Manually Interface Shipment Lines to External Systems

You can manually specify criteria to interface shipment lines to external systems. This enables you to reserve material and send shipment requests while bypassing the regular processing steps.

Use the Create Outbound Shipment Request page (accessed from the Inventory Management work area) to specify the criteria to interface shipment lines with an external system. To initiate the shipment request, select either a shipment line or pick wave release rule, or enter a sales order.

Note: You can use the Reservation Behavior for Integration to External Systems shipping parameter on the Manage Shipping Parameters page in the Setup and Maintenance work area to send fully reserved shipment lines, partially reserved shipment lines, or all shipment lines without checking material availability, as shipment requests to your third-party logistics provider or warehouse management system.To send the shipment lines as shipment requests, Shipping uses the Release Sequence Rule you set on the Create Outbound Shipment Request page (which you access from the Inventory Management work area).

Generate a Shipment Request

Here's what you can do to publish an event for lines ready to be interfaced to an external system:

1. In the Navigator, click Tools > Scheduled Processes, and then click Schedule New Process.

2. In the Name field, select the down arrow, and then click Search.

3. In the Name field, enter Generate Shipment Request, and then click Search.

4. Select Generate Shipment Request and click OK.

5. In the Schedule New Process dialog box, click OK.

6. Select the Release Rule and click Submit.