Creating Shipments 

 

Procedure

To create a shipment, proceed as follows:

  1. From shipment, choose Create ® Single Documents.

    2. The Create Shipment: Initial Screen appears.

  2. Enter a transportation planning point.
  3. Choose the required shipment type from the list field.
  4. Enter a selection variant, if necessary.

You can assign a selection variant to each shipment type in Customizing. When you create a shipment list for the document type to which a variant has been assigned, the system automatically proposes these values on the selection screen.
  1. Choose Edit ® Select further deliveries.

Depending on the type of shipment you enter, the selection screen for inbound or outbound shipments will appear. Enter your selection criteria for creating a shipment. If you have specified a selection variant or if one has already been assigned to the shipment type, the system will automatically propose these values in the relevant selection fields.

For further information on delivery selection, refer to the section Screen Info for Delivery Selection.
  1. Enter the selection criteria you require.

The system automatically resets the Trns. plan. status field from value A (not yet processed) to B (Partially processed) and the Total gds mvt stat. field to value A (not yet processed). Based on these values, the system selects all deliveries that need shipment documents. The system defines deliveries that need shipment documents as all deliveries with either no transportation planning or only partial transportation planning (because certain shipment stages still need to be defined, for instance).
  1. If you want the deliveries selected to be assigned automatically to a shipment document, you must select the Include deliveries in processed shipment field.
  2. Choose Enter.

The system returns a list of deliveries that match your selection criteria. The system automatically creates a shipment document and assigns the selected deliveries to it if you have selected the Include deliveries in processed shipment field. If you have not set the indicator, you must make the necessary assignments manually.
  1. By choosing Edit ® Selection log, you can obtain information on the selection run such as the total number of deliveries and items selected, the selection criteria used, and any problems that occurred.
  2. If you still have room in the shipment, you can repeat the selection procedure and fill the shipment with more deliveries. To repeat the selection procedure, choose Edit ® Select further deliveries.

For information on processing the worklist, see:

Defining Selection Variants for Shipments

Creating Additional Shipment Documents

Moving Deliveries

Removing Deliveries from a Shipment

Creating Shipment Documents for Individual Deliveries

See also:

Shipment Types