HOW TO - Release and Ship Freight Using a Material Receipt
Modified on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:58 by karenegan — Categorized as: Warehouse Management System
STEP 1:
TRANSACTION >> LOGISTICS >> IN-OUT PROCESS
STEP 2:
Enter the
Material Receipt Number
from the
MR Label
on the paper Material Receipt into the
MRID
blank (or scan the barcode on the MR Label with a light pen). Press
Enter
.
STEP 3:
Type or scan the code for the organization to which the package was sold into the
Sold To:
blank. Press
Enter
. The name of the Sold To organization appears in the blank to the right and the cursor advances to the next row.
STEP 4:
Type or scan the code for the organization to which the package was billed into the
Bill To:
blank. Press
Enter
. The name of the Bill To organization appears in the blank to the right and the cursor advances to the next row.
STEP 5:
Type or scan the code for the organization to which the package will be shipped into the
Ship To:
blank. Press
Enter
. The name of the Ship To organization appears in the blank to the right.
STEP 6:
Click
Save
.
STEP 7: TRANSACTION >> LOGISTICS >> MR PICKING
STEP 8:
Enter the
Material Receipt Number
from the
MR Label
on the paper Material Receipt into the
MRID
blank (or scan the barcode on the MR Label with a light pen). Press
Enter
.
STEP 9:
The Adjutant Organization ID of the customer appears in the
CustNo
blank, with the full name of the customer below it.
STEP 10:
Click on
GEN
. The "Update Shipping Event" window appears, with a generated
Shipping Event Number ("SE Number")
.
STEP 11:
Enter the internal
Event Name
, if any. (In many companies, this is an internal tracking number from the company’s database of shipments.)
STEP 12:
Enter the
Destination Code
, if any, designating the physical location for shipment.
STEP 13:
Enter the
Shipping Method
(the freight carrier name or the method of shipment).
STEP 14:
Click
Save
. Adjutant returns to the Material Receipt Release window.
STEP 15:
Choose the shipping event you just generated from the
Shipping Event
drop-down menu.
STEP 16:
Choose the appropriate
RF Terminal
for shipping from the drop-down menu. (In some warehouses, the drop-down menu contains only one choice, a
queue
. Choose the queue, and the shipment will be handled by the next available RF Terminal.)
STEP 17:
Check
Submit for Grouping/Packing
.
STEP 18:
Click
Release
.
STEP 19:
Check
Release to Shipping
. Click
Release
.
STEP 20:
Adjutant prints a
Packing Form
with two sheets – one for office personnel and one for warehouse personnel.
STEP 21:
Pack existing freight in the warehouse into new cartons for shipment.
STEP 22:
Type
$$
and press
Enter
to return to the scanner’s
Main Menu
.
STEP 23:
Type
8
and press
Enter
.
STEP 24:
The label printer prints out two copies of a new
C Label
for each carton to be shipped.
STEP 25:
Affix one copy of each
C Label
to each carton to be shipped. Affix the other copy to the
Packing Form
.
STEP 26:
Scan the barcode for the
SE Number
on the Packing Form, then scan all the attached
C Labels
that will go into that carton.
STEP 27:
Type
$$
and press
Enter
to return to the scanner’s
Main Menu
.
STEP 28:
Type
11
and press
Enter
.
STEP 29:
Scan each carton's
C Label
, then enter the correct
dimensions
and
gross weight
of the carton into the scanner.
Repeat
this process for each carton to be shipped.
STEP 30:
If necessary, return the
Packing Form
with affixed labels to office personnel to match with the other copy of the
Packing Form
and use in the following steps.
STEP 31:
In some implementations of Adjutant, it is necessary to clear the packing hold on the shipment. In Adjutant, choose
MAINTAIN >> PROJECTS,
click on the
Shipping Events
tab, and clear the
PackHold
checkbox.
STEP 32:
TRANSACTION >> LOGISTICS >> SE PICKING
STEP 33:
Enter or scan the
Shipping Event Number
from the Packing Form into the
Shipping Event
blank.
STEP 34:
Choose the correct scanning terminal in the warehouse (or the queue) from the
RF Terminal
drop-down list.
STEP 35:
Check
Release for Shipping
.
STEP 36:
Click on
Release to Warehouse
.
STEP 37:
In Adjutant, choose
MAINTAIN >> PROJECTS
STEP 38:
Enter the
Shipping Event Number
(without the "-A") into the
Project #
blank and press
Enter
.
STEP 39:
Press the
Print
button.
STEP 40:
Adjutant prints a
Project Load Sheet
with a
Shipping Event
barcode, a
Load Number
barcode and
Carton ID Numbers
,
locations
,
weights
and
dimensions
for each carton to be shipped.
STEP 41:
When the shipping trucks arrive, log on to the wireless hand-held scanner. The
Main Menu
appears.
STEP 42:
Type
39
and press
Enter
.
STEP 43:
Scan the
Shipping Event
barcode on the
Project Load Sheet
, then scan the
Load Number
barcode.
STEP 44:
Scan the barcode for the shipment’s
current location
, then scan the barcode for the shipment’s
destination
(a code that represents the destination office or warehouse, or in some cases the freight carrier handling the shipment; this is often printed on a reference page in the warehouse).
STEP 45:
The scanner displays
"Which C#?"
Scan the
C Number
of each carton, and the scanner displays the
percentage done
. After the last carton is scanned, the scanner displays
"Scanning Complete."
STEP 46:
Load the shipment onto the truck.
STEP 47:
The warehouse and the business office should each file a copy of the
Project Load Sheet
for its records.