Reports and Processes

This chapter covers the following topics:

Oracle Shipping Execution Reports

Overview of Reports and Processes

Oracle Shipping Execution provides you with a variety of flexible and easy-to-use reports that help to improve productivity and increase control. Text attachments can be used with reports and processes to print shipping application data: for example, unpacking instructions entered on a delivery line can be printed on the Packing Slip.

Using an XML Publisher-enabled shipping document, you can define your own report layouts, include additional fields, and print the document in PDF format.

Note: A printer must be assigned to the reports. This is set up in the Choose Printers for Shipping Documents window. See Oracle Order Management Implementation Guide.

User Procedures

Oracle Shipping Execution reports are visible (depending on your user role) from the Shipping Reports and Documents window. Using the list of values in the Name field, select the report that you are running. Once selected, the Parameters window is displayed for your report. The parameters must be defined where applicable.

Note: Depending on the report you are running, some parameters are required, some are optional, and some reports do not require any parameters.

See: Oracle E-Business Suite User's Guide

User Types

Super User and Business User are typical Oracle Application user types that enable different levels of access to the applications.

Super User

A super user is typically the System Administrator / IT Engineer. This user may define and extend the Oracle XML Publisher layout templates for shipping documents as part of the application setup.

Business User

The business user typically includes most manager roles, including Sales Managers, Sales Representatives, Customer Service Managers, Customer Service Representatives, Contract Administrators / Negotiators, and well as other business managers. This user has extensive business domain knowledge, including business document authoring, negotiation, and approval. This user is typically responsible for defining the layouts of the business document and working with super users to define or update the layout templates to generate business documents in the appropriate format.

Printing Document Sets from Release Sales Orders for Picking Window

Document sets can be printed as part of the pick release process through the Release Sales Orders for Picking window. The field Document Set is in the header region. Use the list of values to select the document set that you want printed with the pick release process.

Any XML Publisher enabled Shipping document can also be included in a document set. Once included, the document is automatically printed with other documents in the document set.

See: Oracle Order Management Implementation Manual for information on document sets.

Printing Document Sets Using Release Rules

Document sets can be printed per release rules. Defining release rules enables you to specify a Document Set (within the Shipping tab of the Release Rules window). Use the list of values to select the document set that you want printed when your release rule is used, for example during ship confirm.

Any XML Publisher enabled Shipping document can also be included in a document set. Once included, the document is automatically printed with other documents in the document set.

See: Oracle Order Management Implementation Manual for information on defining release rules.

Printing Document Sets from Shipping Transactions Form or Quick Ship Window

Document sets can be printed for trips and deliveries through the Shipping Transactions Form or the Quick Ship window. After querying your delivery or trip, click Print Document Set and select the document set from the list (if more than 1 document set exists).

Any XML Publisher enabled Shipping document can also be included in a document set. Once included, the document is automatically printed with other documents in the document set.

XML Publisher Enabled Shipping Documents

Oracle XML Publisher enables you to extend various Oracle Shipping Execution reports to suit your business needs. The following list represents those seeded Oracle Shipping Execution report templates within Oracle XML Publisher:

Once defined or modified, these templates can be used when printing reports from the Reports and Processes window, Shipping Transactions Form, Quick Ship window, and through document sets.

The management of shipping document templates is performed in Oracle XML Publisher.

Note: Editing software can be used to modify and customize templates. For example, Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat.

See: Oracle XML Publisher User's Guide

See: Oracle Order Management Implementation Manual for information on document sets.

Printing Shipping Documents in Adobe PDF Format

Oracle Shipping Execution along with Oracle XML Publisher, enable you to print various reports in the Adobe PDF format. PDF format enabled reports are run in exactly the same way as other shipping reports. (See: Oracle E-Business Suite User's Guide for information on report printing procedures). You must, however, enable PDF printing within Oracle Shipping Execution on the Shipping Document Sets window or through the use of concurrent requests. See: Oracle Order Management Implementation Manual for information on defining document sets.

Seeded concurrent requests, that enable PDF printing include the following:

The chosen template for each report (within Oracle XML Publisher) is the template used when executing the concurrent request for each report.

Multiple Templates: Multiple templates can be created for each report. If your report has multiple templates, then you select which layout to use when printing. Within the Shipping Reports and Documents window, Upon Completion region, click Options to select the layout template to be used.

Auto-pack Report

The Auto-pack Report is designed to provide visibility to batches that have been successfully packed by the Auto Pack concurrent program.

Submission

In the Shipping Reports and Documents window, select Auto-pack Report in the Name field.

Note: This report is automatically printed as a result of the Auto Pack concurrent process.

Parameters

When you request a Auto-pack Report, Shipping Execution provides you with the following parameters:

Auto Ship Confirm Report

The Auto Ship Confirm Report is designed to provide visibility to batches that have been successfully ship confirmed by Auto Ship Confirm concurrent program.

Submission

In the Shipping Reports and Documents window, select Auto Ship Confirm Report in the Name field.

Note: This report is automatically generated as a result of ship confirmation.

Parameters

When you request a Auto Ship Confirm Report, Shipping Execution provides you with the following parameters:

Backorder Detail Report

The Backorder Detail Report prints details about backordered items for your organization and displays the information based on the report parameters.

Submission

In the Shipping Reports and Documents window, select Backorder Detail Report in the Name field.

Parameters

When you request a Backorder Detail Report, Shipping Execution provides the following parameters for you to enter. If you leave any of the non-required parameters blank, this report includes all orders that meet your other parameter criteria.

Backorder Summary Report

The Backorder Summary Report prints a list of all unshipped orders and includes only open orders that include pick release. Multiple orders and their back ordered lines are displayed on the same page. It displays order information such as the order type, order numbers, warehouse, last shipped date, monetary value of items ordered, and the quantity of items outstanding and shipped. These amounts involve totals for shippable items only because the Backorder Summary Report does not account for non-shippable items.

Submission

In the Shipping Reports and Documents window, select Backorder Summary Report in the Name field.

Parameters

When you request a Backorder Summary Report, Shipping Execution provides you with the following parameters. If you leave any parameters blank, this report includes all unshipped orders that meet your other parameter criteria.

Bill of Lading Report

The Bill of Lading prints (on preprinted forms) all sales orders that have been confirmed from a selected delivery. This document lists the ship date, carrier, bill of lading number, delivery name, shipper, ship-to address, carrier name, waybill number, quantity and description of unpacked items, quantity and total of items packed in containers, total quantity of items, and weight/volume information defined in shipping. Any shipping notes you may have created are also printed.

XML Publisher Enabled

This report is XML Publisher enabled and can be printed in PDF. An XML Publisher enabled Shipping document enables the flexibility to define your own report layouts, include additional fields, and print the document in PDF format. See: XML Publisher Enabled Shipping Documents

Submission

In the Shipping Reports and Documents window, select Bill of Lading in the Name field. This report can also be executed from an Action list, a button (on the Shipping Transactions form or the Quick Ship window, for example), or could be included in a document set.

Parameters

When you request a Bill of Lading, Shipping Execution provides you with the following parameters. If you leave any of the non-required parameters blank, this document includes all picking lines that meet your other parameter criteria.

Commercial Invoice Report

The Commercial Invoice Report lists all confirmed shipped items in a delivery. If you specify only a delivery name when defining the parameters of this report, Shipping Execution prints one commercial invoice per delivery within the trip.

This report lists ship date, commercial invoice ID (same as the delivery name), shipper/exporter, ship-to address, exporter identification number, freight carrier, all confirmed items within each delivery (including purchase order number, order number, quantity, unit of measure, unit value, and extended value for the items), total packages, total weight, and total value. Country of origin is for future use.

You can print order and line level notes on the commercial invoice. However, Shipping Execution maintains a two line maximum for notes at the header or footer to allow space for the fixed footer information that prints at the bottom of this report.

This report does not show tax or freight charges.

XML Publisher Enabled

This report is XML Publisher enabled and can be printed in PDF. An XML Publisher enabled Shipping document enables the flexibility to define your own report layouts, include additional fields, and print the document in PDF format. See: XML Publisher Enabled Shipping Documents

Submission

In the Shipping Reports and Documents window, select Commercial Invoice in the Name field.

Parameters

When you request a Commercial Invoice, Shipping Execution provides you with the following parameters. If you leave any of the non-required parameters blank, this document includes all picking lines that meet your other parameter criteria.

Location to Region Mapping Concurrent Process

Location to Region Mapping Concurrent Process processes locations (addresses) and submits a report of location data that cannot be matched to existing regions. Optionally, it can insert new region data into the regions interface table.

Submission

Navigate to the Shipping Interfaces form. If the process is not listed in the Name list of values, have your system administrator add it to the All Shipping Interfaces request group.

Parameters

Mailing Label Report

The Mailing Label Report consists of labels that print at document generation for identifying the ship-to address of the shipment. You can print mailing labels before Ship Confirm for LPNs since containers can be created without having to be associated to a Delivery. If delivery and trip information is available, it also appears on the mailing label, for example, customer name, ship to address, carrier name, waybill number, number of packages in the shipment, delivery number, container number, order number, and tracking number.

XML Publisher Enabled

This report is XML Publisher enabled and can be printed in PDF. An XML Publisher enabled Shipping document enables the flexibility to define your own report layouts, include additional fields, and print the document in PDF format. See: XML Publisher Enabled Shipping Documents

Submission

In the Shipping Reports and Documents window, select Mailing Label in the Name field.

Parameters

When you request a Mailing Label, Shipping Execution provides you with the following parameters. If you leave any of the non-required parameters blank, this report includes all customer addresses that meet your other parameter criteria.

Master Bill of Lading Report

The master bill of lading is a record of the physical bills of lading and prints the ship confirmed deliveries for a trip. It includes origin, final destination, stop off points, container description, and trailer weight.

The Master Bill of Lading report shows information when a trip has multiple deliveries from the origin.

XML Publisher Enabled

This report is XML Publisher enabled and can be printed in PDF. An XML Publisher enabled Shipping document enables the flexibility to define your own report layouts, include additional fields, and print the document in PDF format. See: XML Publisher Enabled Shipping Documents

Submission

Parameters

Open Deliveries Report

Use the Open Deliveries Report to view deliveries that you have not recorded as ship-confirmed or shipped.

Use it as:

Submission

In the Shipping Reports and Documents window, select Open Deliveries Report in the Name field.

Parameters

Packing Slip Report

The Global Packing Slip Report lists the goods that are in transit and is used to show that the goods do not belong to the carrier. The goods transported can be from sales orders, internal sales orders or transfers, and project contract lines. In some countries, the packing slip is optional while in others, it is required.

The Packing Slip Report prints the following information: the customer's name with both the ship-to and bill-to addresses, ship date, sublot, freight and payment terms, order date, cumulative quantity, and salesperson. Also included are the waybill number, freight type, freight weight, FOB point, freight carrier, and unit of measure.

Note: Set the profile option RLM: Print Cum Data on Shipping Documents to Yes to print the cumulative quantity (CUM Qty field) on the packing slip.

The Packing Slip lists each ordered item including the line level ship-to contact or order level contact, the purchase order number, the unit of measure, the quantities ordered, shipped, and backordered.

The Packing Slip layout and format contain the following:

For internal sales orders, Shipping Execution defaults the internal sales order number and requestor name to the Packing Instructions column.

Note: The Packing Slip Report cannot be printed from a third-party warehouse instance. The Packing Slip Report requires Bill to Location information that is stored in Order Management Order Lines and not in Shipping Delivery Details. This information cannot be transmitted from the supplier instance to the third party instance.

XML Publisher Enabled

This report is XML Publisher enabled and can be printed in PDF. An XML Publisher enabled Shipping document enables the flexibility to define your own report layouts, include additional fields, and print the document in PDF format. See: XML Publisher Enabled Shipping Documents

Submission

In the Shipping Reports and Documents window, select Packing Slip Report in the Name field.

Parameters

When you request a Packing Slip Report, Oracle Shipping Execution provides you with the following parameters. If you leave any of the non-required parameters blank, this report includes all picking lines that meet your other parameter criteria.

Pick Slip Report

The Pick Slip Report prints all picking line details in a picking batch. This report is used by warehouse personnel to collect all items included in shipments.

The pick slip displays the following sections:

XML Publisher Enabled

This report is XML Publisher enabled and can be printed in PDF. An XML Publisher enabled Shipping document enables the flexibility to define your own report layouts, include additional fields, and print the document in PDF format. See: XML Publisher Enabled Shipping Documents

Submission

The Pick Slip report is a pick release document that prints as a result of the pick release process.

Parameters

When you request a Pick Slip Report, Shipping Execution provides you with the following parameters:

Shipped Delivery Lines Report

Use the Shipped Delivery Lines report to display all delivery lines that have been shipped. This report includes each shipped delivery line that satisfies your parameter criteria. With this report you can also print totals for the released and shipped quantities and the number of delivery lines that meet your parameter criteria.

The report will generate a released number that is greater than the shipped number in order to compare released versus shipped quantities. This typically occurs when an order has been partially backordered. For example, you have order number 590221 for 10 each of item AS33490. If a backorder of 6 occurs, then the Shipped Delivery Lines Report will display the following:

Order 590221

Line 1.1 quantity released 10 quantity shipped 4

Line 1.2 quantity released 10 quantity shipped 6

Total: Released 20 Shipped 10

Using this report, you can print information relative to all the delivery lines that have passed the ship confirm process (status: Interfaced) like order number, released, and shipped quantity, and so on. Delivery lines are selected based on the parameters used to generate the report.

You can use this report in several ways, including the following:

Submission

Submission parameters are displayed on the cover page and critical parameters are repeated on the other pages. The report has two breaks by level, including the following: Operating Unit and Ship From Organization. There is a page break at each new Operating Unit and Ship From organization. Within each, delivery lines appear as a list and the change of page is made when the maximum possible lines per page are reached.

Parameters

Shipping Exceptions Report

The Shipping Exceptions Report provides all the exception details from Shipping Execution.

For more information on defining shipping exceptions, see Shipping Execution Setup, Defining Shipping Exceptions in Oracle Order Management Implementation Manual.

Submission

You can print this report by running it through either SRS or during Pick Release processing.

Parameters

When you request a Shipping Exceptions Report, Shipping Execution provides you with the following parameters:

Vehicle Load Sheet Details Report

The Vehicle Load Details report prints the loading sequence of items within a delivery. The report header includes the following: name of the report, the date the report is created, trip number, vehicle type, vehicle number, carrier, trip status, prior trip, and instructions.

This report prints the following information for the delivery: stop information for the delivery, planned arrival and departure date, customer name, delivery name, loading sequence number for the delivery, gross weight and net weight of the delivery, waybill number, customer production line to which the delivery is to be shipped, and final ship-to destination. This report also prints the following delivery line information for the delivery: master or detail container name, loading sequence, production sequence, customer sequence number, customer job number, item number, and item description.

Submission

In the Shipping Reports and Documents window, select Vehicle Load Sheet Details in the Name field.

Parameters

When you request a Vehicle Load Sheet Details Report, Shipping Execution, you are required to select the Trip to be printed.

Vehicle Load Sheet Summary

The Vehicle Load Sheet Summary Report prints a list of all deliveries assigned to a specific trip. This report prints the following header information: report name, report date, and trip number.

This report contains the following trip information: trip date, initial ship from date, whether the trip follows another trip, freight carrier, vehicle type, and vehicle number.

The report contains the following delivery information within the trip: order in which the deliveries are to be loaded in the trip (load sequence), delivery name, gross weight and net weight of each delivery, waybill number, and customer name.

XML Publisher Enabled

This report is XML Publisher enabled and can be printed in PDF. An XML Publisher enabled Shipping document enables the flexibility to define your own report layouts, include additional fields, and print the document in PDF format. See: XML Publisher Enabled Shipping Documents

Submission

In the Shipping Reports and Documents window, select Vehicle Load Sheet Summary in the Name field.

Parameters

When you request a Vehicle Load Sheet Summary, Shipping Execution provides you with the following parameter:

Trip: Select the trip to be printed in this document.

Interface Trip Stop SRS

The Interface Trip Stop-SRS process runs the interface to initiate Oracle Order Management and Oracle Inventory interfaces as well as initiate the process for generating Departure Ship Notice Outbound (DSNO). This functionality is detailed within the topic Interface Trip Stop-SRS.

International Trade Management Reports and Processes

The International Trade Management (ITM) reports and processes enable you to submit transactions to the ITM Adapter. The ITM Adapter then communicates the transactions to the partner ITM application. See: International Trade Management topic in the Oracle Shipping Execution Setup chapter of the Oracle Order Management Implementation Manual.

If your current responsibility does not enable you to navigate to International Trade Management Reports and Processes, change responsibility to ITM Adapter Super User responsibility.

Oracle Shipping Execution Processes

Oracle Shipping Execution provides you with various processes, including:

Automated Carrier Manifesting Concurrent Process

If your business process requires manifesting a significant volume of deliveries, then you can use the Automated Carrier Manifesting concurrent program to complete this task systematically. This program searches for open deliveries with assigned lines that are staged and packed then it sends the Shipment Request automatically. Additionally, if the concurrent program parameter for autopack is set to Yes, then this program searches for open deliveries with staged lines regardless of whether they are packed. Packing is systemically performed prior to manifesting since only packed delivery lines can be manifested.

Submission

Navigate to the Shipping Interfaces window and, after verifying the correctness of the parameters data, click Submit.

Parameters

Create Shipment Batches for Fulfillment

Create Shipment Batches for Fulfillment concurrent program groups eligible delivery lines for the selected parameters into shipment batches based on grouping criteria.

The following grouping criteria are mandatory:

The following grouping criteria are optional:

Submission

Navigate to the Create Shipment Batches for Fulfillment window and enter the necessary parameters. Click Submit.

Parameters

Enter applicable values for the following parameters:

  1. Organization: Select your organization.

  2. Consignee/Customer: Optionally, select a customer.

  3. ShipTo Location: Optionally, enter a customer ship to address.

  4. Sales Order Type: Optionally, select the sales order type.

  5. Sales Order Number (Low/High): Optionally, select the range of sales order numbers.

  6. Request Date (Low/High): Optionally, select the range of request dates.

  7. Schedule Date (Low/High): Optionally, select the range of schedule dates.

  8. Shipment Priority: Optionally, select the shipment priority.

  9. Include Internal Sales Orders: To include internal sales orders while creating shipment batch.

  10. Log Level: Enter 1 to turn debugging on and 0 to turn debugging off.

Note: This concurrent program creates shipment batches even if the delivery detail’s organization is not set up as 'Distributed Organization' in Organization Parameters window, ATP, Pick, Item Sourcing tabbed region.

Import Shipping Locations Concurrent Process

This program imports location data into shipping. You must run the program in one of the following conditions:

Submission

Navigate to the Import Shipping Locations program and enter the necessary parameters. Click Submit.

Parameters

Map Regions: Set to Yes to enable all the available-to-promise transit time calculations.

Location to Region Mapping Concurrent Process

This is an optional program. You do not need to run this program if you have an alternative source of region data that you can enter using the interface table or the Regions and Zones window.

This program, which is typically run only once, examines all the existing location data, and lists any regions you require in the Regions Interface table. Review the suggested regions using the Regions Interface window, and correct errors present from the original location information. After you are satisfied that the entries are correct, you can run the Region Interface program (WSHRGINT).

Submission

Navigate to the Location to Region Mapping program and enter the necessary parameters. Click Submit.

Pick Release SRS

Use this process to run a specific release at the same time every day. SRS runs pick release in the background and the program can be run multiple times daily.

Submission

Navigate to the Pick Release window and enter the necessary parameters. Click Submit.

Parameters

Related Topics

Overview of Pick Release

Planned Shipment Interface

You can automatically run the Planned Shipment Interface request every time a planned shipment is received from Oracle Transportation Management. However, for situations that may result in too many Planned Shipment Interface concurrent requests being run simultaneously, you may want to run this request either manually or on a scheduled interval. (Several concurrent requests running at the same time may reduce system performance.)

The Defer Planned Shipment Interface check box on the Global Parameters window (General tab) controls the default setting for running the Planned Shipment Interface concurrent request. Select Yes to run the request manually (or to schedule it), or No to run the request automatically every time the planned shipment is received from Oracle Transportation Management. For more information, see the Shipping Execution Setup chapter in Oracle Order Management Implementation Manual.

Submission

Navigate to the Planned Shipment Interface window and enter the necessary parameters. Click Submit.

Parameters

Process Latest Version Only: Determines whether the latest version of the deliveries should be selected for processing. The default value is Yes.

Note: The incoming trip (shipment) can have deliveries (releases) belonging to one or more organizations.

Process Deliveries SRS

Use this process to append deliveries and/or autocreate deliveries with unassigned delivery lines or to auto create trips with delivery groups according to the grouping parameters and compatibility constraints.

This process can be limited in the execution of the request to particular delivery lines status, delivery status, date ranges, ship method or customer.

This program is applicable only to outbound delivery lines and deliveries.

Note: Process Deliveries concurrent program does not support ship set enforcement.

Submission

Navigate to the Process Deliveries SRS window and enter the necessary parameters. Click Submit.

Note: If you click Cancel within the Parameters window, then you must also click Cancel within the Process Deliveries Concurrent Program window. Otherwise, the process will run using the default parameters.

Parameters

Process Shipment Advices

The Process Shipment Advices concurrent program validates shipment advice interface data, creates, and ship confirms the delivery.

Submission

Navigate to the Process Shipment Advices window and enter the necessary parameters. Click Submit.

Parameters

Process Shipment Requests

This program processes shipment request data from the Shipping Interface tables. Use this shipment request process to create, update, or cancel shipment request lines in Oracle Warehouse Management System instance with deployment as Distributed mode or LSP mode (set as the value of WMS: Deployment Mode profile option) based on data populated in the Shipping interface tables.

Submission

Navigate to the Process Shipment Requests window and enter the necessary parameters. Click Submit.

Parameters

Enter applicable values for the following parameters:

  1. Shipment Request Status: Use the list of values to select either AP (Awaiting Processing) or ER (Error) to process respective requests.

  2. Client: Select the client name from the list if you have set LSP mode as the value for WMS: Deployment Mode profile option. See Oracle Inventory User’s Guide for setting up client.

  3. Shipment Request Number Low/Shipment Request Number High: Optionally, select the range of Shipment Request Numbers to be processed.

  4. Shipment Request Creation Date Low/Shipment Request Creation Date Low: Optionally, select a Shipment Request Creation Date range for which SRs are to be processed.

  5. Debug level: Enter 1 to turn debugging on and 0 to turn debugging off.

Region Interface Concurrent Process

Use this process to load bulk geographical information from the regions interface table to Oracle Shipping Execution. This enables you to filter the data that you are loading so that you can repeat the process without loading all of the geographical information each time. The filters are country, country code, province/state, city, city code, and postal code.

Submission

Navigate to the Regions Interface form and, after verifying the correctness of the data, click Load All Regions. If the process does not start, have your system administrator add it to the All Shipping Interfaces request group.

Parameters

None

Ship Confirm Deliveries SRS

Ship Confirm Deliveries SRS enables you to utilize the Auto Ship Confirm functionality within Oracle Shipping Execution. This functionality is detailed within the topic Executing the Auto Ship Confirm Process Concurrently .

Shipping Purge Concurrent Process

Shipping Purge concurrent process is used to review records that could be purged (based on prerequisite criteria, such as an open delivery), report on (by printing) records that would be candidates for purge, or both purge and report the records that have been purged. Entities that can be purged are trips, trip stops, deliveries, delivery details (lines), and LPNs/containers.

The following is a list of exceptions to purging Shipping Execution entities:

Submission

Select Shipping > Purge SRS from the Navigator window. The Shipping Purge Parameters window opens automatically. Enter your data into the parameters and click OK.

Parameters