Working with Labels
Labels are an integral piece of the packing and shipping process. You create numbers to identify cartons in a shipment. These numbers are placed on labels and attached to the cartons they identify.
You can use the Purge Unusable Label Numbers program (R4622P) to delete rows from the F4622. Use data selection to configure how the system purges the records.
After third-party scanning process is complete, you can automatically allocate the quantity of a sales order to cartons by running the Allocate Sales Orders to Cartons program (R46155). Running this program links a sales order line for the Advance Ship Notice and carton tracking. You can use the processing options to specify whether to allocate all quantities or allocate remaining quantities and whether to update the F4620 table. You can also use this program to reconcile cartons against the shipment.
You reconcile shipments to compare item quantities on the shipment to the item quantities in the carton detail. During reconciliation, the system automatically advances the carton status in carton detail to the next user-defined status, such as Complete. You can use the carton status to enforce the shipment to pass reconciliation before confirming the shipment. Reconciling is an optional step.
Places where you can begin reconciliation include:
Third-party reconciliation performed after scanning.
Manual reconciliation using the Allocate Sales Orders to Cartons by Shipment program.
Carton Reorganization application.
You can reconcile shipments when you begin scanning the labels for the shipment. The labels are linked to the carton detail, and the system retrieves the detail row that matches the shipment number, item, ship to, and quantity.
If you find discrepancies while reconciling shipments, you can add or remove sales order lines from the shipment or adjust item quantities using the Carton Reorganization program. After the item quantities have been balanced, you can perform the reconciliation again to update the carton status. Review the work center for messages containing the specific items that failed. The shipment is reconciled when the carton status is at Complete. You can use the Enter the Carton Status for Reconciled Cartons processing option on the Status tab in the Carton Reorganization program to set the reconciled carton status.
The system uses the F4620 table to process information when you reconcile shipments.