Outbound/ Inspections

A run number is a code assigned to a group of warehousing order lines when they are advised. LN assigns or generates a run number if a user does not manually enter or select a run number while he generates inbound or outbound advice for a group of warehousing order lines.

For inbound movements, the user can generate storage lists and confirm storage lists by run. For outbound movements, the user can release outbound advice, generate picking lists, and confirm picking lists by run.

The outbound and shipment procedures comprise the activities that you must perform in LN to issue and, if required, inspect goods that you want to ship from the warehouse. This procedure also describes all steps, also called activities, of the outbound and inspection procedures and shows how the steps can be executed. The outbound warehouse inspections can only be approved or rejected.

Outbound advice is a list generated by LN that advises the location and lot from which goods must be picked, taking into account factors such as blocked locations and the outbound method. If serial numbers are recorded in inventory, these will also appear on the outbound advice.

Outbound advice comprises the instructions to move items to be issued out of the warehouse. An individual outbound advice line might read as follows: Take 10 pieces of item A from location Pick 3 and put them in location Staging 5.

After the outbound advice is generated for the outbound order lines, you can modify the outbound advice. If the Full Packages Only functionality is implemented and the modified advised quantity is not in multiples of full packages, a warning message is displayed. During the confirmation of shipments, you can modify the advised quantity to multiples of full packages.

During the outbound process, issuing project pegged goods from a warehouse result in inventory transactions that are based on the peg distribution. During outbound advice and inspections, the outbound order line cost peg distribution is updated with the advised quantities, approved quantities, and the rejected quantities. When the goods arrive at the staging location and are shipped, the actual pegs are created. During the confirmation process, the shipment line peg distribution is created.

Unlike inbound inspections, the outbound inspection is not a warehousing procedure in its own right, but an activity that you can add to the outbound procedure. Inspections are optional, because not every warehouse and not every item requires inspections.

If the inspection activity is included in the warehousing procedure, LN creates an inspection record after the outbound advice is released or the picking list is confirmed, causing the items to be moved to the staging location. The status of the related outbound order lines changes to: To be Inspected. You can then move the outbound goods to an inspection location where you can approve or reject goods.

A Picking list is a document that lists the material to be picked for manufacturing, shipping, or other orders. This document is used by operating personnel to pick the necessary items and components from the indicated locations. You can generate picking list for every run number and generate a new picking list for a new picking mission.

For project pegged outbound order lines, you can interchange the effectivity units when there is no inventory available for the ordered effectivity unit.

To order components from suppliers, automobile manufacturers apply various procedures that all automotive suppliers must comply with. One of these procedures is called CINDI, which is an extensive procedure consisting of these aspects: