Example of the Generate Shipments options

Example
Warehousing order 100123
Outbound order linePlanned delivery date
102 February 09:00
202 February 14:00
303 February 09:00
404 February 14:00

 

If you generate and release outbound advice for warehousing order 100123, based on the option specified, LN generates the following shipments, shipment date ranges, and shipment lines:

Option Per Exact Planned Delivery Date/Time
ShipmentShipment Date/Time FromShipment Date/Time ToShipment lineOriginating outbound order line
1000502 February 09:002 February 09:001010
1000602 February 09:002 February 14:001020
1000703 February 09:003 February 09:001030
1000804 February 09:004 February 14:001040

 

Option For Planned Delivery Date
ShipmentShipment Date/Time FromShipment Date/Time ToShipment lineOriginating outbound order line
1000502 February 00:002 February 23:5910 and 2010 and 20
1000603 February 00:003 February 23:591030
1000704 February 00:004 February 23:591040

 

Option Up to and Incl. Planned Delivery Date
ShipmentShipment Date/Time FromShipment Date/Time ToShipment line
100050-4 February 23:5910, 20, 30, and 40

 

When the outbound advice is released, outbound order line 10 is processed first. While creating a shipment line for outbound order line 10, LN creates the shipment header and fills the date ranges for the Shipment Date/Time From and Shipment Date/Time To fields. LN leaves the Shipment Date/Time From field empty and fills the Shipment Date/Time To with the latest planned delivery date present in the outbound advice, which in this example is 4 February 14:00, and sets the time for this date to 23:59. Because the planned delivery dates of all outbound order lines are before 4 February 14:00, LN adds all of the resulting shipment lines to the shipment.

Option Within Time Interval

When multiple suitable shipments exist with a valid shipment interval, the additional pick will be linked to the shipment with the earliest shipment interval start date.

Example: Generate Shipments within Time Interval [-2 hrs; + 2 hrs]

OrderPlanned Delivery DateShipmentShipment Interval
Order101-04-2009; 10.00 AMSH000001[08:00 AM;12:00 AM]
Order201-04-2009; 11.00 AMSH000001[08:00 AM;12:00 AM]
Order301-04-2009; 13.00 PMSH000002[11:00 AM;15:00 PM]
Order401-04-2009; 11.30 PMSH000001[08:00 AM;12:00 AM]

 

Order 1 leads to an initial shipment SH000001 with an interval of [08:00 – 12:00].

Order 2 is linked to the same shipment because the planned delivery date falls within the shipment interval of shipment SH000001.

Order 3 leads to the creation of a new shipment SH000002 with an interval of [11:00 – 15:00], because the planned delivery date falls outside the shipment interval of shipment SH000001.

Order 4 has a planned delivery date which falls within the shipment interval of both shipments, but Order 4 will be linked to shipment SH000001 because it has the earliest interval start date.