Generate Inventory Commitment (fmfoc2210m000)

Use this session to generate or cancel inventory commitments for selected ranges of freight orders, freight order clusters, loads, or shipments. The purpose is to make sure that the inventory is available when the actual shipping starts.

To operate this session

  1. In the Action group box, select the Generate option to generate, or the Cancel option to cancel inventory commitments.
  2. In the Generate/Cancel Inventory Commitment for group box, select the Freight Orders, Freight Order Clusters, Loads, or Shipments option to specify whether cancellation or generation of inventory commitments as specified previously is to be performed for freight orders, loads, or shipments.
  3. In the Planning group box, select a shipping office, and optionally a planning group.
  4. Specify the other planning data and item ranges as preferred.
  5. If required, select the Commit Complete Order Quantities Only Commit Complete Order Quantities Only check box.
  6. Specify the preferred range of freight orders, freight order clusters, loads, or shipments in the next tabs of this session.

    The option selected in step 2 determines whether the Freight Order Selection tab, the Load Selection tab, or the Shipment Selection tab is available.

  7. Click Generate to start up the generation or cancellation process.

    The process is carried out for the freight orders, freight order clusters, loads or shipments that meet the criteria that you specified in steps 3, 4 and 6.

    A report showing the results is printed.

Field Information

Action
Generate/Cancel Inventory Commitment for
Shipping Office

shipping office

Planning Group

planning group

Planned Load Date
Planned Unload Date
Standard Route

standard route

Standard Route

standard route

Route Plan

route plan

Route Plan

route plan

Carrier/LSP

carrier

Carrier/LSP

carrier

Ship-from Warehouse

warehouse-from

Ship-from Warehouse

warehouse-from

From Item

item

To Item

item

Commit Complete Order Quantities Only

If this check box is selected, commitment only takes place for full order line quantities.

Freight Order

freight order

Freight Order

freight order

Freight Order Line

freight order line

Freight Order Line

freight order line

Status
Freight Order Line Status
Route

route

Route

route

Plan

load plan

Plan

load plan

Load

load

Load

load

Status
Status
Shipment

shipment

Shipment

shipment

Shipment Line

shipment line

Shipment Line

shipment line

Status
Status
Freight Order Cluster

freight order cluster

Cluster Line

The freight order cluster line range.

Status

The freight order cluster line status range.

Allowed values

  • Expected
  • Actual