Outbound/Inspections

A run number is a code assigned to a group of warehousing order lines when they are advised. LN assigns or generates a run number if a user does not manually enter or select a run number while he generates inbound or outbound advice for a group of warehousing order lines.

For inbound movements, the user can generate storage lists and confirm storage lists by run. For outbound movements, the user can release outbound advice, generate picking lists, and confirm picking lists by run.

The outbound and shipment procedures comprise the activities that you must perform in LN to issue and, if required, inspect goods that you want to store in the warehouse. This procedure also describes all steps, also called activities, of the outbound and inspection procedures and shows how the steps can be executed. The outbound warehouse inspections can only be approved or rejected.

Outbound advice is a list generated by LN that advises the location and lot from which goods must be picked, taking into account factors such as blocked locations and the outbound method.

Outbound advice comprises the instructions to move items to be issued out of the warehouse. An individual outbound advice line might read as follows: Take 10 pieces of item A from location Pick 3 and put them in location Staging 5.

After the outbound advice is generated for the outbound order lines, you can modify the outbound advice. If the Full Packages Only functionality is implemented and the modified advised quantity is not in multiples of full packages, a warning message is displayed. During the confirmation of shipments, you can modify the advised quantity to multiples of full packages.

During the outbound process, issuing project pegged goods from a warehouse result in inventory transactions that are based on the peg distribution. During outbound advice and inspections, the outbound order line cost peg distribution is updated with the advised quantities, approved quantities, and the rejected quantities. When the goods arrive at the staging location and are shipped, the actual pegs are created. During the confirmation process, the shipment line peg distribution is created.

Unlike inbound inspections, the outbound inspection is not a warehousing procedure in its own right, but an activity that you can add to the outbound procedure. You can add the outbound inspection step to a warehousing procedure if the setup for the warehouse, supplier, or item requires item inspection.

If the inspection activity is included in the warehousing procedure, LN creates an inspection record in the Warehouse Inspections (whinh3122m000) session after the outbound advice is released or the picking list is confirmed, and the status of the related outbound order lines changes to To be Inspected.

You can then approve, reject, or scrap and process the items in the Warehouse Inspections (whinh3122m000) session or the Warehouse Inspection (whinh3622m000) session.

Outbound order lines related to approved and processed items obtain the Staged status. This status implies that the goods have been moved to the loading area of the warehouse and are about to be shipped. For Staged order lines, ERP LN 6.1 creates shipment lines. You can perform The shipment procedure for these lines. Rejected and processed item quantities are removed from inventory or sent to the quarantine warehouse or quarantine location without using the outbound procedure. The rejected quantities are updated on the outbound order lines.

A Picking list is a document that lists the material to be picked for manufacturing or shipping orders. This document is used by operating personnel to pick manufacturing or shipping orders. You can generate picking list for every run number and generate a new picking list for a new picking mission.

For project pegged outbound order lines, you can interchange the effectivity units when there is no inventory available for the ordered effectivity unit.