Creating a Manual Shipment Order

Your 3PL provider will normally create all the shipment orders, although there may be times when you may need to manually create a shipment order.

ENG 11034 The default country can now be set with a new system parameter (Shipping.ManualCreateJob.DefaultCountry) which will set the form page your country when you create a manual shipment order.

ENG 10759 You can capture pack job line attributes and stock attributes when creating a job in WMSAccess. Enable the system parameters PackJobLine.Attributes and PackJobLine.RequestedStockAttributes.

1. Log in to WMSAccess.

2. Click Shipping on the top navigation bar then select Create Shipment from the drop-down menu.

   or

   On the WMSAccess Dashboard Shipping section, click Create Shipment on the dashboard.

3. Complete the details for the manual shipment order.

   Field	Description
   Warehouse	Select the appropriate option from the drop-down list.
   Tenant	Select the appropriate option from the drop-down list.
   Carrier	Select the appropriate option from the drop-down list.
   Service	Select the appropriate option from the drop-down list.
   Search	If the receiver of the shipment is a frequent customer and you have saved their details in your address book, you can use this to automatically fill in the customer's details. Enter their search key. As you start typing (at least 3 characters), options will display below the field. Select the appropriate option. For search keys less than 3 characters, enter the 2 characters then click . The name, company, address, contact details and freight special instructions and warehouse instructions are automatically filled in for you.
   If the receiving customer is not in your address book, and/or this is a one-off order, you will need to manually enter the receiver's details.
   Name	Enter the customer's name.
   Company	Enter the customer's company name.
   Address	Enter the customer's address details.
   Receiver Phone	Enter the contact telephone details for the customer.
   Receiver Email	Enter the customer's email address.
   Shipment Number	Enter the unique shipment number or the pack slip number. The shipment number is unique for a specific tenant within a warehouse. A different tenant within the same warehouse can have the same shipment number.
   Reference Number	Enter the reference number of the order. This number can be anything that helps you identify the order easily.
   Special Instructions	This field is automatically filled if you used your address book. You can still enter additional freight instructions that are specific to this order.
   Packer Instructions	Enter instructions for the packer about this order. For example, item is fragile handle with extra care.
   Delivery Window Open Date	Enter or select the delivery date when the shipment can be delivered.
   Delivery Window Close Date	Enter or select the final delivery date, when the shipment can be delivered.

4. Add the stock items to the manual shipment order.

   1. In each Item Code cell, click in the cell then select an item from the drop-down list.

      The Item Description cell is automatically filled once a stock item is selected.

   2. Select the UOM for the stock item from the drop-down list.

   3. Enter the Quantity of the stock item required to fulfill the order.

      or

      Click to display the Pick Stock dialog box and make your quantity selections. Click Done when you have finished.

5. Click Add Line, as needed, to add more stock items to the manual shipment order.

6. To delete a stock item from the manual shipment order, click Delete Line for a specific stock item on the order list.

7. Click Create Order to save and create the shipment order.

   A message displays on the page to let you know that the shipment order was successfully created.