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:
However, 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.
Refer to documentation Implementation
In order to create a shipment, you must at least specify:
Fields
The following fields are present on this tab :
| Help common to functions: Shipments, Shipment pre-receipt and Order pre-receipt.
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| This is the shipment identification number. |
| 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:
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| This field indicated the shipment date. It is loaded by default with the date of the day. |
| 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. |
| Help common to the Shipments, Shipment pre-receipt and Order pre-receipt functions. |
| Help common to the Shipments, Shipment pre-receipt and Order pre-receipt functions.
Once the first order or the first container has been selected, the supplier can no longer be modified. |
| 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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On this tab, you can specify information on:
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Fields
The following fields are present on this tab :
Capacity
| This field cannot be entered. It displays the shipment management mode, which is automatically defined based on your shipment setup:
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| 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. |
| This field can only be entered when a container is specified. |
| This field can only be entered when you perform a shipment of multiple containers or a shipment of orders. Enter the maximum shipment weight. |
| 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. |
| This field can only be entered when you perform a shipment of multiple containers or a shipment of orders. Enter the maximum shipment volume. |
| 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
| This is the total weight of the containers or orders selected for shipment. |
| This is the total volume of the containers or orders selected for shipment. |
Available
| The available weight corresponds to the difference between the maximum weight and total weight of the shipment. |
| 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. |
| 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 enter a transport number, the transport mode is automatically displayed and cannot be modified. |
| If you have entered a transport number, the departure Place linked to the transport is automatically displayed and cannot be modified. |
| If you have entered a transport number, the country of origins linked to the transport is automatically displayed and cannot be modified. |
| If you enter a transport number, the arrival Place linked to the transport is automatically displayed and cannot be modified. |
| If you have enter a transport number, the destination country linked to the transport is automatically displayed and cannot be modified. |
| If you enter a transport number, the departure date linked to the transport is automatically displayed and cannot be modified. |
| If you have entered a transport number, the planned arrival date linked to the transport is automatically displayed and cannot be modified. 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. For example: The considered transport lead times are:
In order to calculate the planned receipt date of order lines when the arrival date has not been specified, the planned arrival date is used. |
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This arrival date is used to calculate the planned receipt date of order lines. By default, the planned arrival date is used. |
| 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. |
| 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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The lines grid is populated from the orders or containers picking you performed in both selection panels.
You can select:
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 :
| Purchase order number. |
| This is the purchase order line. |
| Number of the selected container. |
| 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. |
| This flag cannot be entered. Its value is taken from the setup carried out at the container level. |
| Ordered product reference. |
| This is the description translated into the supplier's language. |
| This is the description from the product record. |
| This field displays the unit in which the order is done and cannot be modified. |
| Help common to functions: Shipments, Shipment pre-receipt and Order pre-receipt. This field contains the dispatched quantity.
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| This non modifiable field shows the line shipment status:
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| 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: Since 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. |
| 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'.
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| This field indicates if the line has been subject to a pre-receipt. It cannot be modified. 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. |
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| Help common to functions: Shipments, Shipment pre-receipt and Order pre-receipt.
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| This field displays the weight unit specified on the reference document. |
| Help common to functions: Shipments, Shipment pre-receipt and Order pre-receipt.
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| This field displays the volume unit specified on the reference document. |
| 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. |
| 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:
Click Close from the Actions icon in order to manually close a shipment/pre-receipt line. |
| This non modifiable field displays the receipt site of the line. |
| 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. 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.
Only one method can be used, the choice of this method is performed at the level of the product management. |
| 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. 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.
Only one method can be used, the choice of this method is performed at the level of the product management. |
| 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. 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.
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. |
| This field, which cannot be modified, is a reminder on the rate type displayed in the order header. |
| This field displays the shipped quantity expressed in the stock unit. |
| This non-modifiable field contains the pre-received quantity expressed in stock units. |
| This field gives the receipt quantity in STK unit and cannot be modified. |
| Product storage unit. |
| 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:
When this flag is enabled, the shipped quantity is included: you can perform a shipment for this order line. |
| This non modifiable field shows the line receipt status:
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| 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. |
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Used to directly access the Order function.
Click this action to directly access the Container function.
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:
Cost detail:
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.
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Click this action to remove the container from the shipment. The same action is available on the Containers tab.
Click this action to manually close the shipment line.
Performing a manual closing can be useful in one of the following situations:
In the window, you can specify:
Closing an order line will automatically generate a closed pre-receipt line including:
Once the line has been closed, the Line closing cancellation action is available.
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.
You 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.
Click this action to access the Purchase journal traceability inquiry function.
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 additional invoices displayed are not necessarily validated: they are displayed as soon as they are saved.
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This tab displays a summarized list of the freight containers included in the shipment and their main characteristics:
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Fields
The following fields are present on this tab :
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Click this action to directly access the Container function.
Click this action to remove the container from the shipment. The same action is available on the Lines tab.
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:
In the window, you can specify:
Closing a freight container leads to:
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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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.
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Fields
The following fields are present on this tab :
Block number 1
Grid Purchase cost
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Distribution of costs
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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 :
| Select the document type. The document types displayed in the selection list are included in miscellaneous table no. 107. |
| Enter the document source. No consistency check is applied between the document type and source. |
| Enter the document date. |
| Free text field. |
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| Enter the business partner concerned. |
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| Free text field. |
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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. Select the template that you wish to use to initialize the tracking steps for your transport or shipment. A template is used only to initialize the tracking steps: no modification performed on the template afterwards is transferred onto this screen. For further information on the logistical tracking templates, please refer to the documentation on Logistical tracking template. |
| This field, which is not available for entry, indicates the status for the entire tracking. |
| 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. This field displays the name of the tracking step.
You can modify or delete a step only if the two following conditions are met:
You can manually add and insert steps:
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. |
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| Help common to the functions: Shipments, Transports and Shipment pre-receipt. You can define a dependency link with another step, called parent 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. |
| Help common to the functions: Shipments, Transports and Shipment pre-receipt. You can enter the due date of the step. |
| Help common to the functions: Shipments, Transports and Shipment pre-receipt. 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. Entering an end date:
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. |
| Use this field to enter a comment. |
| Help common to the functions: Shipments, Transports and Shipment pre-receipt. 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. |
| Help common to the functions: Shipments, Transports and Shipment pre-receipt. The step status is not available. |
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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:
This action also automatically switches the tracking status to Completed, when all the mandatory steps have the Completed status.
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.
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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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.
Click this action to manually close the whole shipment.
Performing a manual closing can be useful in one of the following situations:
In the window, you can specify:
Closing a shipment leads to:
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.
This action is available once you have closed the shipment.
You cannot select: