - Cost matchingquery must be launched manually or as a batch recurring task.
    The cost amount update can be viewed on the receipt lines linked to the shipment. During the first matching operation, the processing replaces the cost adjusted amount by the amount of the additional invoice. During the following matching operations, the amount of the additional invoices completes the cost amount.
    SEEINFO The STCREG - Cost matching query only processes closed orders and at least partly received.
Remove container

Click this action to remove the container from the shipment. The same action is available on the Containers tab.

Close

Click this action to manually close the shipment line.
Performing a manual closing can be useful in one of the following situations:

  • the goods have been partially received or not received at all (and will never be as they have been stolen, lost, etc.),
  • the goods are rejected as they have been received but are not compliant with the order.

In the window, you can specify:

  • if you wish to include the shipped quantity; in this case, the shipped quantity can be shipped again. Otherwise, you will have to issue a new order to be able to create a new shipment.
  • the closing reason to be selected in miscellaneous table 201.

Closing an order line will automatically generate a closed pre-receipt line including:

    • a pre-receipt quantity of 0,
    • The quantity reintegration flag set according to the choice made at shipment level
    • The closing reason which is automatically set to the closing reason entered at shipment level.

Once the line has been closed, the Line closing cancellation action is available.

SEEINFO This action is not available when the line has already been received or pre-received. If the line has already been pre-received, you can close this line in the Pre-receipt function.

SEEINFOYou can close the line when non-compliant received goods have been rejected. As explained above, a closed pre-receipt line is automatically generated with a pre-receipt quantity of 0. However, you can close the line in the Pre-receipt function to keep track of this quantity. In this function, you can indeed pre-receive the quantity (received but not compliant) before closing this pre-receipt line. Therefore, this quantity cannot be received but the pre-received quantity can still be viewed.

Purchase journal traceability

Click this action to access the Purchase journal traceability inquiry function.

Display shipment line status

Click this action to display the shipment line detail and status as far as receipts and additional invoices are concerned. The main line information is reminded and the two tables below present:

  • The details of the receipt lines linked to the shipment line.
    Click the Actions menu on each line to directly access the shipment.
  • The detail of additional invoice lines linked to the shipment line.
    Click the Actions menu on each line to directly access the additional invoice.

The additional invoices displayed are not necessarily validated: they are displayed as soon as they are saved.

 

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Tab Containers

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This tab displays a summarized list of the freight containers included in the shipment and their main characteristics:

  • Container
  • Mention of whether it is full or not
  • Total weight
  • Total volume


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Fields

The following fields are present on this tab :

Grid

  • Container no. (field CTRNUM)

 

 

  • Full (field FULFLG)

 

  • Container ID (field CTRUID)

 

  • Line weight total (field TOTLINWEU)

 

  • Container total wgt. (field CTRCRRWEI)

 

 

  • Line volume total (field TOTLINVOU)

 

  • Volume (field TCTRVOL)

 

 

  • Container closing (field CTRCLEFLG)

 

  • Pre-received (field PRCPFLG)

 

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Containers

Click this action to directly access the Container function.

Remove container

Click this action to remove the container from the shipment. The same action is available on the Lines tab.

Container closing

Click this action to manually close all the order lines of a container.
Performing a manual closing can be useful in one of the following situations:

  • the goods have been partially received or not received at all (and will never be as they have been stolen, lost, etc.),
  • the goods are rejected as they have been received but are not compliant with the order.

In the window, you can specify:

  • if you wish to include the shipped quantity; in this case, the shipped quantity can be shipped again. Otherwise, you will have to issue a new order to be able to create a new shipment.
  • the closing reason to be selected in miscellaneous table 201.

Closing a freight container leads to:

  • Closing each shipment line for this freight container.
    If you chose to include the shipped quantity and closing reason, the information will be the same on all the lines.
  • Automatically generating a closed pre-receipt line for each shipment line to be received, including:
    • A pre-receipt quantity of 0
    • The quantity reintegration flag set according to the choice made at shipment level
    • The closing reason which is automatically set to the closing reason entered at shipment level.

This action is not available if one line (or more) has already been received or pre-received. In this case, you can close each non pre-received line one by one. You will be able to close already pre-received lines at the pre-receipt level.

Once the container has been closed, the Cancel shipment closing action becomes available so you can cancel the closing of all the order lines.

 

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Tab Costs

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This tab displays a summary of the costs related to the shipment document lines in company currency.
This tab is loaded only if the document has been previously created, since the information it displays is the result of a calculation. In the case where an existing document is modified, the data are updated only after saving the modification.

  • The Purchase cost block displays, for the whole document:
    - the total of the tax excl. lines,
    - the total of the various cost types involved in the calculation of the purchase cost (product costs or landed costs)
    - the total of the additional invoices (and credit memos on additional invoices) impacting the document in progress, either directly or indirectly. These are the additional invoices that meet the two following conditions: they are validated and taken into account in the actual purchase cost (indicator New cost has been activated for these additional invoices).
    - the total cost for the set of costs,
    - the total cost of the shipment.
     
    Reminder:
    - The product cost total is loaded only if the current document refers to at least one product for which landed costs are managed with a cost structure. The distribution by cost nature is available in the window displayed thanks to the zoom of the block: Distribution of costs. In the case of a partial delivery of orders, the amount of the cost structure expenses is recalculated based on the criteria affecting the cost calculation (quantity, weight, volume, etc.); it is not based on the pro rata of the initially calculated (or adjusted) amounts included in the orders.
    - The landed cost total is loaded only if the current document refers to at least one product for which landed costs are managed with a landed cost coefficient and/or a fixed cost per unit.
     
  • The Distribution of costs section contains a zoom action used to view the list of product costs by cost nature in company currency.
     

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Fields

The following fields are present on this tab :

Block number 1

Grid Purchase cost

  • Description (field LIB)

 

  • field TOTSOC

 

Distribution of costs

  • Total by cost nature (field STCD)

 

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Tab Documents

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Use this tab to list all shipment-related documents and save them as attachments.
The clip icon is displayed when a document is attached. Click the clip icon to open the attachment.
This data is for information purposes only. No consistency check is performed on the entered information.

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Fields

The following fields are present on this tab :

Grid

 Select the document type. The document types displayed in the selection list are included in miscellaneous table no. 107.

  • Document origin (field SDORI)

 Enter the document source. No consistency check is applied between the document type and source.

  • Document date (field SDDATE)

Enter the document date.

  • Reference 1 (field SDREF1)

Free text field.

  • Reference 2 (field SDREF2)

 

Enter the business partner concerned.

  • File name (field SDFILNAM)

From the Actions icon, click:

  • Select a file to attach a file,
  • Document display to open this file.
    You can also open the file by clicking the clip icon displayed at the start of the line.
  • Comments (field SDCMT)

Free text field.

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Tab Tracking

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Use this tab to track the different steps of your shipment.

You can create this tracking using the standard tracking templates that you defined beforehand in the Tracking templates function.

When you select a template, all the steps defined in this template are automatically displayed. You can modify them.
You can also delete steps, or manually or automatically add others by selecting another template. The steps of the new template are added to the existing ones.

A template is used only to initialize the tracking steps: no modification performed on the template afterwards is transferred onto this screen.

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Fields

The following fields are present on this tab :

Template

Help common to the functions: Shipments, Transports and Shipment pre-receipt.
SEEINFO In Shipment pre-receipt, this field is displayed and cannot be modified.

Select the template that you wish to use to initialize the tracking steps for your transport or shipment.
After saving, the field is reset and you can select a new template: the same or another. These steps are automatically added after the steps of the previously selected template.

SEEINFO A template is used only to initialize the tracking steps: no modification performed on the template afterwards is transferred onto this screen.

SEEREFERTTOFor further information on the logistical tracking templates, please refer to the documentation on Logistical tracking template.

  • Status (field TRKSTAT)

This field, which is not available for entry, indicates the status for the entire tracking.
The status is To do from the creation of the tracking. It automatically switches to the Finished value as soon as the status of all the mandatory steps is Finished.

Grid

  • Sequence (field TRKSORT)

This field cannot be entered. It displays the sequence number of each tracking step.

Help common to the functions: Shipments, Transports and Shipment pre-receipt.
SEEINFO In Shipment pre-receipt, this field is displayed and cannot be modified.

This field displays the name of the tracking step.
To enter the steps, two options exist:

  • You can enter the step one by one: click the Selection icon to choose a step beforehand defined in the miscellaneous table 108.
  • You can choose to indicate the reference of a template: the list of steps associated with the selected tracking template is automatically displayed.

You can modify or delete a step only if the two following conditions are met:

  • the status of the step is In progress,
  • the step does not have any dependency (it is not a parent step).

You can manually add and insert steps:

  • Click Insert from the Actions icon at the beginning of the line.
  • Then click the Selection icon in the Step field to choose the step.

You can also add in mass all the steps of another template by selecting this new template. These steps are added to the existing ones. You can therefore successively select several templates.

  • Mandatory (field TRKMDY)
  • Dependency (field TRKDEPCOD)

Help common to the functions: Shipments, Transports and Shipment pre-receipt.
SEEINFO In Shipment pre-receipt, this field is displayed and cannot be modified.

You can define a dependency link with another step, called parent step.
For an step to be selected as a parent step, it must have the following characteristics:

  • it is defined as Mandatory,
  • it is set before the dependent step.

Once the step chosen, its description is displayed followed by the sequence number of the step in order to differentiate other possible identical steps.

  • Due date (field TRKPLNDAT)

Help common to the functions: Shipments, Transports and Shipment pre-receipt.
SEEINFO In Shipment pre-receipt, this field is displayed and cannot be modified.

You can enter the due date of the step.
This date is displayed in red when it is earlier than the current date and the step does not have the Completed status.

  • End date (field TRKENDDAT)

Help common to the functions: Shipments, Transports and Shipment pre-receipt.
SEEINFO In Shipment pre-receipt, this field is displayed and cannot be modified.

The end date of the step is automatically specified with the current date when you switch the line status from In progress to Completed (by clicking Complete from the Actions icon at the beginning of the line). This date can be modified.
You can also directly enter an end date.
SEEINFOWhen a step has a dependency link with a parent step, it is possible to manually enter an end date or to assign one via the Completed action only if the status of the parent step is Completed.

Entering an end date:

  • specifies or updates the code of the user,
  • switches the line status from In progress to Completed.

This action also automatically switches the tracking status to Completed, when all the mandatory steps have the Completed status.

When the step status is Completed, you can switch the status again to In progress by clicking Open from the Actions icon.

  • Comments (field TRKCMT)

Use this field to enter a comment.

Help common to the functions: Shipments, Transports and Shipment pre-receipt.
SEEINFO In Shipment pre-receipt, this field is displayed and cannot be modified.

You can indicate the user responsible for the step. When moving the line from the In progress to the Completed status, your user code is automatically displayed in this field. You can modify it.  

  • Status (field TRKLIGSTAT)

Help common to the functions: Shipments, Transports and Shipment pre-receipt.
SEEINFO In Shipment pre-receipt, this field is displayed and cannot be modified.

The step status is not available.
Upon creation, a step has the To do status.
In Shipments and Transports, it automatically switches to In progress when clicking the Started action from the Actions icon at the beginning of the line. Then click on Completed so it moves to the Completed status.
When all the mandatory steps are Completed, the tracking status is also set to Completed automatically. 

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Completed

This action is available only for a step with a In progress status. It is used to switch the status of the step from In progress to Completed.

This action automatically populates:

  • the End date with the current date,
  • The code of the User who performed the action.

This action also automatically switches the tracking status to Completed, when all the mandatory steps have the Completed status.

SEEINFO You can switch to Completed the status of a step with a dependency link, only if the status of the parent step is Completed.

When the status of the step is Completed, this action is renamed Open to allow you to switch the status to In progress.

Started

This action is available only for a step with a To do status. It is used to switch the status of the step from To do to In progress.

This action automatically populate the code of the User who performed the action.

 

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Specific Actions

Use this action to narrow the search to purchase orders, using the following selection criteria:

  • Site
  • Supplier
  • Product
  • Order number
  • Earliest order date
  • Container number
  • Select the Display shipped containers flag to locate in the container selection list all the containers, including the shipped ones.

This action can be useful in creation or modification mode when adding order or container lines. This action will recalculate:

  • the total shipment weight and volume,
  • the available weight and volume,

These calculations are also automatically performed when validating your creation or modification.

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Options / Journal traceability

Click this action to access the Document traceability inquiry function. This function is used to view and browse through the hierarchy of journals at the origin or coming from the document.

Options / Ship. closed

Click this action to manually close the whole shipment.
Performing a manual closing can be useful in one of the following situations:

  • the goods have been partially received or not received at all (and will never be as they have been stolen, lost, etc.),
  • the goods are rejected as they have been received but are not compliant with the order.

In the window, you can specify:

  • if you wish to include the shipped quantity; in this case, the shipped quantity can be shipped again. Otherwise, you will have to issue a new order to be able to create a new shipment.
  • the closing reason to be selected in miscellaneous table 201.

Closing a shipment leads to:

  • closing each of the order lines for this shipment.
    If you chose to include the shipped quantity and closing reason, the information will be the same on all the lines.
  • Automatically generating a closed pre-receipt line for each shipment line to be received, including:
    • A pre-receipt quantity of 0
    • The quantity reintegration flag set according to the choice made at shipment level
    • The closing reason which is automatically set to the closing reason entered at shipment level.

This action is not available if one line (or more) has already been received or pre-received. In this case, you can close each non pre-received line one by one. You will be able to close already pre-received lines at the pre-receipt level.

Options / Cancel shipment closing

This action is available once you have closed the shipment.

Limitations

You cannot select:

  • open orders,
  • delivery requests originating from open orders,
  • inter-site or inter-company orders.
They are not displayed in the selection panel and cannot be accessed using the picking criteria.

Error messages

The only error messages are the generic ones.

Tables used

SEEREFERTTO Refer to documentation Implementation