Definition

The quantities and materials proposed during loading confirmation are those which were saved in the shipment during scheduling. The materials are displayed at the product and compartment level. The actual loaded quantity is the amount actually loaded into the compartment, which can differ from the amount proposed from scheduling.

You can manually enter information relating to the products, quantities, and temperature, or you can enter readings from Vehicle Meters or Rack Meters .

Use

Choose Logistics → Sales and Distribution → Bulk transportation → Shipment → Load confirmation → Create/Change. In the Create/Change Loading Confirmation screen choose Goto → Balance documents . In the Balance Load - Allocate Documents screen you can accept the products and quantities proposed from scheduling by choosing Edit → Activate Proposal . Alternatively, the products and quantities can be changed (within the constraints of the compartment dimensions).

If any material remains from the last shipment, the prior-to-load quantity can be entered in the Load Bulk screen by choosing Edit®Get prior to load.

Depending on the type of item being loaded, you may have to specify additional information. The following information is proposed from scheduling:

For Hydrocarbon Inventory Management (HIM) materials the following additional information is required:

For dutiable materials you must enter the Batch (tax status of the product to be loaded) in addition to the information automatically proposed from scheduling.

Because a transfer from one storage location to another storage location occurs during loading, the entry of the storage location from which the product was taken is required. If the material is moved to an intransit storage location during loading, you must enter the intransit storage location, unless it is automatically proposed based on the underlying document. Additionally, if the material is batch managed, you also have to enter batch information.

The system calculates the material quantities during the loading confirmation transaction using the Oil Quantity Calculation function. The pop-up window for Oil Quantity Calculation is displayed for every material/storage location combination.

Entry With Meters

The use of meters allows you to monitor the quantities loaded. The meter calculates the start and end reading as the loaded quantity. If a single meter is used, you can enter the details directly for each line item. The meter start and end readings are recorded, eliminating the need to manually enter the quantity loaded. Alternatively, if several meters are used to load one compartment, the Multiple Meters function allows you to enter each individual reading.

Procedure:

Creating/Changing a Load Confirmation

See also:

Capture of Measurement Data