Shipment Lines (fmlbd3150m000)

Use this session to view and maintain shipment lines. A shipment has one or more shipment lines. Shipments and shipment lines are created using the load building engine or can be created manually.

Print options

On the Print submenu of the File menu, the following print options are available for selected shipments:

  • Shipments

    Print shipment and shipment line details.
  • Planning

    Print planning data grouped by freight order, originating order, or load.
  • Available Inventory for Shipment Lines

    Print the available inventory.
Note: 

If the value of the Ship-from Type field is Warehouse, the available inventory for the item on the shipment line is shown in the following fields:

  • Originating Warehouse
  • On Hand
  • On Order
  • Allocated
  • Committed

Field Information

Shipment

The identification number of the shipment to which the shipment lines belong.

Line

The position number of the shipment line.

Status

The status expresses the progress of the shipment in its life cycle from creation in Freight , through execution in Warehousing , to completion after approval in the Accounts Payable module of Financials .

BOM Line

The identification number of the component item line.

Additional Cost Line

If this check box is selected, the current shipment line is an additional cost line. If additional costs must be paid for the goods listed on a shipment line, an additional cost set is linked to the shipment line. LN does this by creating a new shipment line where it stores the additional cost set. The new shipment line, called additional cost line, is then linked to the shipment line that lists the goods for which the additional costs must be paid.

Plan

The load plan to which the shipment of the shipment line belongs.

Load

The load to which the shipment of the shipment line belongs.

Freight Order Line

The identification number of the freight order on which the shipment line is based.

Freight Order Line

The position number of the freight order line on which the shipment is based.

Item

The item that must be transported. If the status is Completed or Closed, the item has reached the destination address.

Inventory Handling

In Warehousing , items are processed by component or by main item. If the value in this field is By Component, the originating order from which the current shipment line is derived is processed by component and the shipment line includes component items. If the originating order is processed by main item, the shipment line lists only main items.

Origin

The origin of the order from which the freight order of the current shipment line originates.

Originating Order

The identification number of the order from which the freight order of the current shipment line originates.

Reference

reference

Delivery Point

The location where the shipment must be delivered by the carrier. For more information, refer to Shipment building in Freight.

Note: 
  • The value is retrieved from the Delivery Point field in the Freight Order Lines (fmfoc2101m000) session if the Single Delivery Point per Shipment check box is selected.

Delivery Point

The description or name of the code.

Customer Order

The customer order number based on which the goods are picked up from the supplier location. All the shipment lines that have the same customer number are combined into a single shipment. If an existing shipment is not found, LN creates a new shipment for freight order line.

For more information, refer to Shipment building in Freight.

Shipment Reference

The shipment reference based on which the goods are picked up from the supplier location. The shipment reference, among other criteria, determines how the goods issued/picked up from the supplier warehouse are grouped into shipments. The items that have the same Shipment Reference must be grouped into one shipment to the customer. In the automotive business this is called a Pickup Sheet (PUS) process. For more information, refer to Shipment building in Freight.

Note: 
  • The value is retrieved from the Shipment Reference field in the Freight Order Lines (fmfoc2101m000) session if the Single Shipment Reference per Shipment check box is selected.
  • The field is derived if the shipment line has the Confirmed status.

Text

If this check box is selected, additional text about the current shipment line is available. To create a text, start the text editor on the toolbar, or press CTRL-T.

Planned Quantity

The quantity of the shipment line that is planned for transportation.

Storage Unit

The unit used to express the quantity of the item.

Ordered Quantity

The ordered quantity of the item. The ordered quantity can be changed until the shipment line obtains the In Progress status.

Ordered Quantity

The unit used to express the quantity of the item.

Shipped Quantity

The confirmed quantity of the item that is actually shipped. This quantity can differ from the ordered quantity due to insufficient loading capacity, damage during loading or unloading, and so on.

BOM Quantity

The BOM quantity of the item.

BOM Quantity

The unit by which the BOM quantity is expressed.

Ordered Quantity

The ordered quantity for the main item. This field is filled if a Bill of Materials (BOM) exists for the item.

Planned Quantity

The planned quantity for the main item. This field is filled if a Bill of Materials (BOM) exists for the item.

Shipped Quantity

The shipped quantity for the main item. This field is filled if a Bill of Materials (BOM) exists for the item.

Ordered Quantity

The ordered quantity expressed in the inventory unit.

Planned Quantity

The planned quantity expressed in the inventory unit.

Shipped Quantity

The shipped quantity expressed in the inventory unit.

Delivered Quantity

The quantity of the goods that was delivered to the customer’s location. This quantity is expressed in the inventory unit. By default, Warehousing fills this field with the shipped quantity for outbound shipment lines; inbound shipment lines receive the receipt quantity. If the shipment line is not linked to Warehousing , the status of the shipment line is manually changed in the Confirm Delivery / Receipt (fmlbd3252m000) session. If the status is changed to Shipped, the Shipped Quantity Planned Quantity field and the shipped capacity fields are filled by default with the values from the Planned Quantity field and the planned capacity fields. If the status is changed to Completed, the Delivered Quantity field and the delivered capacity fields are filled by default with the values from the Shipped Quantity field and the shipped capacity fields. If the status of a shipment line is Completed, this field becomes available for manual changes. You can then enter the delivered quantity when the customer has provided you with this information.

Damaged Quantity

The quantity of the goods that were damaged during loading, transport, or unloading. You can manually enter the damaged quantity when the carrier has provided you with this information.

Reason for Damage

The reason code that explains the cause of the damage.

Originating Warehouse

The warehouse from which the goods listed on the freight order line are shipped.

On Hand

inventory on hand

Default value

This field is defaulted from the On Hand field of the Company - Item Inventory (whwmd4100m100) session.

Inventory Unit

inventory unit

On Order

inventory on order

Default value

This field is defaulted from the Inventory on Order field of the Company - Item Inventory (whwmd4100m100) session.

Allocated

allocated inventory

Default value

This field is defaulted from the Allocated field of the Company - Item Inventory (whwmd4100m100) session.

Committed

inventory on hold

Default value

This field is defaulted from the Committed field of the Company - Item Inventory (whwmd4100m100) session.

Weight

The aggregated weight of the planned goods listed in the current shipment line.

Weight Unit

The unit used to express the weight.

Volume

The aggregated volume of the goods listed on the current shipment line.

Volume Unit

The unit used to express the volume of the goods listed on the shipment line.

Floor Space

The aggregated surface area of the goods listed on the shipment line.

Floor Space Unit

The unit used to express the surface area.

Pieces

The aggregated piece unit quantity of the goods listed on the shipment line.

Weight

The actual weight of the goods listed on the shipment line. This is the weight of the goods after the shipment line is given the Confirmed status in Warehousing .

If the cost allocation is based on weight, this value must be higher than zero after the shipment line has received the Shipped status.

Volume

The aggregated volume of the goods that were shipped. The value in this field is derived from the shipped quantity and the Planned Volume field. This is the volume of the goods after the shipment line is given the Confirmed status in Warehousing , provided that the shipment is not based on manually created freight orders.

If the cost allocation is based on volume, this value must be higher than zero after the shipment line has received the Shipped status.

Floor Space

The aggregated floor space of the goods that were shipped. The value in this field is derived from the shipped quantity and the Planned Floor Space field. This is the surface area of the goods after the shipment line is given the Confirmed status in Warehousing , provided that the shipment is not based on manually created freight orders.

If the cost allocation is based on floor space, this value must be higher than zero after the shipment line has received the Shipped status.

Pieces

The aggregated piece unit quantity of the goods listed on the shipment line. The value in this field is derived from the shipped quantity and the Pieces field. This is the piece unit quantity of the goods after the shipment line is given the Confirmed status in Warehousing , provided that the shipment is not based on manually created freight orders.

Weight

The aggregated weight of the goods that were delivered to the customer’s location. The value in this field is derived from the delivered quantity and the Shipped Weight field.

Volume

The aggregated volume of the goods that were delivered at the customer’s. The value in this field is derived from the delivered quantity and the Shipped Volume field.

Floor Space

The aggregated floor space of the goods that were delivered at the customer’s. The value in this field is derived from the delivered quantity and the Shipped Floor Space field.

Pieces

The aggregated piece unit quantity of the goods delivered at the customer's. The value in this field is derived from the delivered quantity and the Pieces field.

Piece Unit

The piece unit for the shipment line.

Planned Additional Rate Quantity

Additional rate quantity by unit

Additional Rate Unit

Additional rate quantity by unit

Planned Freight Value

The value of the goods that are planned to be transported. The value in this field is filled from the freight order on which the shipment line is based.

Shipped Freight Value

The value of the goods that are planned to be transported. The value in this field is filled from the freight order on which the shipment line is based.

Currency

The currency by which the freight value is expressed.

Estimated Freight Cost

The estimated freight costs of the shipment line. The estimated costs are derived from the carrier agreements maintained in the LN Pricing module, or they can be entered manually. The currency used to express the estimated freight costs is the currency defined for the buy-from business partner of the carrier selected for the current shipment line.

Recalculate for Invoice Amount

If this check box is selected, the freight cost amount must be recalculated manually due to partial deliveries or over-deliveries.

Actual Freight Cost

actual freight costs

Actual Cost Final

If this check box is selected, the actual costs of the carrier invoice that have been approved by Financials for the current shipment line. If invoicing is not based on a carrier invoice, this check box is selected when the estimated costs for the load to which the shipment line belongs belongs is made actual and final.

Shipment Line Text

The text about the current shipment line. To edit the text or to write new text, start the text editor on the toolbar, or press CTRL-T.