Transport and Deliveries - Creating Containers
Containers are created from a Container Worksheet which can be opened from the Search box, an Inventory - or Warehouse Pick or a Warehouse Receipt.
Manually from the Inventory or Warehouse Pick
The following steps are based on an inventory pick.
- Choose the
icon (Alt+Q) enter Inventory Pick and click the relevant link. - Select an inventory pick from the list and click Edit to modify the pick.
- Click Container Worksheet to open the container worksheet page.
- Click Create Container to create a new container record.
From a Warehouse Receipt
From the warehouse receipt line a create container wizard is available to support Cross Docking, see Cross docking containers:
- Select the lines to be included in the container.
- From the Line menu click the Create Container action.
- Select the type of container and optionally a License Plate No..
- Close the container. (You can also close the container afterwards from the Container Worksheet)
The container will be created and the selected receiving lines added as container details. When done open the Container Worksheet from the warehouse receipt process menu to review - close the containers. From the container worksheet you can also drill down to the container card and print a container label.
Note: Containers on the receiving side can only be used for cross-docking, when no cross-dock opportunities are found for the receipt line an error will be shown.
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