Shipping constraints

LN records the shipping constraints on the warehouse order header and the outbound order lines. If a shipping constraint is defined at header level of a manual warehouse order, the shipping constraint is defaulted to all the outbound order lines. For warehouse orders of the origin sales order or sales schedule, the shipping constraint is retrieved from Sales. For all other non-manual origins, the shipping constraints are defaulted as None, which means that the shipping constraints can be defined manually on the warehousing order.

Warehouse order header

You can specify these shipping constraints for the warehouse order header:

  • None

    No shipping constraint applies. LN handles the orders based on the available inventory. Sufficient inventory results in a complete shipment.

    In case of insufficient inventory, and:

    • If the Use Contracts for Schedules check box is selected in the Sales Schedule Parameters (tdsls0100s500) session, the back orders are not created automatically in case of partial shipment. In this situation, LN communicates the shipped quantity back to the sales schedule and, based on the shipping details, the user decides on how to deal with the short-shipped quantity. LN clears the Create Backorders check box in the Outbound Order Lines (whinh2120m000) session.

      This process applies only for the sales schedules which are created if the Use Contracts for Schedules check box is selected.

    • If contracts are not used for sales schedules, LN automatically creates a backorder in case of a partial shipment. LN selects the Create Backorders check box in the Outbound Order Lines (whinh2120m000) session.

  • Ship Order Complete

    The total order must be shipped completely in one or more shipments.

    Confirmation of shipments or shipment lines can only be started when there are shipment lines for all order lines.

  • Ship Set Complete

    A warehouse order set is based on the sales order set, which is recorded on the Warehouse order header. More than one warehousing order set can belong to a sales order set. For the origin sales this constraint means that the complete sales order set must be shipped at once, which implies that the related warehouse order set(s) must be shipped completely.

  • Ship Kit Complete

    This can be applied only for a kitting order and means that kits have to be shipped completely. It will be possible to ship less items than ordered but only when the related kit structures are complete with all their components. LN assigns a unique set number to the component lines that constitute a main item/kit, which must be shipped in one set.

Note: 

The Ship Kit Complete option is not applicable to:

  • Warehouse orders that are created manually.
  • Non-manual warehouse orders that have an origin other than sales order and sales schedules.

Outbound order line

You can specify these shipping constraints for the outbound order lines:

  • None

    No shipping constraint applies.

  • Ship Line Complete

    The total quantity of the outbound order line must be shipped as a single shipment.

  • Ship Line & Cancel

    If sufficient inventory exists, this results in a complete shipment of the outbound order line. A lack of inventory does not result in a back order but in the cancellation of the order for the remaining quantity. LN links a predefined cancel reason to the order line.