The management of containers is included in the logistics chain. Containers are used in the Shipments management in order to oversee the Transportation of purchase orders to their delivery point.
In this function, select the lines of the orders to ship. It can be full orders for which you can decide to keep the initially planned quantities. You can also pick a selection of lines and modify their initial quantity.
These lines can come from several orders, sites and suppliers, provided that they belong to the same legal company.
However, you cannot select order lines already associated directly with a shipment.
You can modify or delete a container as long as it is not associated with a shipment.
Refer to documentation Implementation
In order to create a container, you must at minimum specify:
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The following fields are present on this tab :
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The container identification code is mandatory. The User can:
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This is the container identification code defined for the international trade, according to the ISO 4 standards: 4 alphanumeric characters followed by 7 numeric characters. You can enter it. It can also be entered by import. |
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This field contains the shipment number. It cannot be entered by the user. It is automatically filled when the container is associated with a shipment. |
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This field displays the transport number. It cannot be entered by the user. It is automatically entered when the container is associated with a transport by means of the shipment. |
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In this tab:
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Fields
The following fields are present on this tab :
Data
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This field is used to specify the site to which the purchase orders that you wish to select are attached. The choice of a site thus allows you to filter the selection panel with only the purchase orders recorded on this site. Once the first order has been created, the site is no longer modifiable. |
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This field allows you to specify the supplier to which the purchase orders that you wish to select are attached. The choice of a supplier thus allows you to filter the selection panel with only the purchase orders placed with this supplier. If you have also entered a site, the selection panel is filtered with only the orders placed on this site with the specified provider. Once the first order has been thus selected, the supplier is no longer modifiable. |
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This field indicates the excluding tax amount for the selected lines, expressed in the management currency of the company of the selected lines. It is automatically calculated during the validation of the creation or the modification of the container. You can also recalculate it by using the action Total recalculation. |
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This field displays the company management currency. |
Seal number
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Three free fields are available to enter the seal numbers. |
Container capacity
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Select the Freight container you wish to use. The choice of the container determines the maximum weight and volume you can carry. |
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This field displays the maximum loading weight authorized for the selected freight container. It cannot be modified. |
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This field displays the total container weight; that is, the total weight of selected lines added to the tare weight. This weight is expressed in the container weight unit. It is automatically calculated during the validation of the creation or the modification of the container. You can also recalculate it by using the action Total recalculation. |
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This field displays the container volume. It cannot be modified. |
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This field displays the maximum loading volume authorized for the selected freight container. It cannot be modified. |
Totals
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This field indicates the total volume of the selected lines, converted if necessary in the volume unit of the container. It is automatically calculated during the validation of the creation or the modification of the container. You can also recalculate it by using the action Total recalculation. |
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This non modifiable field displays the volume unit defined for the container. |
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This field indicates the total weight of the selected lines, converted if necessary in the weight unit of the container. It is automatically calculated during the validation of the creation or the modification of the container. You can also recalculate it by using the action Total recalculation. |
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This non modifiable field displays the weight unit defined for the container. |
Available
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This field displays the available container weight; that is, the maximum loading weight authorized from which the total weight of selected lines is deducted. It cannot be modified.
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Check this flag to indicate that the container is filled. This flag is only present for information purposes. |
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This field displays the available volume of the container; that is, the volume of use from which the total volume of selected lines is deducted. It cannot be modified.
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This field displays the fill rate of the container with respect to the usable volume. It cannot be modified. It is automatically calculated during the validation of the creation or the modification of the container. You can also recalculate it by using the action Total recalculation. |
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The lines grid is populated from the picking you will perform in the selection panel.
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Fields
The following fields are present on this tab :
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Purchase order number. |
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This is the purchase order line. |
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Ordered product reference. |
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This is the description translated into the supplier's language. |
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This is the description from the product record. |
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This field displays the unit in which the order is done and cannot be modified. |
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This field displays the ordered quantity. This quantity remains modifiable. |
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Code identifying the supplier. |
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This field contains the total weight of the order line, calculated according to the ordered quantity. You can modify it. |
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This field displays the weight unit specified on the reference document. |
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This field contains the total volume of the order line, calculated according to the ordered quantity. You can modify it. |
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This field displays the volume unit specified on the reference document. |
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Order line excluding tax amount. This field is not editable. |
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This field displays the company management currency. |
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code of the issuing site of the order line. |
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This field, which cannot be modified, is a reminder on the incoterm displayed in the order header. The Incoterm codes, set by the International Chamber of Commerce, seek to standardize the terms the most used in the international commerce by defining the respective responsibilities of the seller and the buyer agreed upon on establishement of the sales contract by a unique word similarly understood throughout the world. The Incoterm code, controlled in Incoterm table is used in the INTRASTAT file (Exchange of goods declaration). It can also be used to define the price lists. |
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You can use this action as you add order lines to the container : you can thus calculate or re-calculate the lines' weight total, volume total, and excluding tax amount total of selected lines. |
This option is used to access the Journal traceability inquiry function. This function is used to view and browse through the hierarchy of journals at the origin or coming from the document.
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