Impact of Shipping Parameters for Kit Items on Transfer Orders
The values of the Shipment Set and Enforce Shipment Set shipping parameters impact kit items on transfer orders.
Use the Manage Shipping Parameters task from the Setup and Maintenance work area to update these shipping parameters:
- Offering: Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management
- Functional Area: Shipping
- Task: Manage Shipping Parameters
Shipment Set Behavior
To ensure that the kit component items are shipped together (in a kit), the shipment lines are automatically stamped with a shipment set number at the time of the transfer order creation. The business intention of the kit item is that full quantities of all kit components within the kit item, ship at the same time. But there are business conditions that require the shipment set to be broken.
The Shipment Set Behavior shipping parameter controls the ability to break a shipment set. You can only ship less than the requested quantities for the kit components if the Shipment Set Behavior parameter is Information or Warning.
Consider the settings of the Shipment Set Behavior parameter to determine the level of control you want when picking and shipping kit components:
- Error: If any quantity changes are made to the shipment line, an error message displays at ship confirmation and the transaction stops. This is true for kit components as well as standard items.
- Warning: If any quantity changes are made to the shipment line, a warning message displays at ship confirmation, and you have a choice to continue or stop the transaction. This is true for kit components as well as standard items.
- Information: If any quantity changes are made to the shipment line, the change is accepted and the transaction processes without issue. This is true for kit components as well as standard items.
Enforce Shipment Sets
Also consider enabling the Enforce shipment sets shipping parameter. With this parameter enabled, all lines in a shipment set are picked together. This isn't a required setup, but it has proven beneficial to companies that want to keep the shipment set intact from picking through shipping.
Select the Enforce shipment sets check box in the Pick Release section of the Manage Shipping Parameters page.