Shipment (fmlbd3100m100)

Use this session to view and maintain shipments. You can create shipments with the Freight load building engine, an external planning engine, or manually. A shipment is a part of a load, which, in turn, is a part of a load plan. You can manually create a shipment, change the shipment data, and add or remove shipment lines. The shipment status determines whether you can delete or make a change to a shipment or shipment line, and if changing is allowed, what changes you can make.

Note

Use the Maps section to view the location of the Ship-from Address and the Ship-to Address. You must select only one record at a time.

Changes in the freight orders or the originating orders on which a shipment is based also affect the shipment. For more information, refer to Load plan, load, and shipment maintenance.

Print options

On the Print submenu of the File menu, the following print options are available for selected shipments:

  • Shipments
    Print shipment and shipment line details.
  • Estimated and Actual Freight Costs
    Print estimated and actual freight costs.
  • Planning
    Print planning data grouped by freight order, originating order, or load.
  • Available Inventory for Shipment Lines
    Print the available inventory.
Options on the Specific menu

You can access the following options on the appropriate menu of this session:

  • Lines: Use this option to access the Shipment Lines (fmlbd3150m000) session to maintain shipment lines.
  • Load Details: Use this option to access the Loads (fmlbd4100m000) session, which shows the details of the load to which the selected shipment belongs.
  • Plans: Use this option to access the Plans (fmlbd0110m000) session to maintain load plans.
  • Loads: Use this option to access the Loads (fmlbd4100m000) session to maintain loads.
  • Load / Shipment Tracking: Use this option to see the whereabouts of a shipment during transportation.
  • Add Shipment: Use this option to add a shipment from a load of a particular load plan to another load of the same load plan. This option is enabled when you view this session in the By Load view. You can only perform this action if the status of the loads and shipments is lower than In Progress. To add a shipment, complete the following steps:
    1. Start the Loads (fmlbd4100m000) session.
    2. Select a load.
    3. Start the Shipments (fmlbd3100m000) session.
    4. Select the Add Shipment option.
    5. Select a shipment from the same plan.
    6. Click OK.
  • Calculate Freight Cost: Use this option to calculate the freight costs of a shipment. This option is useful if you changed a shipment.
  • Confirm Delivery / Receipt: Use this option to change the status of loads or shipments to Shipped or Completed.
  • Trace Load Plan Changes: Access the Trace Load Plan Changes (fmlbd4560m000) session to view changes made to shipments, shipment lines, or loads.
  • Open History: Use this session to access the shipment history records.

 

Shipment
Shipment
The first free number of the shipment. This serves as the shipment identification.
Status
Expresses the progress of the shipment in its life cycle from creation in Freight, its execution in Warehousing, to its completion after approval in the Accounts Payable module of Financials.
Reference Shipment
The reference number for the shipping (outbound) or receiving (inbound) warehouse.
Plan
Plan
The load plan of the shipment.
Load
The identification number of the load to which the shipment belongs.
Ship-From
Company
The company for which the ship-from location or organization is defined.
Type
The type of location or organization from which the goods listed on the shipment lines of the current shipment are loaded and shipped. This value is taken from the freight order on which the shipment is based.
Code
The code of the ship-from location or organization. The ship-from code and the ship-from type are taken from the freight order on which the shipment is based.
Load Address
The address at which the shipment is loaded. The load address can differ from the ship-from address if the goods are unloaded and reloaded on the way, for example, from a truck into an airplane. The goods are transported to the airport in shipment one of load A, and at the airport they are loaded in shipment one of load B to be flown to their final destination. The airport address is the load address of shipment 1 of load B. In such cases, the load address is one of the addresses of a route plan.
Planned Load Date
The date and time loading is to take place at the ship-from location.
Ship-To
Company
The company for which the ship-to location or organization is defined.
Type
The type of location or organization for which the goods listed on the shipment lines of the current shipment are destined. This is the location or organization where the goods are unloaded. This value is taken from the freight order on which the shipment is based.
Code
The code of the ship-to location or organization. The ship-to code and the ship-to type are taken from the freight order on which the shipment is based.
Unload Address
The address at which the shipment is unloaded. The unload address can differ from the ship-to address if the goods are unloaded on the way to be reloaded into a different means of transport, for example, from a truck into an airplane. The goods are transported to the airport in shipment one of load A, and at the airport they are unloaded to be flown to their final destination. The airport address is the unload address of shipment one of load A, whereas the ship-to address is the final destination. In such cases, the unload address is one of the addresses of a route plan.
Planned Unload Date
The planned date and time that unloading is to take place at the ship-to location.
Creation Date
The date on which the shipment was created.
Text
If this check box is selected, additional text about the shipment is available.
Carrier PRO Number
The number given by the carrier to identify the load or shipment. The carrier uses this number for tracking purposes.
BP Shipment Number
The identification number given by the business partner.
Shipment Procedure
A procedure that is carried out when a warehouse order or a shipment is processed for transportation. In a shipment procedure, you can specify which transport documents (packing list, packing slip, or Bill of Lading) must be printed when the shipment is transported. For each shipment, a shipment procedure is defined. If a shipment obtains the Confirmed status, the documents specified in the shipment procedure are printed.
Delivery Terms
The agreements with the business partner, concerning the way the goods are delivered. Relevant information is printed on various order documents.
Point of Title Passage
The point at which the legal ownership changes. At this point, the risk passes from the seller to the buyer.
Freight Service Level
An entity that expresses the duration of transportation, such as: delivery within twelve hours. A freight service level (optional) is used as follows:
  • As a factor that determines the transportation costs of a load.
  • As a factor that determines the freight rate of a freight order.
Pieces
The piece unit used to express the aggregated quantity of the goods listed on the shipment lines of the current shipment.
Address
The address code of the ship-from location or organization. Default values are taken from the Code. The ship-from address is taken from the freight order on which the shipment is based.
Address
The address code of the ship-to location or organization. Default values are taken from the Code. The ship-to address is taken from the freight order on which the shipment is based.
Actual Load Date
The confirmed date on which loading took place at the ship-from address. This field is filled when Warehousing confirms the outbound shipment.
Actual Unload Date
The confirmed date on which unloading took place at the ship-to address. This field is filled when Warehousing has confirmed the receipt of the shipment, or this field is filled with the date entered in the Confirm Delivery / Receipt (fmlbd3252m000) session.
Weight
The aggregated weight of the shipment lines of the current shipment that have the Planned or Actual status.
Volume
The aggregated volume of the shipment lines of the current shipment that have the Planned or Actual status.
Actual Unload Date
The aggregated surface area of the shipment lines of the current shipment that have the Planned or Actual status.
Planned Load Date
The arrival/load date at the loading address of the shipment.
Departure Date
The arrival date at the loading address added with the visiting time of the load address.
Waiting Time
The time the carrier must wait until loading or unloading takes place. The planned waiting time is taken from the waiting time defined in the Addresses - Freight Management (fmfmd0110m000) session for the shipment addresses, or from the waiting time defined in the Freight Order Control Parameters (fmfoc0100m000) session.
Loading Time
The time it takes to load the goods. The loading time is taken from the loading time defined in the Addresses - Freight Management (fmfmd0110m000) session for the shipment addresses, or from the loading time defined in the Freight Order Control Parameters (fmfoc0100m000)) session.
Visiting Time
The visiting time is the waiting time added with the loading time.
Actual Load Date
The arrival/load date at the loading address of the shipment. The user fills in the actual Actual Load Date.
Departure Date
The arrival date at the loading address added with the visiting time of the load address. The user fills in the actual Departure Date.
Waiting Time
The time the carrier must wait until loading or unloading takes place. The user fills in the actual Waiting Time.
Loading Time
The time it takes to load the goods. The user fills in the actual Loading Time.
Visiting Time
The visiting time is the waiting time added with the loading time. The user fills in the actual Visiting Time
Arrival Date
The arrival date at the unloading address.
Planned Unload Date
The arrival date at the unloading address added with the visiting time of the unloading address.
Waiting Time
The time the carrier must wait until unloading can take place. The unloading waiting time is taken from the waiting time for unloading defined in the Addresses - Freight Management (fmfmd0110m000) session for the shipment addresses, or from the waiting time for unloading time defined in the Freight Order Control Parameters (fmfoc0100m000)) session.
Unloading Time
The time required for unloading. The unloading time is taken from the unloading time defined in the Addresses - Freight Management (fmfmd0110m000) session for the shipment addresses, or from the unloading time defined in the Freight Order Control Parameters (fmfoc0100m000) session.
Visiting Time
The visiting time is the waiting time added with the unloading time.
Actual Unload Date
The arrival date at the unloading address. The user fills in the actual Actual Unload Date.
Arrival Date
The arrival date at the unloading address added with the visiting time of the unload address. The user fills in the actual Arrival Date.
Waiting Time
The time the carrier must wait until unloading can take place. The user fills in the actual Waiting Time.
Unloading Time
The time required for unloading. The user fills in the actual Unloading Time.
Visiting Time
The waiting time added with the unloading time. The user fills in the actual Visiting Time.
Estimated Freight Cost
The estimated freight costs are derived from the carrier agreements maintained in the LN Pricing module, or they can be entered manually. If entered manually, the difference between the manually entered freight costs and the calculated freight costs are displayed in the Manually Added Cost field of the Freight Costs Inquiry (fmfrc0540m000) session. The estimated freight costs are expressed by the currency defined for the buy-from business partner of the carrier selected for the shipment.
Actual Freight Cost
The estimated freight costs set to Actual Cost Final for a load or a freight order cluster by the user, or the actual amount invoiced by a carrier to the shipping office to carry out the transportation of particular goods.
Actual Cost Final
This check box is selected automatically when the invoice from the Carrier is matched and approved in Financials for all the lines of the current Shipment. The Actual Freight Cost field is updated with the definite freight cost amount that must be paid to the Carrier. If invoicing is not based on a carrier invoice, this check box is selected when the estimated costs for the load to which the shipment belongs are made actual and final.
Number of Cost Lines
The total number of cost lines of the shipment.
Shipment Text
Additional information about the shipment. To enter text, click this field to activate the cursor and start typing.
Invoice Transaction Type
The financial invoice transaction type is updated by the LN Accounts Payable module.
Invoice Document
The invoice document number is updated by the LN Accounts Payable module.
Invoice Date
The entry date of the freight cost invoice that is sent to the business partner.
Tax Country
The country whose taxation regulations apply to the current invoice.
Tax Code
A code that identifies the tax rate and which determines how LN calculates and registers tax amounts.
Exempt
If this check box is selected, the invoice is exempted from tax.
BP Tax Country
The country whose taxation regulations apply to the business partner that receives the current internal invoice.
Tax Exempt Reason Code
The reason code for being exempt from taxation for the external invoice.
Tax Exemption Certificate
Certifies the state of being exempt from tax. Some enterprises are exempt from taxes within the jurisdiction of certain tax authorities. This applies to external invoices.
Motive of Transport
motive of transport This field is available if the delivery note functionality is used for the current freight planning company.
Delivery Code
delivery code This field is available if the delivery note functionality is used for the current freight planning company.

 

Print Shipments
Starts the Print Shipments (fmlbd3400m000) session. By default, LN starts this session to print the report.
Calculate Freight Cost
Calculates the freight cost incurred on the selected shipment.
History
Displays the history data of the selected shipment.
Load / Shipment Tracking
Tracks the position of the selected load/ shipment.
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Displays the details of ship-from business partner.
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Displays the details of ship-to business partner.
Trace Load Plan Changes
Traces the modifications carried out for the selected load plan.
Shipment Procedure Activities
Displays the activities of the shipment procedure for the selected shipment.