The key area of Shipment Management is the route. The delivery and collection of the goods is scheduled in the on a Shipment Management Route based on the shipment management criteria. Orders that are within the same Delivery Area, Location, Shipping Agent and Shipping Agent Service will be placed on the same delivery route. From the route warehouse and logistics operations required to fulfil the documents associated with the route can be performed.
Shipment Management Routes can be found by using the search to find the page or exploring the warehouse role centre to get to the page:
The Shipment Management Route list shows a summary of each scheduled delivery route. The list can be filtered for a specific Location or Shipping Date. The routes page will automatically filter to show routes that haven't been completed with Shipment Dates up to and including the current Work Date.
It is also possible to see routes on future dates. This can be useful for forward planning. This can be enabled by setting the Route Display Window option on the Shipment Management Setup.
Note: A user can only view routes for locations that are assigned to the in the Warehouse Employees page.
Using the Edit or View buttons, or double clicking the route will open the Shipment Management Route page.