Managing Shipments (Shipment Handling)

You can perform one or more of these actions in a single Shipment Handling transaction:

  • confirm shipments
  • freeze shipments
  • unfreeze shipments
  • print packing slips
  • print bills of lading

Shipment Handling is a transaction belonging to the Outbound Transactions Sub-Menu on the Warehouse Mobility icon based and list based menus.

On the Outbound Transactions Sub-Menu:

  1. Select Shipment Handling.
  2. Specify or review this information:
    Order Type
    Select an order type.
    Order Number
    Optionally, to specify a shipment using its order number, scan an order number.
    Shipment
    Optionally, to specify a shipment using its shipment number, scan a shipment number. If you scanned an order number, the associated shipment is displayed and this field is read only.
    Load
    The load number associated with the shipment is displayed.
    Freeze?
    Specify whether to freeze the shipment. If there are multiple shipments on the associated load, you are asked whether to freeze all shipments on the load. This field is only available if the shipment is not frozen and the Freeze Allowed? parameter is selected for this transaction.
    Unfreeze?
    Specify whether to unfreeze the shipment. If there are multiple shipments on the associated load, you are asked whether to unfreeze all shipments on the load. This field is only available if the shipment is not frozen and the Unfreeze Allowed? parameter is selected for this transaction.
    Confirm?
    Specify whether to confirm the shipment. If you confirm the shipment, and there are multiple shipments on the associated load, all shipments on the load will be confirmed. This field is only available if the Confirm Allowed? parameter is selected for this transaction.
    Print Packing Slip?
    Specify whether to print a packing slip for the shipment. If there are multiple shipments on the associated load, you are asked whether to print packing slips for all shipments on the load. This field is only available if the Print Packing Slip? parameter is selected for this transaction.
    Print BOL?
    Specify whether to print a bill of lading for the shipment. If there are multiple shipments on the associated load, you are asked whether to print bills of lading for all shipments on the load. This field is only available if the Print BOL? parameter is selected for this transaction.
  3. Select Process.
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