Print Consignment Note

Explanation

This activity is used to print consignment notes. A consignment note is more detailed in terms of, e.g., handling unit weight and the number of parcels as compared to a delivery note. The consignment note is considered as a preliminary document when it is printed before the shipment has been completed. However, if no changes occur after printing, the document will be regarded as final.

This activity can be executed either manually per shipment, manually for all shipments connected to a consolidated shipment or automatically in the shipment flow. Whether or not to print a consignment note automatically, is controlled by the shipment type of the shipment. In the shipment type it can be defined that a consignment note should be printed at execution of a main activity in the shipment flow e.g. reservation, report picking, delivery. A consolidated shipment is defined as one departure of several shipments from the specified site, to all the delivery addresses of the connected shipments. When executed from the consolidated shipment the consignment notes for all connected shipments are printed in reversed load sequence order to get the consignment notes in unloading order.

To get a complete consignment note, a handling unit structure must be fully defined, i.e., all the shipment lines must have a reference on at least one handling unit. Regardless of this, it is also possible to print a consignment note without a defined handling unit structure. The result will be that no detailed container information will be presented on the document.

Prerequisites

• A handling unit structure must have been defined.

Note: If a consignment note is printed and no handling unit structure is defined, only a calculation of the total net weight of each source line will be performed and displayed on the consignment note.

• For a consignment note to be printed automatically, the shipment type must have been defined to do so at the execution of a main activity.

System Effects

• The consignment note will be printed.
• The Consignment Note check box on the shipment header will be selected. 

Window

Shipment 
Shipments
Consolidated Shipment
Consolidated Shipments

Related Window Descriptions

Shipment 
Shipments
Consolidated Shipment
Consolidated Shipments

Procedure

To print a consignment note manually:

1. Open the Shipment window or the Shipments window.
2. Search for the shipment for which you want to print the consignment note.
3. Right-click and and then click Print Consignment Note.

To print a consignment note automatically:

1. Execute a main activity in the shipment flow e.g. reservation, report picking, delivery.
2. A consignment note will be printed, if the main activity has this defined as an optional event in the shipment type.

To print consignment note manually, for all shipments connected to a consolidated shipment:

1. Open the Consolidated Shipment window or the Consolidated Shipments window.
2. Search for the consolidated shipment for which you want to print the consignment notes for all connected shipments.
3. Right-click and then click Print Consignment Note.