Multiwarehouse shipments

The Shipment through Warehouse field in the Warehouses (whwmd2500m000) session is used to:

  • Consolidate shipment lines containing goods from specific warehouses into one shipment
  • Define the warehouse from which the actual shipping takes place

This is option is used in either of these cases:

  • The travelling distance and logistic handling time between a group of warehouses is negligible.
  • Multiple warehouses exist for administrative reasons, whereas there is only one actual warehouse from which shipping takes place.

In this way, you can skip specifying transfer orders to register inventory movements from the storage warehouses to the ship-from warehouse.

In the Shipment through Warehouse field of the Warehouses (whwmd2500m000) session, the main warehouse is specified for each warehouse that shares this warehouse as ship-from warehouse.

Example

Warehouses WH001, WH002 and WH003 are located on the same premises. For easy administration, shipping is done from WH003. For WH001 and WH002, specify WH003 as the main warehouse in the Shipment through Warehouse field of the Warehouses (whwmd2500m000) session.

As a result, shipment lines that contain goods from warehouses WH001, WH002, and WH003 are combined in one shipment. WH003 is the main warehouse, from which shipping is done. WH001 and WH002 are the subwarehouses.

In the Shipments (whinh4130m000) session, the ship-from type and ship-from code of the shipment display WH003. On the shipment lines, the Warehouse field displays WH001 and WH002.

To prevent unwieldy clusters of main and subwarehouses:

  • In the Shipment through Warehouse field of the Warehouses (whwmd2500m000) session, subwarehouses are unavailable.

    For example, WH003 is a subwarehouse of WH055. Therefore, you cannot select WH003 as the main warehouse for WH001 and WH002.

  • For a warehouse that is selected as the main warehouse for one or more subwarehouses, the Shipment through Warehouse field is unavailable.
Note
  • This functionality is unavailable for WMS controlled warehouses.
  • This functionality is only available for warehouses of type Normal.
  • The application allows you to select subwarehouses regardless of the distances defined between these warehouses and the main warehouse. Therefore, ensure that you select the correct warehouses.
  • Transfer orders between two subwarehouses or between a sub and main warehouse are handled normal transfer orders. For transfers between two subwarehouses, the main warehouse is not involved. For transfers between a sub and a main warehouse, the main warehouse is either the receiving warehouse or the issuing warehouse.
  • Consolidation of shipment lines from multiple warehouses into one shipment is used for logistic and transport planning purposes. This has no impact on consolidation of multiple shipments in export or customs related documents.
  • Inventory from different warehouses cannot be consolidated into one shipment line.

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