Confirm a container

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The following routines are available for confirming the container:

  • Work with containers. See below for instructions.
  • Container confirmation. See below for instructions.
  • Work with pickings. You can use the Container view which can be configured as the start view via a view control, or any of the other views. From the Container view, the confirmation reporting is done per container and not by pick list. PQC (Pick quality control) reporting is only available from the Container view. See Confirm a pick list for instructions.
  • Pick confirmation flow. This routine can be used for containers that are not flagged for PQC (Pick quality control) reporting. See Confirm a pick list for instructions.
  • Work with outbound shipments. On the initial panel, click one of the following options for the outbound shipment:
    • the Container overview option to access the Work with containers, All panel. See the instructions starting from step 2 in Via Work with containers routine below.
    • If the container is not flagged for PQC (Pick quality control) reporting, you can click the Conf pick option to access the Work with pickings, Shipments view panel. See the instructions starting from step 2 in Confirm a pick list for a shipment. If it is flagged for PQC (Pick quality control) reporting, you must confirm the container via the Container view by clicking the PQC confirmation option.

Via the Work with containers routine

When confirmation reporting is selected from this routine, the confirmation reporting is done per container, and not by pick list.

  1. Select the Work with containers menu item.
  2. You access Work with containers, All panel. All containers, confirmed and non-confirmed containers can be displayed. Note: Confirmed containers are excluded, by default, when you first access this routine (i.e. the More selections setting for the Status field is set to exclude containers with status 60). If you want to view the confirmed containers, click the More selections function key and clear the settings in the Status field.

    Highlight the applicable container and then right-click and select the applicable option.

  3. Option Description
    Lines Access the Work with containers lines panel to view the lines for the container. From that panel you can drill down to the line details as well as drill down to view the packaging info for a packaging container to view the container type to be used for the packaging, the material to be used when the container is packed, and if any errors were detected during packaging material creation. If the container is flagged for PQC confirmation, you can also drill down to view the pick quality control type defined for the container line.
    Confirm Access the Work with pickings, Detail lines panel where you can enter the picked quantity for the container and then confirm the container.
    PQC confirm Perform a PQC (pick quality control) confirmation for containers that are flagged for PQC confirmation (i.e. the PQC column is set to YES). You will access the Work with pickings, Detail lines panel where you can report the quantity and then perform a PQC confirmation for the container.
    Print pick label Print the container pick labels for the individual items. One label will be printed for each quantity in the container. These are automatically printed when the pick list is printed if the information required is set up, but you can also print them via this option.
    View log Access the Container log enquiry to view the logged entries for the container.
    Re-print pick list Re-print the pick list.

Via the Container confirmation routine

When confirmation reporting is selected from this routine, the confirmation reporting is done per container, and not by pick list.

  1. Select the Container confirmation menu item.
  2. You access the initial Container confirmation panel. Complete the following fields:
    Container number
    Mandatory entry. Enter the number of the container you want to confirm.

    PQC confirmation
    Set this field to YES if the container shall be PQC (pick quality control) confirmed.

    Pick handler
    This field is only displayed if the PICK-HND (Pick handler) function is activated in the Function control file. It is a mandatory entry. Enter the user ID of the person working with the pick confirmation.
    Zone
    Optional entry. Enter the picked from zone to be used for the confirmation.
    Dispatch date
    Defaults with today’s date. Leave as is or change to the date that the container should be dispatched.
    Suspend pick error
    This field is set to YES by default meaning that the system will perform a suspension check according to the definition made for the zone in the Warehouse zone table. Set this field to NO if you want the system to continue with the container confirmation process without suspending the location.

    Click OK.

The following tasks (panels) will automatically be prompted accordingly:

Work with pickings, Detail lines You can:

  • enter/change the picked quantity (or click Full dispatch which will move the suggested quantity (i.e. the customer’s order quantity) to the picked quantity field if zero). The confirm full dispatch can be viewed as a type of “exception handling” whereby only picks where changes were made need to be first corrected e.g., correct locations or quantities using lines and then confirm.
  • select the batch.
  • create a duplicate reception line if, e.g., you need to pick from two different batches and thus need to add a second batch, or when one suggested pick line needs to be received from two different locations instead of the one suggested.
  • Maintain the sales order. If you add a new order line to the order, the order line will be displayed when you return to this panel. No picked quantity will be defaulted, but the Picked qty field will be open for input.

Batch controlled items:
If the item on the pick line is a batch controlled item, the batch from which the quantity should be picked is suggested and listed in the Batch column. If you need to change the batch, click the window prompt icon beside the applicable batch and select that applicable.

After clicking OK, the next panel depends on the following:

  • If the SERTRACK (Serialized tracking) function is activated in Work with function controls, and any batch controlled items are flagged for serialized tracking you will access the Work with serialized tracking, Dispatch panel where you must select the applicable serialized tracking ID per stock unit.
  • If any of the items are serial number controlled you will access the Serial number entry panel where you enter the serial number information corresponding to the quantity you are picking (See Serial number controlled items below) and click OK to access the Lines panel.
  • If no items on the pick line are serial number controlled you will access the Lines panel.

Serial number controlled items:
It works as follows:

  1. On the first Serial number entry panel, click the Select serial numbers function key.
  2. You access the second Serial number entry panel listing all available serial numbers for the item. Double-click the applicable serial numbers (that correspond to the number of items being dispatched) or highlight those applicable and click the Select option.
  3. You return to the first Serial number entry panel, listing those selected. Note: If you change the Picked qty on the Detail lines panel, you will need to add or delete serial numbers. The serial number entry panel will prompt after clicking OK on the Detail lines panel (or you can select the Serial numbers option from that same panel). The number of serial numbers you must add or delete will be displayed in the Qty (to add) or Qty (to delete) fields.

Click OK.

Lines On this panel click the Confirm function key to confirm the picking.

Catch weight handling
If the order line was flagged for Catch weight handling, you will access the Work with pickings, Catch weights panel where you must enter the catch weight quantity for the order line. The Quantity to add field displays the quantity that must be reported. Multiple catch weights can be entered for one order line, allowing you to have a separate weight for each individual item. All catch weights are then accumulated to be the price unit quantity for the order line and will also be used to re-calculate the order line value. As you report the quantity, the quantity in the Quantity to add decreases and the quantity in the Total actual qty and Total CW quantity fields increases. If a variance limit percentage range was set up for the item/sales unit that is under catch weight handling, and the entered catch weight quantity exceeds the variance range limit that is set up, you will access the Override allowed CW variance panel where you must enter your signature ID and the security code for the signature to accept the exceeding quantity and continue with catch weight entry. When the entire quantity has been reported, click the Confirm catch weight function key to confirm the entered catch weight quantity(ies). A validation will be performed to check that catch weight has been entered for the entire quantity.

Package reporting panel if the warehouse on the sales order = H (Header) level Enter the number of packages. If no packages shall be created you must enter 0 (zero).

After clicking OK, the system will generate as many package type lines as the number of packages entered. Package type is defaulted from the warehouse if a default package type has been defined. The total net weight of the pick list is retrieved and distributed equally among the packages. If a default package type is defined for the warehouse, the weight of the default package type from the Warehouse table is added to each line.

Accept or change the manner of transport

Accept/change any automatically calculated/retrieved freight fee or change any freight fee that was manually entered on the order at sales order entry. (No other fees are relevant at this stage, and thus are not displayed).

Freight documents Only third-party freight documents are available if that functionality is activated (and package reporting for the warehouse on the sales order is set up on header level). See About freight documents for the instructions.

Note: If the DC1 Third party freight doc (TFD) application and the AUTOTFD (Auto crt 3rd party freight doc) function control are activated, the DOC04 document is created automatically. If DOC04 is the only active document, this panel is not displayed.

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