Using handling units in shipment processes

For more information, refer to Shipment and load status and To maintain handling units.

When picking a handling unit, the handling unit is linked to an existing shipment line. You can update an existing shipment line if the status of the shipment line is set to Open.

Select the Consolidate Handling Units in one Shipment Line during Picking check box in the Item Data by Warehouse (whwmd2110s000) session to link multiple handling units to a single shipment line, during the picking process.

If the Consolidate Handling Units in one Shipment Line during Picking check box is cleared, LN links only one handling unit to the shipment line during the picking process. The picking of the subsequent handling unit results in a new shipment line.

If you select the Generate Handling Unit for Shipment Header during Picking check box in the Warehouses (whwmd2500m000) session, a handling unit is generated for the shipment header. The handling units of the shipment lines are linked to this handling unit.

If a shipment line does not have a handling unit, the handling unit can be generated, provided the item of the shipment line is handling unit enabled. The newly created handling unit is linked to the shipment header.

The link between the shipment header and the handling unit can be broken at a later stage during the composing process of handling units.

Multiple handling units can be linked to a shipment line. Use the Shipment Line Handling Units (whinh4534m000) session to link handling units to a shipment line.

Multiple handling units are generated for a single shipment line if a package definition is linked to a shipment line. The maximum content of a handling unit is the quantity that a packaging item, attached to a particular level, can hold, within a package definition.

If only one handling unit is linked to the shipment line, the Handling Unit field in the Shipment Lines (whinh4131m000) session displays the shipment line handling unit number. If multiple handling units are linked, the shipment line handling unit number is not displayed. The Handling Unit(s) Present check box in the Shipment Lines (whinh4131m000) session is selected in both cases.

You can set a Staged handling unit to not shipped. When you set a Staged handling unit, that is not directly related to an active outbound process, to not shipped, the Expected Not Shipped quantity is modified for the child handling units in the Handling Unit Process Outbound (whinh2123m000) session. The shipment line packing structure and the shipment line are modified accordingly.

For more information, refer to Outbound and shipment procedures for handling units and Set and reset handling units to not shipped.

You can split a handling unit in the Staged status. The selected handling unit is split based on either packaging quantity or content quantity. You can split a handling unit linked to an outbound process.

When handling units are linked to a shipment line, it is possible to split the shipment line only by selecting a child handling unit that is moved to the destination shipment.

When you compose shipments, you can move shipment lines to different shipments. The handling unit tree structure is not impacted. However, the handling unit is linked to a different shipment line. The Shipment Line Handling Units (whinh4534m000) and Handling Unit Process Outbound (whinh2123m000) sessions values are updated with the new shipment information.

You can confirm a shipment line by handling unit. You can confirm any Staged or Frozen handling units linked to the shipment line.

A handling unit is confirmed if the Confirmed for Shipping check box is selected for the handling unit.

The setting of the Confirm Shipment Lines when confirming Handling Units check box in the Warehousing Order Types (whinh0110m000) session determines whether the shipment lines are automatically confirmed when all of the linked handling units are confirmed.

To confirm a shipment by shipment line and handling units exist for the shipment line, the shipment line handling units must be confirmed first.

If you remove the handling unit from an open shipment line, LN deletes all the shipment line handling units. If LN is unable to delete one or multiple shipment line handling units, none of the linked handling units are deleted.

To remove the handling units, select Remove Handling Unit from the appropriate menu.