Shipping Containers (whinh4125m000)

Use this session to view and maintain shipping containers.

Note

You can only view the projected shipping containers using Projected Shipping Containers from the Views menu.

This field is enabled only if the Projected Shipments in use check box is selected in the Inventory Handling Parameters (whinh0100m000) session.

Dimensions

If you select a packaging item for the shipping container, LN defaults the dimensions of the packaging item to the Gross Weight field and the fields of the Dimensions group box. These values are multiplied by the number that you enter in the Quantity of Packaging Items field.

To add or remove shipments from a container, select the container and on the appropriate menu, select Compose Shipping Container or Compose Shipping Structure.

Note
  • If the warehousing order for which the load is created has one of the following warehousing order type settings, information about the warehousing order is displayed in the Order tab of the details session:

    • Single Order Set per Shipment
    • Single Order per Shipment
    • Single Order per Load

    An overview of loads, shipping containers, and shipments by warehousing orders is available in the Warehousing Order Loads and Shipments (whinh4545m000) session.

  • The fields and form commands relevant to handling units are available if handling units are used.

 

Load

The load to which the shipping container belongs.

You can add a shipping container to a load with status Open.

Load

The load status.

Shipping Container

A subdivision of a load that contains shipments. The packaging items defined for a container determines the type of container.

Container Status

The shipping container status.

Allowed values

Shipment Status

Note

The container status Projected is not applicable if the check box Projected Shipments in use is not selected in Inventory Handling Parameters (whinh0100m000) session.

The value of the Status field is always derived.

Packaging Item

The packaging item for the shipping container. Packaging items identified as reusable items in the Packaging Items (whwmd4105s000) session are counted into and out of the warehouse per business partner in the Packaging Items by Business Partner (whwmd4107m000) session.

Packaging Item

The packaging item description.

Quantity of Packaging Items

The number of packaging items that constitute the container.

Handling Unit

The handling unit ID of the container.

Fixed Weight

If this check box is selected, you cannot change the values of the Gross Weight and the Net Weight field, nor will LN update these field if shipments are added to or removed from the container.

Gross Weight

The total weight of the shipping container. This includes the packaging item of the container and the total weights of the shipments contained in the container.

LN changes the gross weight if:

  • Weights are defined for the shipments of the container.
  • One or more shipments are added to or removed from the shipping container.
  • The weight of one or more shipments is changed.

These changes overwrite any manually inserted values. You cannot change the gross weight if the Fixed Weight check box is selected.

Calculate

The unit used to express the gross weight.

Net Weight

The aggregated total weights of the shipments contained in the container.

LN changes the net weight if:

  • Weights are defined for the shipment lines.
  • One or more shipment lines are added to or removed from the shipment.
  • The weight of one or more shipment lines is changed.

These changes overwrite any manually inserted values.

Length

The length of the container.

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Unit

The unit used to express the length of the container. This value is defaulted from the unit of length defined in the Warehouse Master Data Parameters (whwmd0100s000) session.

Width

The width of the container.

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Height

The height of the container.

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Unit

The unit used to express the height of the container. This value is defaulted from the unit of length defined in the Warehouse Master Data Parameters (whwmd0100s000) session.

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Floor Space

The floor space of the container. LN adjusts this value if the depth or the width is changed.

Unit

The unit used to express the floor space of the container. This value is defaulted from the Derived Area Unit defined in the Unit Dimensional Relationships (tcmcs1101m000) session.

Volume

The volume of the container. LN adjusts this value if the height, the depth, or the width is changed.

Unit

The unit used to express the volume of the container. This value is defaulted from the Derived Volume Unit defined in the Unit Dimensional Relationships (tcmcs1101m000) session.

Shipping Container Reference

A free text reference to the container.

Carrier Tracking Number

The number provided by the carrier to identify the shipping container. The carrier uses this number to track the shipping container.

Shipping Manifest Printed

If this check box is selected, the shipping manifest is printed for the shipments of the container.

Empty Shipping Container

If this check box is selected, the shipping container contains no shipments.

Text

If this check box is selected, a text about the shipping container is present.

Order Origin

The origin of the warehousing order for which the current shipping container is created.

Order

The warehousing order for which the current shipping container is created.

Ship-from Code

The company from where the goods are shipped.

The ship-from company is the logistic company to which the warehouse in the Ship-from Code field belongs.

Important!

Only take into account this field if the warehousing order concerns a multicompany warehouse transfer.

Ship-from Code

The ship-from type of the warehousing order for which the current shipping container is created.

Ship-from Code

The ship-from code of the warehousing order for which the current shipping container is created.

Ship-from Address

The address from where the goods are shipped. This is the address of the entity indicated in the Ship-from Code field.

Ship-from Address

The address from where the goods are shipped. This is the address of the entity indicated in the Ship-from Code field.

Ship-to Code

The company to which the goods are shipped.

The ship-to company is the logistic company to which the warehouse in the Ship-to Code field belongs.

Important!

Only take into account this field if the warehousing order concerns a mutlicompany warehouse transfer. A warehousing order is a multicompany warehouse transfer if:

  • The inventory-transaction type is Transfer.
  • The ship-from type and the ship-to type is Warehouse.
  • The warehouses specified in the Ship-from Code and Ship-to Code fields belong to different logistic companies.
Ship-to Code

The ship-to type is used, together with the ship-to code, to identify where goods are shipped to.

The ship-to type can have the following values:

  • Business Partner
  • Warehouse
  • Work Center
  • Project
Ship-to Code

A code used, together with the ship-to type, to identify where goods are shipped to.

Ship-to Address

The address to which the goods must be shipped.

Note

When you generate outbound advice, you can select all the warehousing orders for the same ship-to address to create a run.

Ship-to Address

The address to which the goods must be shipped.

Note

When you generate outbound advice, you can select all the warehousing orders for the same ship-to address to create a run.

Planned Delivery Date

The date for which delivery of a shipment is planned.

Planned Receipt Date

The date on which the goods are expected to arrive in the destination warehouse.

Shipping Container Text

A text about the shipping container.

 

Print Shipping Containers

Start the Print Shipping Containers (whinh4425m000) session. By default, LN starts this session to print the report.

Compose Shipping Structure

Start the graphical interface to adjust the shipping structure of the current shipping container.

Renumber

Renumber the shipping containers of the current load.

For example, if shipping containers 001, 002, and 003 are present for the current load, shipping containers 001 and 003 are left after you delete 002. If you select this command, 003 becomes 002. The changed container number is also shown in the Warehousing Order Loads and Shipments (whinh4545m000) session.

Show tree

Start the handling unit tree structure.

Generate Handling Unit

Generates handling unit for the current shipping container.

Remove

Removes the handling unit of the current shipping container.

Freeze

Freezes the shipments of the current container.

For more information, refer to Shipment and load status.

Confirm

Confirms the shipments of the current container.

This option is enabled only if Source Acceptance Required is cleared for one of the shipments and Source Accepted check box is selected.

For more information, refer to Shipment and load status.

Select Carrier/LSP
Log Select Carrier/LSP
All Shipping Containers

View all shipping containers of the current shipping container.

Open Shipping Containers

View the shipping containers with status Open for the current shipping container.

Frozen Shipping Containers

View the shipping containers with status Frozen for the current shipping container.

Calculate

Calculate the gross weight based on the selected unit and the weights of the shipments and packaging items of the shipping container.