ATM shipment numbering

[ozanjde]

Hi,

We are encountering an issue related to how ATM shipments work with sales
orders. Sales order has multiple lines, each having a different requested
date; thus having a different ATM shipment. The sales office needs to
communicate the shipment number (or any other reference number for a
shipment) to the carrier and forwarder companies. But whenever a change is
made into the sales order prior to shipment (date, quantity changes) the
existing ATM shipment is automatically cancelled (status 99) and a new
shipment number is created, thus making it impossible to use the shipment
number as a reference. We even tried using the Reference numbers and
qualifiers within a shipment but these numbers are not copied from the
cancelled shipment to the new one. My first question is, whether there
exists a way to affect how the shipment numbers are assigned, as to disable
new shipment creation when a change occurs. If the answer is 'no way', then
what other reference could be used from the sales order/ATM shipment that
would remain unchanged throughout the sales order cycle. We are looking into
pick slip and/or delivery note printing options to assign a NN by request
date.

Thanks,
Ozan Basegmez
OneWorld Xe, Update 3, SP20

 

[fknies]

Try copying the original shipment number into one user reserved field in the F4941, perhaps this is retained by the system.
Or copy this into one of the user reserved field into the F4211.

You should also jump to update 7 and install the base line 16881 (hudge transportation corrections) and the new JD18810.

Fred

 

[DaveJ]

I think for your use, the best alternative would be to modify slightly as was suggested using URAB. Its not as simple as loading a value into the field though. You will have to modify a couple of business functions to get to populate during entry, but you will also want to modify the line split business function so it gets copied onto each new line from the original. You can either continue to use the shipment NN pool, or you can create your own so you don't eat up numbers as fast and have a seperate number format/range for better identification. You then also need to address when and where you will use this number, such as on your documents (sales orders, pack and pick list, invoices etc. If you want to reference the original number on them, this is an additional modification to each of those.