Calculating Weight, Volume, and Fill Percentage
You can calculate the weight, volume, and fill percentage as well as calculate containers for a departure or delivery by using the Calculate Weight / Volume Special pull down menu option. You can also set the Weight / Load Calculation Shipping Parameter to Automatically to calculate the weight / load of the delivery or departure whenever the status of the delivery or departure is set to Planned. Each time you select Calculate Weight / Volume from the Special pull down menu, all previous values in the Weight, Volume, and Fill Percentage regions will be overwritten.
When you calculate weight, volume, and fill percentage for a departure, Order Entry / Shipping:
- calculates the weight, volume, and fill percentage of each open delivery and adds the values to the departure's current weight, volume, and fill percentage,
- validates that the maximum load weight, the maximum internal volume, and the maximum fill percentage are not exceeded, and
- validates that minimum fill percentage requirements are attained.
Attention: The Actual fill percentage can only be calculated if you have specified a Vehicle for the Departure. See: Creating a Departure
Prerequisites
All delivery lines must be assigned to deliveries.
Departure and/or delivery status must be open.
The Volume and Weight Unit of Measure fields must be defined for the departure and/or delivery.
See Also
Calculating Weight, Volume, and Fill Percentage during Departure Planning
Calculating Weight, Volume, and Fill Percentage during Ship Confirm
Overview of Departure Planning Workbench
