Shipment Planning is used to describe conditions that control how shipping is done. These include whether certain items can be shipped together, such as regular and rush orders, whether to use Economic Shipping Parameters, and how routing is performed.
To define shipping planning:
Field | Description |
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Do not mix in a shipment | If any of the following are selected, separate shipments must
be created for items that have different values for these attributes. For example, if Department Code is selected, items that are for different departments can not be included in the same shipment. |
Buyer Mark For Node Id |
The buyer mark for node id. |
Customer PO # | Customer's Purchase Order number. |
Department Code | The department for which the item is intended. |
Gift Flag | The gift flag. |
Level of Service | The level of service on the order. |
Mark For | Person for whom this shipment is marked for. |
Order # | The order number. |
Order Type | The order type. |
Transportation optimization | |
Economic shipping parameters maintained | Economic Shipping Parameters (ESP) are used in shipping consolidation.
Select this field to enable the following Economic Shipping Parameters
fields. ESP support consolidation of shipments until a weight or volume threshold is met, or until an certain time elapses. By consolidating shipments, shipping costs can be reduced For example, you can set that shipments should be consolidated until the shipment weight is 300 pounds, or 50 cubic feet in volume. To ensure that eventually the shipment is set, you can establish a maximum number of days to wait until the conditions are met. When either the weight, volume or delay shipment threshold is met, the shipment is moved to the next stage in shipping. |
Delay shipment by not more than __ Days | Enter the number of days this shipment can be delayed before
it should be shipped. For example, if a value is set for weight threshold of 300 pounds, and this field has been set to 3 days, the shipment is shipped after 3 days, regardless of whether the weight threshold has been met. |
Consolidate up to weight threshold of | Enter a weight. |
Consolidate up to volume threshold of | Enter a volume |
Region Schema For Routing | Select the applicable region schema for routing. Select the Details icon. The Region Schema Details window displays. |
Routing Guide | |
Not Maintained | Select this to use manual routing. Shipments are managed in the shipment console, and any routing guides are not consulted. |
Maintained in Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation | Select this to use the Routing Guides maintained in Sterling Selling and
Fulfillment Foundation to
determine how shipments should be routed. See Creating a routing guide. In addition to the routing guide maintained here by the enterprise, there may be a routing guide for the buyer organization. For more information about using both buyer and enterprise routing guides, see Creating a routing guide. |
Maintained Externally | Select this to indicate that an external routing system is
used. The routing guides maintained in Sterling Selling and
Fulfillment Foundation are
not consulted. Examples of external routing systems include using an integrated Transportation Management System (TMS), or implementing a User Exit which consults with the buyer organization. |