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Extended Transport Units

Use Transport Units to plan, pick, and ship with real-world handling units such as pallets, boxes, or crates. You can open unit allocations from planning and warehouse pages, split or combine units, and print Order Guidance Cards for just the units you are loading. Totals stay in sync across related documents.

Important

To use the extended Transport Unit handling, the feature must be enabled for the Location and a number series must be set up. For details, see Set up Transport Units.

To open Transport Units from Warehouse Pick

  1. Choose the Search, enter Warehouse Pick, and then choose the related link.
  2. Select a pick document.
  3. Do one of the following:
  • Select the drilldown on field Extended Transport Units.
  • Choose the action Open Transport Units.
  1. The Transport Unit Allocation list opens for the related source documents. Review or edit the allocations.

To open Transport Units from Warehouse Shipment

  1. Choose the Search, enter Warehouse Shipment, and then choose the related link.
  2. Select a shipment document.
  3. Do one of the following:
  • Select the drilldown on field Extended Transport Units.
  • Choose the action Open Transport Units.
  1. The Transport Unit Allocation list opens for the related source documents.

To open Transport Units from Disposition Planning

  1. Choose the Search, enter Disposition Planning, and then choose the related link.
  2. Select one or multiple headers in the list.
  3. Choose the action Open Transport Units.
  4. The Transport Unit Allocation list opens and shows allocations across all selected documents.

To open Transport Units from Route Allocation

  1. Choose the Search, enter Route Allocation, and then choose the related link.
  2. On the Route Allocation page, select one or multiple lines on the subpage.
  3. Choose the action Open Transport Units.
  4. The Transport Unit Allocation list opens and shows allocations across all selected documents.

To create a Transport Unit

  1. Open the Transport Unit Allocation list (see one of the sections above).
  2. Select the line that you want to move to a new unit.
  3. Choose the Create action.
  4. A new Transport Unit number is created and the allocation is copied.
Note

If the unit has already been printed on a guidance card, you will be asked to confirm the split.

To combine Transport Units

  1. Open the Transport Unit Allocation list.
  2. Select at least two entries that should be combined into one unit.
  3. Choose the Combine Transport Units action.
  4. Confirm the unit to keep. Other entries are renamed to that unit; unused units are removed automatically.
Note

If one or more selected units have already been printed on a guidance card, you will be asked to confirm the combine action.

To print Order Guidance Cards for selected units

  1. Open the Transport Unit Allocation list.
  2. Select the entries that you want to print.
  3. Choose Print Guidance Cards.
  4. The system prints guidance cards for the related Sales Orders and Outbound Transfers.

To review Transport Unit totals and capacity on tours

  1. Choose the Search, enter Route Allocation, and then choose the related link.
  2. Open a Route Allocation.
  3. Review the Route Allocation FactBox on the right. It shows totals for weight, volume, and Total Transport Units.
Note

If vehicle weight or volume limits are set, totals that exceed the limits are highlighted.