Freight order statuses

Sometimes, freight orders that have not been planned, or freight orders related to load plans that are not set to Actual are nevertheless processed in the warehouse, provided that the originating orders of these freight orders are released to Warehousing.

If an originating order is released to Warehousing, one or more warehousing orders are generated for the originating order, and Warehousing generates loads and shipments for these warehousing orders. ( Warehousing can create loads and shipments, but the planning functionality is limited.)

From these Warehousing loads and shipments, Freight creates loads and shipments, adding extra information, such as freight costs. When these loads and shipments are processed in the warehouse, the related freight orders are updated.

The status of a freight order line is changed when the status of the shipment lines related to the freight order line is changed. When the statuses of all freight order lines of a freight order are changed, the status of the freight order is changed. However, the In Progress status is an exception to this rule. If a freight order line obtains the In Progress status, this status is automatically passed on to the entire freight order.

Originating orders can be blocked. If an originating order is blocked, the corresponding freight order is blocked as well.

If quantities of loads, shipments, and warehousing orders are changed in Warehousing, these changes are reflected in the related freight order lines.

This status is the initial status of a freight order. You can make changes to the freight order header or the freight order lines without any consequences. In addition, changes in any originating orders, such as purchase orders, sales orders, or enterprise planning orders, are implemented in the freight order.

The Planned status is only allocated to freight orders that you plan by means of the load building engine. When transport planning is carried out for a freight order in Freight, shipments and loads are created from the freight order. The freight order, and the loads and shipments created from the freight order obtain the Planned status.

You can use the load building engine to create shipments and loads, or you can create shipments and loads manually and link freight orders to them. You can carry out planning more than once for a freight order using various planning algorithms to find out which algorithm provides you with the best results, but the freight order's status remains Planned until one of the shipment lines linked to the order lines of the freight order obtains the Actual status.

If all the loads and shipments created from a freight order line that has the Planned status are deleted, the status of the freight order changes back to Expected.

Freight order headers or the freight order lines that have the Planned status can be changed, and changes in any originating orders will be implemented in the freight orders or freight order lines. However, such changes affect the load plans on which these freight orders are based. For more information, refer to Replan separately or include in Planned freight orders and Load plan, load, and shipment maintenance.

Freight orders that are planned by means of the load building engine can obtain the Actual status. Freight order clusters (cluster headers) can also obtain the Actual status.

If a freight order line obtains the In Progress status, this status is automatically passed on to the entire freight order.

Freight order lines that have the In Progress status cannot be changed in Freight.

In Warehousing, the Confirmed status is used to indicate that outbound goods are loaded and ready to leave the warehouse. For inbound goods transports, the Confirmed status is not used.

As soon as outbound shipment lines, shipments, and loads have received the Confirmed status in Warehousing, the Confirmed status is passed on to Freight.

In addition, the freight order lines and freight order headers related to the loads and shipments obtain the Confirmed status.

If the Automatically Change from 'Confirmed' to 'Shipped' check box in the Freight Planning Parameters (fmlbd0100m000) session is selected, the Confirmed status does not appear in Freight.

The Confirmed status is not passed on to freight order headers or lines that are clustered, to cluster lines, or to freight order lines that are available for clustering. The reason is that if you do not perform transport planning, you are not interested in knowing whether the goods are ready to leave the warehouse. What you do want to know is whether or not the goods have left the warehouse, which is indicated by the Shipped status.

The Shipped status is used to indicate that outbound goods have left the warehouse and are on their way to the customer, or that inbound goods have left the supplier's warehouse and are on their way to your warehouse.

The Completed status is allocated to freight orders/lines when the goods have reached their destination. For outbound goods, this is when the goods have been delivered at the customer's. For inbound goods, this is when the goods have been received in the warehouse.

When the invoicing procedure is completed in the Accounts Payable module of Financials, the status changes to Closed.

For more information, refer to Ignore freight order lines.