Overview of receipt and inbound inspection procedures
The receipt and inspection procedures comprise the activities that you must perform in LN to receive and, if required, inspect goods that you want to store in the warehouse. Some of the activities are mandatory, and some only apply to location-controlled warehouses. You are not required to include non-mandatory activities in your warehousing procedures.
In addition, you can also specify whether an activity must be performed manually or automatically. See To define warehousing procedures and Automatic or manual execution of activities.
The following table provides an overview of the receipt and inspection procedures. The outer left column shows the order of the steps in the receipt and inspection procedures. The second column indicates whether a step is mandatory.
| Step | Mandatory | Activity | Status/Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | Print Goods Received Note (whinh3412m100) | Planned or Open |
| 2 | Yes | Warehouse Receipt (whinh3512m000) | Create receipt: Receipt Open Confirm receipt: Received or, for non-location controlled warehouses, Put Away or To be Inspected if inspections are included in the inbound procedure. |
| 3 | Yes for location-controlled warehouses | Generate Inbound Advice (whinh3201m000) | Advised |
| 3 | No | Inbound Advice (whinh3525m000) | Advised. Maintain inbound advice. |
| 4 | No | Generate Storage List (whinh3415m000) | Advised |
| 5 | No | Storage List (whinh3525m100) | Advised. Maintain storage list and put away inbound advice. If you use storage lists, the Storage List (whinh3525m100) step is used to put away storage lists. In he background, the corresponding inbound advice is put away. |
| 6 | Yes for location-controlled warehouses | Put Away Inbound Advice (whinh3203m000) | Put Away |
| 7 | No | Warehouse Inspections Overview (whinh3122m000) | After inbound advice is put away: To be Inspected After inspection is completed: Inspected. |
For further information about each step, refer to Receipt and inbound inspection procedures - in detail.
If an optional step is not included in the receipt and inspection procedures, LN skips this step and carries out the next step defined in the warehousing procedure. The affected inbound order lines then obtain the status of that step.
If the receipt or inspection procedure is carried out for a non-location controlled warehouse, LN skips the steps that are not applicable for non-location controlled warehouses. The affected inbound order lines then obtain the status of the next applicable step.
These steps are unavailable for non-location controlled warehouses:
- Generate Inbound Advice (whinh3201m000)
- Inbound Advice (whinh3525m000)
- Generate Storage List (whinh3415m000)
- Storage List (whinh3525m100)
- Put Away Inbound Advice (whinh3203m000)
Some scenarios for receipt and inspection procedures:
- Full scenario
- Only mandatory steps including inspection
- Non-location controlled including inspections
- Full scenario without inspections