Confirm delivery/receipt for clusters
In Freight, you can set the status of batches of cluster lines to Shipped or Completed. This option has been introduced to enable you to indicate the progress through warehousing and transport for cluster lines that are not linked to Warehousing. For cluster lines that are linked to Warehousing, some of the steps through warehousing and transport are updated by Warehousing, and some are updated by the user in this session.
Cluster lines related to freight orders created manually
A cluster line related to a manually created freight order line is not linked to Warehousing. In this session, to indicate that the goods of a cluster line that is not linked to Warehousing have been loaded onto a truck or other vehicle and have left the warehouse, you must set the status to Shipped. To indicate that the goods have reached their destination, you must set the status to Completed.
If you change the status of a freight order cluster line, which is not linked to Warehousing, the status of the relevant freight order line is also changed. If such a cluster line’s status is changed to Shipped, the Shipped Quantity field and the shipped capacity fields of the cluster line are filled by default with the values from the Planned Quantity field and the planned capacity fields. If a cluster line’s status is changed to Completed, the Delivered Quantity field and the delivered capacity fields of the cluster line are filled by default with the values from the Shipped Quantity field and the shipped capacity fields. In neither case are user entries overwritten. If required, you can manually change the values in these fields.
Cluster lines related to freight orders created from originating orders
A cluster line is linked to Warehousing if the cluster line is related to a freight order line that has an originating order.
Outbound transport
If the goods on the originating order are transported from a warehouse defined in Warehousing to a business partner, the transport is outbound. The outbound steps range from In Progress, Shipped, Completed to Closed.
| Status | Related activities |
|---|---|
| In Progress | Outbound procedures are started in Warehousing for the warehousing order related to the cluster lines and freight order lines. Warehousing updates this status on the freight order lines and the cluster lines. |
| Shipped | If all goods of the warehousing orders are loaded onto a truck or other vehicle and have left the warehouse, the warehousing orders and order lines obtain the Shipped status in Warehousing. The Warehousing Shipped status is automatically passed on to the related freight order lines and cluster lines in Freight. |
| Completed | You can use the Confirm Delivery / Receipt (fmlbd3252m000) session to set the status to Completed when the goods of the cluster are delivered at the customer, when the carrier has provided you with this information |
| Closed | When the transportation has been paid for, the status is set to Closed. This status is updated from Financials. |
Inbound transport
If the goods on the order are transported from a business partner to a warehouse defined in Warehousing, the transport is inbound. The inbound steps range from Shipped, Completed to Closed.
| Status | Related activities |
|---|---|
| Shipped | You can use the Confirm Delivery / Receipt (fmlbd3252m000) session to set the status to Shipped to indicate that an inbound order line has left the supplier’s warehouse, if this information is know from the carrier. This status can also be set when the advanced shipment notice (ASN) is received. |
| Completed | Warehousing, individual warehousing order lines that are received in the warehouse are set to Received. If all the orderliness of a warehousing order have obtained the Received status, the warehousing order including the order lines obtain the Final Receipt status. If a warehousing order has obtained the Final Receipt status, the Completed status is automatically passed on to the related freight order lines and cluster lines in Freight. |
| Closed | When the transportation has been paid for, the status is set to Closed. This status is updated from Financials. |