Shipping and Receiving Activity 

Definition

Period in which an object is used in a particular context:

●      Goods receipt or goods issue of a transportation unit (TU)

●      A vehicle’s stay in the yard

●      Loading or unloading process of a door

A shipping and receiving activity (S&R activity) is unique for each object and time.

Use

You use shipping and receiving activities to uniquely identify vehicles, TUs, and doors for a particular time period, thus enabling unlimited use.

Structure

Each shipping and receiving activity has a unique identification (ID), planned time and actual time:

●      Planned arrival period (such as 23.11.05 between 10 and 11 o’clock)

●      Actual arrival (such as 23.11.05 at 10:30)

●      Planned departure period

●      Actual departure

A shipping and receiving activity can have one of the following states:

●      Planned

●      Active

●      Completed

●      Invalid (canceled)

Only one active S&R activity per object (vehicle, TU and door) is possible. The system considers this first of all when it executes activities for the respective object. Activities for planned and completed S&R activities are also possible, such as archiving or deleting.

Information about S&R activities in connection with the individual objects:

●      S&R activities for vehicles

○       You or the system create a new planned S&R activity for a vehicle, when its arrival in the yard has been planned.

○       The status of the S&R activity changes from Planned to Active for a vehicle when the status of the vehicle changes to Arrival at Checkpoint.

○       The status of the S&R activity changes from Active to Completed for a vehicle when the status of the vehicle changes to Departure from Checkpoint.

●      S&R activities for TUs

○       You or the system create a new planned S&R activity for a TU when its arrival in the yard has been planned, or when you or the system assign TU deliveries (inbound or outbound) at the very latest.

○       The status of the S&R activity changes from Planned to Active for a TU when the status of the TU changes to Arrival at Checkpoint. You can also change the status manually using the function Maintain Transportation Unit(/SCWM/TU).

○       The status of the S&R activity changes to Completed for a TU when the status of the TU changes to Departure from Checkpoint.

If you want to use a TU during its stay in the yard for both an inbound and an outbound process, you map this using two S&R activities. In this instance, you can use function /SCWM/TU to change the status of the completely unloaded inbound S&R activity from Active to Completed, and the status of the new S&R activity from Planned to Active, without having to post the arrival at or departure from the checkpoint.

●      S&R activities for doors

○       You or the system create a new planned S&R activity for a door when you or the system assign a TU to the door.

○       The status of the S&R activity for a door changes to Active when the TU arrives at the door.

○       The status of the S&R activity for a door changes to Completed when the assigned TU leaves the door.