Handling Unit Status

An outbound handling unit obtains the Allocated status if an outbound advice is created for the handling unit.

An outbound handling unit obtains the Released status if the outbound advice of the handling unit is released.

An outbound handling unit obtains the Staged status if the handling unit is collected from the storage location according to the outbound advice or the picking list and moved to the staging location.

In addition, if an outbound handling unit with the To Be Inspected status is approved after inspection, the handling unit obtains the Staged status. The approved handling unit can be moved to the staging location.

This status is used to enable shipping documents to be printed before the shipment is confirmed. Handling units with the Staged status obtain the Shipment Frozen status if the shipment to which the handling unit is related obtains the Frozen status. This status indicates that the shipping documents for the shipment of the handling unit can be printed, but the shipment cannot yet be shipped, and the shipments and shipment lines cannot be changed.

The outbound handling unit has been loaded onto a truck or other means of transport and has left the warehouse.

The handling unit is being transferred from one warehouse to another within the same LN company. After a handling unit is confirmed in the issuing warehouse, the handling unit obtains the In Transit status and you can create a receipt record for the handling unit in the Handling Units (whwmd5130m000) session or the Warehouse Receipts (whinh3512m000) session to receive the handling unit in the destination warehouse.

The final status of a handling unit.

The handling unit is generated for an adjustment order line with a positive variance that is not yet processed.

LN has created a record containing additional handling unit data in the Handling Unit Change Order (whinh1113m000) session.

LN creates a record in the Handling Unit Change Order (whinh1113m000) session after the user has inserted handling unit data in the Inventory Ownership Change Order Line Handling (whinh1115m000) session.

The ownership of the handling unit has not changed, because the ownership change order for the handling unit is not yet processed. For more information, refer to Time-based ownership change.

The handling unit is active and contains committed quantity, but outbound advice is not yet created.

The handling unit is related to an inbound order. You can can create a receipt record for the handling unit in the Handling Units (whwmd5130m000) session or the Warehouse Receipts (whinh3512m000) session to receive the handling unit in the warehouse.

A receipt record is created for a handling unit that is related to an inbound order. The handling unit is ready to be received in the warehouse. Note that if the handling unit belongs to a handling unit structure that includes parent and child handling units, you can receive child handling units separately from their parent handling units. For example, if the parent handling unit is a pallet and the child handling units are boxes, you can receive one or more boxes from the pallet first and leave the remaining boxes until later.

The receipt record for an inbound handling unit is confirmed. The handling unit is received and registered in the warehouse, and you can take further steps to store the handling unit in the warehouse or move the handling unit to the inspection location, if inspections are included in the inbound flow of the warehouse. If required, you can carry out a receipt correction.

If inspections are included in the inbound flow of the warehouse, inbound handling units with the Advised status obtain the To Be Inspected status when they are moved to the inspection location as specified on the inbound advice or the storage list. If the warehouse has no locations, the handling unit for which inspections are required obtain the To Be Inspected status after the receipt is confirmed.

If inspections are included in the outbound flow of the warehouse, outbound handling units with the Released status obtain the To Be Inspected status when they are moved to the inspection location as specified on the outbound advice or the picking list.

If an inbound handling unit with the To Be Inspected status is approved after inspection, the handling unit obtains the Approved status if the warehouse is location-controlled.

If inventory disposition is used, the Approved status is obtained after the handling unit is accepted in the Rejected Inventory (whwmd2570m000) session. For more information, refer to Inventory disposition.

The approved handling unit can be advised for storage in the warehouse, see status Advised. If the warehouse is non-location controlled, the handling unit obtains the In Stock status.

The handling unit is rejected after inspection. If your organization applies the reject functionality and uses reject locations, the handling unit is moved to a reject location.

Handling units are maintained in reject locations if the Use Handling Units in Rejected Inventory check box is selected in the Inventory Handling Parameters (whinh0100m000) session and the Warehouses (whwmd2500m000) session. During an inbound inspection, you can allocate the Rejected status to entire handling units or a particular quantity of the items contained in a handling unit. In the reject location, the handling units are accepted and stored in the warehouse, returned to the supplier, or deleted. For goods that are accepted and stored in the warehouse, you can create new handling units. Rejected items that are not destroyed, are kept in inventory.

If handling units are not maintained in reject locations, you must close the handling unit that contains the items that you want to reject. The reason is, because the goods included in the handling units are no longer processed through the handling units, but by item.

Handling units that are destroyed also obtain the Rejected status. The goods included in such handling units are destroyed and removed from inventory. Unlike rejected handling units, the supplier must be paid for the goods included in the destroyed handling unit, because these goods are destroyed, for example, for testing purposes, or by some accident for which the supplier is not liable.

Outbound handling units are rejected if, for example, the handling unit and its contents are heavily damaged during loading. If an outbound handling unit with the To Be Inspected status is rejected at the inspection location, the handling unit obtains the Rejected status. The rejected handling unit is deleted and removed from inventory. An adjustment order is created for the removed inventory. The shipment line created for the outbound order line related to the rejected handling unit is deleted. Rejected outbound handling units must be set to Closed manually, because they no longer serve any practical purpose.

The handling unit is stored in the warehouse. Inbound handling units with the Advised status are stored in the warehouse according to the inbound advice, and, if this step is included in the inbound flow, the storage list. If the warehouse is non-location controlled, the handling unit obtains the In Stock status after the receipt is confirmed or after the handling unit is approved upon inspection.

If outbound handling units with the Staged status are not shipped immediately, for example, because the customer changes his mind and does not want the goods right away, the handling units can be put back in the storage location. In such cases, the handling units are first set to Not Shipped in the Handling Units (whwmd5130m000) session to indicate that the shipment is put on hold. Next, to put the handling units back in the storage locations, you must use the Confirm Shipment option in the Handling Units (whwmd5130m000) session.