Allow outbound-advice overdelivery for handling units

When generating outbound advice, sometimes the exact quantity to be advised is unavailable in inventory. For example, the quantity to be advised is 100 and three unsplittable handling units each containing 70 items are available in inventory.

In such cases you can select the Overdelivery Allowed check box in the Generate Outbound Advice (whinh4201m000) session to generate outbound advice with an overdelivery, that is, the advised quantity exceeds the quantity to be advised of the order line. In the example, 140 items would be advised if this option was used.

The Overdelivery Allowed check box is only available for item and warehouse combinations for which handling units are used.

The overdelivery cannot exceed the tolerance specified on the outbound order line.

When outbound advice is generated, any previously advised, shipped, or canceled quantities are disregarded. Outbound advice is only generated for the outbound order quantity still to be advised. If the Overdelivery Allowed check box is selected, the smallest possible overdelivery is searched.

LN first tries to create outbound advice without any overdelivery using splittable handling units, and, if present in the warehouse, items not contained in handling units. If an overdelivery cannot be avoided, the handling units available in inventory are subdivided into these categories:

  1. Small - less than 50% of the quantity to be advised
  2. Medium - 50 to 99% of the quantity to be advised
  3. Large - 100% and more than the quantity to be advised

To create outbound advice, LN tries first to combine the handling units of the smallest category, then the medium and smallest categories, then the medium category, and finally, advise the smallest handling unit of the large category.

Example

The total ordered quantity of outbound order line SLS000123 is 1500. The maximum overdelivery quantity tolerance is 50.

To determine the quantity to be advised, these quantities are subtracted from the total ordered quantity:

Previously advised quantity 500

Shipped quantity

 500
Canceled quantity 200

The resulting quantity to be advised is 300.

Handling units present in inventory:

Handling unit Quantity
HU 001 200
HU 002 170
HU 003 110

The resulting outbound advice: HU 001 and HU 003, with a total quantity of 310, which constitutes a small overdelivery well within the maximum tolerance of 50.