Warehouse Inspections (whinh3122m000)

Use this session to record the results of inspections of received items and items to be shipped. You can approve and/or reject items in this session, and provide a reason for approval or rejection. You must manually enter the quantity to be approved or rejected.

Note

You can view the peg distribution for the specific inspection line using the Peg Distribution option that starts the Receipt Line Peg Distribution (whinh3528m000) session for inbound inspections and Outbound Order Line Peg Distribution (whinh2190m000) session for outbound inspections.

You can view the Peg Distribution option only if project pegging is implemented. The option is enabled only if Project Pegging field is selected in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session.

You can also specify the quantity of items that is destroyed during the inspection. The destroyed quantity is part of the approved quantity.

Note

You cannot manually update inspections that are related to WMS-controlled warehouses.

Inventory ownership

If the vendor managed inventory (VMI) functionality is used, you can approve, reject, or destroy items by owner in the Outbound Advice Ownership (whinh4128m000) session for outbound inspections, and in the Receipt Line Ownership (whinh3521m000) session for inbound inspections. These ownership sessions show the owner or owners of the items listed on the outbound advice line or the receipt line.

To start the Outbound Advice Ownership (whinh4128m000) session or the Receipt Line Ownership (whinh3521m000) session, click Ownership from the appropriate menu. For further information, see Inspection by owner.

 

Warehouse Inspections
Inspection
The inspection number generated by LN.
Inspection
The sequence number of the inspection for the inbound advice or outbound advice. You can carry out several inspections for each advice. Each time you have inspected a certain quantity of items for the advice, a new approval is created for the remaining quantity to be inspected. The sequence number of the approval depends on the sequence in which it is created.

Example

If you inspect five items for an advice with a quantity of 10, you obtain the following results:

OrderOrder SetPosition NumberSequence NumberAdvice NumberTo be inspected
WH00000011101.000110
WH00000011101.00025

 

The last approval, with the new quantity to be inspected, replaces the first approval. Therefore, for each advice you can have one approval displayed in the current session.

Item
In LN, the raw materials, subassemblies, finished products, and tools that can be purchased, stored, manufactured, sold, and so on.

An item can also represent a set of items handled as one kit, or exist in multiple product variants.

You can also define nonphysical items, which are not held in inventory but can be used to post costs or to invoice services to customers. The following are examples of nonphysical items:

  • Cost items (for example, electricity)
  • Service items
  • Subcontracting services
  • List items (menus/options)
To be Inspected
The quantity of goods to be inspected.
Warehouse
A place for storing goods. For each warehouse, you can enter address data and data relating to its type.
Location
A type of inventory location exclusively designated to store purchased items that are eligible for inspection upon receipt.

After the items have passed inspection, they are transferred to:

  • A normal location if they are approved.
  • A reject location if they are rejected.

Goods in an inspection location are always considered to be on-hold inventory.

Inspection Type
The type of the inspection. An inspection is either inbound or outbound.
Specification
If this check box is selected, specifications are present for the items included in the current inspection. Specification information is available in the fields of the Demand Peg group box of the details session.
Order
Inspection
The inspection number generated by LN.
Inspection
The sequence number of the inspection for the inbound advice or outbound advice. You can carry out several inspections for each advice. Each time you have inspected a certain quantity of items for the advice, a new approval is created for the remaining quantity to be inspected. The sequence number of the approval depends on the sequence in which it is created.

Example

If you inspect five items for an advice with a quantity of 10, you obtain the following results:

OrderOrder SetPosition NumberSequence NumberAdvice NumberTo be inspected
WH00000011101.000110
WH00000011101.00025

 

The last approval, with the new quantity to be inspected, replaces the first approval. Therefore, for each advice you can have one approval displayed in the current session.

Order
The origin of the order for which the inspection is carried out.
Order
The warehousing-order number of the order for which the inspection is carried out.
Order
The order set groups order lines of the same order together according to the following attributes:
  • Ship-from partner
  • Ship-to partner
  • Ship-from address
  • Ship-to address
  • Carrier
  • Shipping date
  • Original company
Position
The warehousing order line number. If the order is generated by a package other than Warehousing, this number is the same as the original order line number.
Receipt / Advice
The sequence number of the warehousing order line.
Advice
The sequence number of the inbound advice or outbound advice. You can generate more than one advice for each warehousing order line. Each advice obtains a sequence number depending on the sequence in which the advice is generated.

Example

If you, for an inbound-order line with a quantity of 20, generate an inbound advice of 10 items twice, you get the following:

OrderOrder SetPosition NumberSequence NumberAdvice NumberTo be inspected
WH00000011101.000010
WH00000011101.000110

 

Handling Unit
Inspection
The inspection number generated by LN.
Inspection
The sequence number of the inspection for the inbound advice or outbound advice. You can carry out several inspections for each advice. Each time you have inspected a certain quantity of items for the advice, a new approval is created for the remaining quantity to be inspected. The sequence number of the approval depends on the sequence in which it is created.

Example

If you inspect five items for an advice with a quantity of 10, you obtain the following results:

OrderOrder SetPosition NumberSequence NumberAdvice NumberTo be inspected
WH00000011101.000110
WH00000011101.00025

 

The last approval, with the new quantity to be inspected, replaces the first approval. Therefore, for each advice you can have one approval displayed in the current session.

Handling Unit
The handling unit of the order line attached to the current inspection.
Inspected Handling Unit
The handling unit that is actually inspected for the current inspection. To select the handling unit that must be inspected, you can zoom to the Handling Units (whwmd5130m000) session. For example, if the handling unit on the order line constitutes an entire pallet, and you only want to inspect one of the crates on the pallet, you can select the handling unit that represents the crate. This crate is one of the child handling units of the pallet handling unit.
Quantities
Inspection
The inspection number generated by LN.
Inspection
The sequence number of the inspection for the inbound advice or outbound advice. You can carry out several inspections for each advice. Each time you have inspected a certain quantity of items for the advice, a new approval is created for the remaining quantity to be inspected. The sequence number of the approval depends on the sequence in which it is created.

Example

If you inspect five items for an advice with a quantity of 10, you obtain the following results:

OrderOrder SetPosition NumberSequence NumberAdvice NumberTo be inspected
WH00000011101.000110
WH00000011101.00025

 

The last approval, with the new quantity to be inspected, replaces the first approval. Therefore, for each advice you can have one approval displayed in the current session.

To be Inspected
The quantity of goods to be inspected.
To be Inspected
The inventory unit of the goods to be inspected.
Approved
The quantity of items approved by the inspection.
Destroyed
The quantity of items that was destroyed during inspection, expressed in the inventory unit.

The destroyed quantity is part of the approved quantity and is removed from the inventory.

Rejected
The quantity of items rejected by the inspection.
To be Inspected
The inventory unit of the goods to be inspected.
Quantity
The item's unit set.
Advised
The quantity for which an inbound advice is generated.
Put Away
The inspected quantity that is put away.

The approved quantity is put away in inventory. The rejected quantity is put away in the reject location.

DMS Executed
The quantity for which direct material supply was performed.
In Inventory Unit
The quantity of approved goods expressed in the inventory unit.
Reason
The reason code that explains why the items were destroyed.
In Inventory Unit
The quantity of rejected goods expressed in the inventory unit.
Reject Reason
A code that indicates the reason for the rejection.
Non-Conformance Reference
A reference indicating why a consignment does not meet the requirements and therefore is put in disposition.
Status
Inspection
The inspection number generated by LN.
Inspection
The sequence number of the inspection for the inbound advice or outbound advice. You can carry out several inspections for each advice. Each time you have inspected a certain quantity of items for the advice, a new approval is created for the remaining quantity to be inspected. The sequence number of the approval depends on the sequence in which it is created.

Example

If you inspect five items for an advice with a quantity of 10, you obtain the following results:

OrderOrder SetPosition NumberSequence NumberAdvice NumberTo be inspected
WH00000011101.000110
WH00000011101.00025

 

The last approval, with the new quantity to be inspected, replaces the first approval. Therefore, for each advice you can have but one approval displayed in the current session.

Inspection Status
The status of the inspection. Warehouse Inspection Status
Receipt
The identification of the receipt attached to the order for which the current inspection is created.
Line
The line number of the receipt attached to the order for which the current inspection is created.
Inspection Date
The date on which the inspection results are entered.
Activity
The next activity to be carried out for the inspection.
Activity
The next activity to be carried out for the inspection.
User
The user who entered the inspection results for the inspection.
Inspection Result
Inspection Status
The status of the inspection. Warehouse Inspection Status
Inspection Type
The type of the inspection. An inspection is either inbound or outbound.
Order Line
The number of the order from which the inspection results.
Item
In LN, the raw materials, subassemblies, finished products, and tools that can be purchased, stored, manufactured, sold, and so on.

An item can also represent a set of items handled as one kit, or exist in multiple product variants.

You can also define nonphysical items, which are not held in inventory but can be used to post costs or to invoice services to customers. The following are examples of nonphysical items:

  • Cost items (for example, electricity)
  • Service items
  • Subcontracting services
  • List items (menus/options)
To be Inspected
Handling Unit
The handling unit of the order line attached to the current inspection.
Inspected Handling Unit
The handling unit that is actually inspected for the current inspection. To select the handling unit that must be inspected, you can zoom to the Handling Units (whwmd5130m000) session. For example, if the handling unit on the order line constitutes an entire pallet, and you only want to inspect one of the crates on the pallet, you can select the handling unit that represents the crate. This crate is one of the child handling units of the pallet handling unit.
To be Inspected
The quantity of goods to be inspected.
To be Inspected
The inventory unit of the goods to be inspected.
Approved
Approved
The quantity of items approved by the inspection.
In Inventory Unit
The quantity of approved goods expressed in the inventory unit.
To be Inspected
The inventory unit of the goods to be inspected.
Approval Unit
The item's unit.
Destroyed
The quantity of items that was destroyed during inspection, expressed in the inventory unit.

The destroyed quantity is part of the approved quantity and is removed from the inventory.

Reason
The reason code that explains why the items were destroyed.
Rejected
Rejected
The quantity of items rejected by the inspection.
Quantity
The item's unit set.
In Inventory Unit
The quantity of rejected goods expressed in the inventory unit.
Reject Reason
A code that indicates the reason for the rejection.
Non-Conformance Reference
A reference indicating why a consignment does not meet the requirements and therefore is put in disposition.
Rejected Inventory Paid by
The party that is to pay for rejected, not-owned inventory.

Allowed values

  • According to Terms and Conditions

    The owner of the rejected inventory pays for the unshipped goods. If the Inventory Discrepancies Paid by Business Partner check box of the Logistics Terms and Conditions (tctrm1140m000) session is cleared, the own company is to pay.

    Note that for inbound inspections, this field is only available for inspections originating from warehousing orders with Transfer or Transfer (Manual) origins.

  • Owner
    The owner of the rejected inventory pays for the unshipped goods.
  • Own Company
    The own company pays for the unshipped goods.
Note

This field is unavailable if the inspection line is processed.

The order origin and the ownership behavior of the order for which inspection is carried out determine the default value and the read-write or read-only setting of this field. For further information, see Rejected inventory paid by - properties for inbound inspections.

Non-Conforming Material Report
If this check box is selected, NCMR is generated for the rejected quantity.
Inspection Line
Item Identification
Receipt
The identification of the receipt attached to the order for which the current inspection is created.
Line
The line number of the receipt attached to the order for which the current inspection is created.
Ownership Sequence
The identification of the ownership record for the receipt line. To view the ownership records of the receipt that corresponds to the current inspection, select Ownership from the appropriate menu.
Effectivity Unit
A reference number, for example a sales order line or a project deliverable line, that is used to model deviations for a unit effective item.
Serial Number
The unique identification of a single physical item. LN uses a mask to generate the serial number. The serial number can consist of multiple data segments that represent, for example, a date, model and color information, sequence number, and so on.

Serial numbers can be generated for items and for tools.

Lot
The number of the lot to which the item belongs.
Inventory Date
A date that is assigned to items when they are stored. You can use inventory dates to retrieve items based on FIFO (First In First Out) or LIFO (Last In First Out), without carrying out extensive lot control.

The meaning of the inventory date is connected to the outbound priority of LIFO, FIFO, or the product expiry date of the item.

With outbound priority LIFO or FIFO, the default for the inventory date is the system date; however, you can overwrite this so that the inventory date does not have to be equal to the storage date. If the item has a particular shelf life, the inventory date is the product expiry date defined for the item.

Inspection Location
Warehouse
A place for storing goods. For each warehouse, you can enter address data and data relating to its type.
Location
A type of inventory location exclusively designated to store purchased items that are eligible for inspection upon receipt.

After the items have passed inspection, they are transferred to:

  • A normal location if they are approved.
  • A reject location if they are rejected.

Goods in an inspection location are always considered to be on-hold inventory.

Quality Management
Blocked by Quality Management
If this check box is selected, this inspection record is being processed by Quality and you cannot modify it manually.

If this check box is cleared, Quality is not processing or has finished processing this record.

Inspection Results Mandatory
If this check box is selected, the selected inspection data is being processed by Quality. LN does not allow you to modify the inspection results manually.

By default, this checkbox is cleared:

  • If a Quality inspection order exists and the Blocking Method for Inspections is set to Continue.
  • If the warehouse is a WMS warehouse and the Quality Management checkbox is cleared in the WMS Process tab in the WMS Interface Parameters (whwmd2105m000) session.
Note

The value in this field is defaulted from Quality.

Direct Material Supply
DMS
Indicates whether direct material supply applies and, if so, the DMS processing status.
DMS Executed
The quantity for which direct material supply was performed.
Specification
Demand Peg
Business Partner
The sold-to business partner to which the inventory was allocated.

LN can use the inventory specified by this record for the business partner specified by this field. LN does not use this inventory for any other business partner.

Business Object Type
The type of order to which the inventory was allocated, such as Sales Order or Service Order.
Note

The following fields are always used in combination. Together, they identify the relevant order or order line:

  • Business Object Type
  • Business Object
  • Business Object Reference
Business Object
The order, or order line, to which the inventory was allocated.
Note

The following fields are always used in combination. Together, they identify the relevant order or order line:

  • Business Object Type
  • Business Object
  • Business Object Reference
Reference
A reference code to which the inventory was allocated.

LN can use the inventory specified by this record to fulfill a demand specified by this reference.

LN can use this field in two ways:

  • If the Business Partner field is filled, LN uses the Reference field to record a reference code defined by a customer.
  • If the Business Partner field is empty, LN uses the Reference field to record an internal reference.

You can use a reference code to keep a collection of parts linked together, even if they follow different routings, for example, if some of the parts are transported to a subcontractor to be returned later.

Product Variant
A unique configuration of a configurable item. The variant results from the configuration process and includes information such as feature options, components, and operations.
Example

Configurable item: electric drill

Options:

  • 3 power sources (batteries, 12 V or 220 V)
  • 2 colors (blue, gray).

A total of 6 product variants can be produced with these options.

Product Variant
The description or name of the code.
Option List ID
The identification of the options and features for a configured item. The ID is used in the item specification to match supply and demand.

The ASN specifications include the option list ID. The ASN specifications are populated from the Inbound Order Lines (whinh2110m000) session. In turn, the specifications on the inbound order line are populated from the purchase schedule line.

For configurable purchased items in Warehousing, only the option list ID is part of the specifications. This means that inventory is maintained per option list ID and is the total of inventory of all product variants with the same option list ID.

Note
  • The field is displayed only if the Assembly Control (ASC) check box is selected in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session.

  • The field is populated only for configurable purchased items and manufactured assembly (FAS) items.

Put Away
The inspected quantity that is put away.

The approved quantity is put away in inventory. The rejected quantity is put away in the reject location.

Advised
The quantity for which an inbound advice is generated.

 

Option List
Displays the options and features that are linked to the option list ID. For more information, refer to.
Inspection Text
If this check box is selected, information about the inspection is available. To view or edit the inspection text, on the appropriate menu, select Inspection Text.

If this check box is cleared, and click this check box, you are prompted to view or create text.

All Inspections
Use this command to view all types of inspections:
  • Inbound inspections
  • Outbound inspections
  • Inspected inspections
  • Inspections to be inspected
To Be Inspected
Use this command to view the inspections still to be inspected.
Inspected
Use this command to view the inspected inspections.
Generate Advice and Put Away
Use this command to simultaneously generate an inbound advice and store the selected inspection.
Inbound Inspections
Use this command to view all inbound inspections.
Outbound Inspections
Use this command to view all outbound inspections.
Inbound and Outbound Inspections
Use this command to view all inbound and outbound inspections.
Approve
Use this command to approve the selected inspection.
Reject
Use this command to reject the selected inspection.
Product Configuration
Displays the relevant configuration of the assembly item, if the item is a manufactured item with order system FAS. For more information, refer to To store finished generic items.
Serials
Use this command to specify the lots or individual serialized items that must be rejected or destroyed. For inbound inspections, the Receipt Line Serials (whinh3123m000) session starts and, for outbound inspections, the Outbound Advice Serials (whinh4126m000) session starts. When you close these sessions and return to the Warehouse Inspections (whinh3122m000) session, LN checks whether the number of rejected or destroyed lots or serials match the received or destroyed quantities on the inspection line.
Ownership
For inbound inspections, this command starts the Receipt Line Ownership (whinh3521m000) session. For outbound inspections, this command starts the Outbound Advice Ownership (whinh4128m000) session.
Approve Remaining
Approves the remaining quantity that is displayed in the To be Inspected field.
Reject Remaining
Rejects the remaining quantity that is displayed in the To be Inspected field.
Inspection Text
View, create, or edit the inspection text.
Generate Handling Unit
Generates a handling unit for the items included in the inspection.

You can view the generated handling unit in the following sessions:

  • Handling Units (whwmd5130m000)
  • Print HU Process Inbound (whinh2413m000)
  • Print HU Process Outbound (whinh2423m000)
Tree Structure
Displays the tree structure of the handling unit attached to the inspection.
Remove Handling Unit
Use this command to remove the handling unit of the current inspection.
Destroy
Use this command to set the current inspection to Destroyed.