1. Implementing Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management
  2. Pack Shipments

Pack Shipments

Packing shipments is the process of packing items into packing units for shipping to the customer.

Packing shipments provides the flexibility to:

  • Manually pack

  • Automatically pack

Pack Shipments Manually

You can pack shipment lines manually by creating packing units and specifying the lines that are packed in each of the packing units. Packing can be done for items as well as packing units. You can pack items into a packing unit and pack those packing units into another packing unit. For example, you can pack items into a box and many boxes onto a pallet.

Here's how you pack shipments manually:

  1. From the Shipment work area, click the Manage Shipment Lines task.

  2. Search for a shipment line and then click Actions > Pack.

  3. In the Select and Pack dialog box, search for and select a Packing Unit and then click Create Packing Unit.

  4. In the Create Packing Unit dialog box, select the Ship-from Organization, Packing Unit Type, and Name Generation fields, and then click Save and Close.

  5. In the Select and Pack dialog box, click Close.

Pack Shipments Automatically

You can choose to automatically pack shipment lines into packing units by selecting the Automatically Pack option for the specific lines. The selected shipment lines are grouped by shared attributes, such as the ship-to location, and are then packed based on the preferred default packing configuration.

Note: You can automatically pack a shipment that's open and has at least one shipment line assigned to it.You can automatically pack shipments if packing configurations have been defined.

Here's how you pack shipments automatically:

  1. From the Shipments work area, click the Manage Shipment Lines task.

  2. Search for a shipment line and then click Actions > Pack Automatically.

Pack Shipments Report

Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence lets you create ad hoc reports using real-time transactional data from Oracle Fusion Cloud Inventory Management in order to monitor your materials management processes. The Packing Unit dimension is available under the Shipment Line dimension of the Shipments Real Time subject area. The Packing Unit dimension includes the following attributes for generating a report for your shipment lines:

  • Packing Unit

  • Description

  • Weight UOM

  • Maximum Load Weight

  • Gross Weight

  • Tare Weight

  • Net Weight

  • Maximum Volume

  • Volume

  • Volume UOM

  • Percentage Filled

  • Minimum Fill Percent

  • Master Serial Number

  • Seal Number

For more information, see these guides:

  • Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications: Using Common Features

  • Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM: Subject Areas for Transactional Business Intelligence in SCM

  • Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM: Creating and Administering Analytics and Reports for SCM