Outbound/Inspections

The outbound process is used to issue goods from the warehouse. To issue and ship goods from a warehouse, warehouse processing is either based on handling units or outbound shipments and warehousing order lines. If you use handling units to process goods, the order lines and/or shipments related to the handling units are updated in the background.

• The outbound procedure

  The outbound and shipment procedures comprise the activities that you must perform in LN to issue and, if required, inspect goods that you want to store in the warehouse. This procedure also describes all steps, also called activities, of the outbound and inspection procedures and shows how the steps can be executed. The outbound warehouse inspections can only be approved or rejected.

• Outbound advice

  Outbound advice is a list generated by LN that advises the location and lot from which goods must be picked, taking into account factors such as blocked locations and the outbound method.

• Outbound advice for committed inventory

  By default, outbound advice is based on the ordered quantity of the outbound order lines. Outbound advice can also be based on the committed inventory present for the outbound order lines.

• Picking list

  A Picking list is a document that lists the material to be picked for manufacturing or shipping orders. This document is used by operating personnel to pick manufacturing or shipping orders. You can generate picking list for every run number and generate a new picking list for a new picking mission.

• Outbound inspections

  Unlike inbound inspections, the outbound inspection is not a warehousing procedure in its own right, but an activity that you can add to the outbound procedure. You can add the outbound inspection step to a warehousing procedure if the setup for the warehouse, supplier, or item requires item inspection.

• Peg distribution in the outbound process

  During the outbound process, issuing project pegged goods from a warehouse result in inventory transactions that are based on the peg distribution. During outbound advice and inspections, the outbound order line cost peg distribution is updated with the advised quantities, approved quantities, and the rejected quantities. When the goods arrive at the staging location and are shipped, the actual pegs are created. During the confirmation process, the shipment line peg distribution is created.

• Interchangeable effectivity units for the outbound process

  For project pegged outbound order lines, you can interchange the effectivity units when there is no inventory available for the ordered effectivity unit.

• CINDI process

  To order components from suppliers, automobile manufacturers apply various procedures that all automotive suppliers must comply with. One of these procedures is called CINDI, which is an extensive procedure consisting of these aspects:

  • Transport ID
  • Distribution Zone/ Routing Code
  • RAN/ KANBAN number/ Delivery call number
  • Point of consumption/ Point of destination

• Run number

  A run number is a code assigned to a group of warehousing order lines when they are advised. LN assigns or generates a run number if a user does not manually enter or select a run number while he generates inbound or outbound advice for a group of warehousing order lines.

  For inbound movements, the user can generate storage lists and confirm storage lists by run. For outbound movements, the user can release outbound advice, generate picking lists, and confirm picking lists by run.

• Additional information fields

  You can define additional information fields that can be linked to LN tables. The contents of these additional fields can be transferred between LN tables, which allows users to enter additional information in sales schedules or sales orders. The additional information is passed on, for example, from the sales order or sales schedule via the warehouse order to a shipment in Warehousing.