Shipping Processing
When the WMS ships an order, it sends shipping information to the PeopleSoft system using the Inventory Shipping EIP. This service operation contains all the information necessary to pick, pack, and ship individual orders in the system tables. In addition to providing basic information, the transaction creates single-level shipping containers and ship serial IDs.
The Inventory Pick Confirm EIP may be used in place of the Inventory Shipping EIP if the actual shipping action will occur in the PeopleSoft system. This EIP provides all information necessary to pick and relieve bin location inventory balances but does not ship orders. Information necessary to create single level shipping containers and ship serial IDs may also be provided on this EIP.
A third alternative for providing shipping information is the Shipping Notification EIP. In prior releases, the Shipping Notification EIP was used to send back picking and shipping details from the WMS system. The Shipping Notification EIP is available for backwards compatibility to earlier releases. However, if you are currently implementing the integration point between PeopleSoft Inventory and a WMS, use the Inventory Pick Confirm or the Inventory Shipping EIP instead of the Shipping Notification EIP.
No matter which of the above three EIPs are used, shipping information overriding carriers, shipping methods and freight terms can be entered on the transactional data if changes were made at shipping time. In addition, a unique Ship ID can be assigned to each shipment coming from the WMS system. However, if the Ship ID is left blank, the system will automatically assign a shipping ID as the order is shipped.
Note:
A single release order line cannot be split across two different shipping IDs.
Shipping Notification EIP
The system converts the Shipping Notification EIP to either an Inventory Pick Confirm or Inventory Shipping transaction as the data is processed by the subscription process assigned to the Shipping Notification EIP. The original Shipping Notification data is written to the transaction log (BCT_CTL and BCT_DTL) in a complete status for audit purposes only. The system also writes the Inventory Pick Confirm or Inventory Shipping transaction data to the transaction log.
The shipping notification EIP includes the shipment header and shipment lines. A shipment designated by a shipment header is defined as a shipment event for a single carrier ID, ship type ID, freight terms value, ship date, ship time, and bill of lading. These field values must be identical for all lines defined for the given instance of a shipment header.
Shipping History and Documentation
PeopleSoft collects and tracks shipping history based on the information from the Inventory Pick Confirm EIP or the Inventory Shipping EIP. If a bill of lading number is sent to PeopleSoft Inventory in the data, the PeopleSoft system updates the demand fulfillment table, IN_DEMAND, for tracking purposes only. A bill of lading is not created in the PeopleSoft system.
In a WMS integration, the required shipping documentation is usually generated using the WMS; however, you can also generate this documentation using PeopleSoft components.