Processing orders by route

Follow these steps to process route orders:

Before you can process a route order, you must define routes in Order Entry. See Defining routes.

  1. Enter and release the order using any order entry form. See Entering a customer order.
    Note: The application calculates the day of the week for the expected ship date and finds the next available delivery day.
  2. Run Route Creation (WH120) to build the temporary of route orders to be picked, packed, and shipped.
  3. If you need to make changes, then adjust the routes. Consider these options:
    Access To
    Routes (WH21.1)

    • Change or delete stops

    • Change the sequence of stops

    • Delete orders on a stop
    Stops (WH21.2)

    • Delete documents on a stop or delete a route
    Stop Transfer (WH21.3)

    • Transfer a stop to another route or stop
    Document Transfer (WH21.4)

    • Transfer a document to another stop and route
    Note: You cannot make changes to a route after it is released.
  4. Access Routes (WH21.1) and release the route.
  5. Optionally, run Batch Allocation (WH110) to allocate inventory if your company was set up for batch allocation in the Inventory Control application. Otherwise, online allocation occurs at order entry.
  6. Access Pick List Print (WH130) and print the pick list. Be aware that if you do not run Route Creation (WH120) before printing the pick list, then no orders print for the route.
    Note: The stops print in reverse on pick lists, so that the last stop is loaded first and the first stop is loaded last.

    When you print the pick list, the application deletes the temporary route. You cannot change routes after printing the pick list.

  7. Depending on the process type, perform the required picking, packing, and shipping feedback.
  8. Access Shipment Release (WH190) to release the shipment.

    Alternatively, access Shipping Feedback by Shipment (WH32.1) and select the Release form action for the shipment you want to release.

    Note: If you invoice at the company level, then do not enter a process level when creating the shipment-related invoice.
  9. Access Daily Shipment Journal (OE129) to create the shipment-related invoice.

Reports and inquiries

To Use
List routes created by the temporary route Route File Listing (WH210)
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