Shipment Workbench

You can use the Shipment Workbench (whinh8360m000) session to efficiently execute the shipment process. In this session, you can view the shipments that are at the staging area or the loading docks of a warehouse. For each shipment, you can:

  • View the details such as the shipment status, the shipping date, or the ship-to business partner.
  • Execute the shipping processes such as Freeze, Confirm or Re-Open.
  • Detect the irregularities such as delays, shortages, and partial deliveries.
Workbench Layout

The workbench consists of these tabs:

  • Total Shipments
    The total shipments based on the selected warehouse, date, and status are displayed on this tab.
  • Exceptions
    Partial and overdue shipments based on the selected warehouse, date, and status are displayed on this tab.
Note

The shipments are displayed based on the Planned Delivery Date in the Shipments (whinh4130m000) session.

You can use these filters to view the shipments:

  • Warehouses: The shipments linked to the selected warehouse are displayed. You can select more than one warehouse.

  • Date Filter: You can use the date filter to filter the shipments and the exceptions. You can set this field to:

    • Today: The shipments that are scheduled for the current day are displayed. By default, LN displays the shipments that are scheduled for the current date.
    • This week: The shipments that are scheduled for the current week are displayed.
    • Two weeks: The shipments that are scheduled for the current week and the week before are displayed
    • Month: The shipments that are scheduled for the current month are displayed.
    • Custom Range: The shipments that are scheduled for the selected range of dates are displayed.
  • Search: You can specify a keyword based on which the search is performed.
  • Status: The shipments are displayed based on the selected status. You can select more than one status.

The general options in the workbench are:

  • Action Toolbar: Use the action toolbar to process the shipments. The toolbar displays the options such as Freeze, Confirm, Re-Open, or Print.

    Click [...] to view the available options that can be used to execute various shipment related processes:

    • Re-open
    • Shipment Acceptance
    • Submit Shipment for Acceptance
    • Unsubmit for Acceptance
    • Confirm ASN
    • Handling Units
    • Generate Handling Unit
    • Remove Handling Unit
    • View HU Tree
    • Compose Load
    • Compose Shipment
    • Compose Shipment Container
    • Calculate Additional Costs
    • Select Carrier/ LSP

    You must select a shipment to view the toolbar.

    Note: When you select the Print option, LN displays the "Print the following documents" prompt, wherein you can select the documents to be printed for the selected shipment. The print report is not generated but the documents are printed. To view the documents printed for the shipment, you can click the "View Documents Printed" option in the Documents Printed column.

  • User Settings: Use this option to set the default values based on which the shipments are displayed when you access the workbench next time.
  • Save Defaults: Saves the values you set in the User Settings page and the settings are defaulted when you access the workbench next time.
  • Clear Defaults: Clears the default values that you set in the User Settings page.
  • Get Defaults: Discards the unsaved changes made to the user settings and applies the last saved settings when you access the workbench next time.
  • About: Displays the version of the workbench.

Messages section: This is an expandable pane to display the error messages. By default, this pane is expanded when an error is reported in the workbench. Click [...] to delete the messages. To minimize the pane, click the header.

Column Personalization: Use this option to display the hidden columns for the shipments and the shipment lines.

User Settings

You can use this option to specify the default values, based on which the shipments are displayed in the workbench.

On the User Settings page, in the relevant group boxes, you specify these values:

  • General
    • Warehouses: The shipments linked to the selected warehouse are displayed. You can select more than one warehouse.
    • Status: The shipments are displayed based on the selected status. You can select more than one status.
    • Confirm shipping setting dialog: If this check box is selected, LN displays the "Shipment Confirmation" prompt when you click the Confirm option for a shipment.
  • Print the following documents
    Select the documents that must be printed for a shipment.
  • Days overdue

    You can assign a color to highlight the number of days, based on a specific period (days), for which the shipments are overdue in the workbench.

    For example, if you assign the color Blue to the range of 0 to 100 days, for shipments that are overdue by 0 to 100 days, the number of days in the Days Overdue column are displayed in Blue.

Workbench navigation

Click the shipment number in the workbench, to view the details of the shipment.

Shipment details page

Select a shipment to view the additional details such as the ship-to business partner, the address of the business-partner and the shipment date in the details page. The shipment lines linked to the selected shipment are displayed in a grid. Click [...] for a shipment line to view the details in the Shipment Lines (whinh4131m000) session. You can modify the shipment quantity if the shipment is not yet confirmed.

Use the action toolbar to process the shipment lines. The toolbar displays the options such as Freeze, Confirm, or Re-Open.

Click [...] to view the available options that can be used to execute various shipment line related processes:

  • Re-open
  • Handling Units
  • Generate Handling Unit
  • Remove Handling Unit
  • Calculate Additional Costs
  • Generate Lot
  • Generate Serial

You must select a shipment line to view the toolbar.

Use the toolbar in the header section to perform the actions such as Freeze, Confirm and Print for the entire shipment.

Click the Item code in the grid to view the inventory levels of the item.

Inventory levels page

Select an item on the Shipment details page, to view the inventory levels. The inventory data is displayed in the bar chart and the warehouse details are displayed in a list view on the item details page.

Select a bar on the chart to view available inventory:

  • On Hand
  • Blocked
  • On Order
  • Allocated
  • In Transit
  • Committed
  • Economic

Use these options to change the view of the data that is displayed:

  • Chart
    Displays only the bar chart of the inventory levels.
  • List
    Displays a list view of the warehouse, location, and the inventory levels of the item.
  • Dual View
    Displays both the bar chart and the list view. The data of the inventory levels in the list view changes based on the inventory level you select on the bar chart. For example, if you select Allocated the bar chart, the Allocated quantity is displayed in the grid. By default, the On Hand quantity is displayed in the grid.