Receipt and inspection procedures

The receipt and inspection procedures comprise the activities that you must perform in LN to receive and, if required, inspect goods that you want to store in the warehouse. Some of the activities are mandatory, and some only apply to location-controlled warehouses. You are not required to include non-mandatory activities in your warehousing procedures.

In addition, you can also specify whether an activity must be performed manually or automatically. For information on how to define warehousing procedures, see To define warehousing procedures and Automatic or manual execution of activities.

Overview

The following table provides an overview of the receipt and inspection procedures. The outer left column shows the order of the steps in the receipt and inspection procedures. The second column indicates whether a step is mandatory.

StepMandatoryActivityStatus/Description
1NoPrint Goods Received Note (whinh3412m100)Planned or Open
2YesWarehouse Receipts (whinh3512m000)Create receipt: Receipt Open Confirm receipt: Received or, for non-location controlled warehouses, Put Away or To be Inspected if inspections are included in the inbound procedure.
3Yes for location-controlled warehousesGenerate Inbound Advice (whinh3201m000)Advised
3NoInbound Advice (whinh3525m000)Advised. Maintain inbound advice
4NoGenerate Storage List (whinh3415m000)Advised
5NoStorage List (whinh3525m100)Advised. Maintain storage list and put away inbound advice. If you use storage lists, you do not use the Put Away Inbound Advice (whinh3203m000) step to put away inbound advice.
6Yes for location-controlled warehousesPut Away Inbound Advice (whinh3203m000)Put Away
7NoWarehouse Inspections (whinh3122m000)After inbound advice is put away: To be Inspected After inspection is completed: Inspected

 

If an optional step is not included in the receipt and inspection procedures, LN skips this step and carries out the next step defined in the warehousing procedure. The affected inbound order lines then obtain the status of that step.

If the receipt or inspection procedure is carried out for a non-location controlled warehouse, LN skips the steps that are not applicable for non-location controlled warehouses. The affected inbound order lines then obtain the status of the next applicable step.

LN does not use the following steps for non-location controlled warehouses:

  • Generate Inbound Advice (whinh3201m000)
  • Inbound Advice (whinh3525m000)
  • Generate Storage List (whinh3415m000)
  • Storage List (whinh3525m100)
  • Put Away Inbound Advice (whinh3203m000)