This activity is used to print consignment notes. A consignment note is more detailed in terms of, e.g., handling unit weight and the number of parcels as compared to a delivery note. The consignment note is considered as a preliminary document when it is printed before the shipment has been completed. However, if no changes occur after printing, the document will be regarded as final.
This activity can be executed either manually per shipment, manually for all shipments connected to a consolidated shipment or automatically in the shipment flow. Whether or not to print a consignment note automatically, is controlled by the shipment type of the shipment. In the shipment type it can be defined that a consignment note should be printed at execution of a main activity in the shipment flow e.g. reservation, report picking, delivery. A consolidated shipment is defined as one departure of several shipments from the specified site, to all the delivery addresses of the connected shipments. When executed from the consolidated shipment the consignment notes for all connected shipments are printed in reversed load sequence order to get the consignment notes in unloading order.
To get a complete consignment note, a handling unit structure must be fully defined, i.e., all the shipment lines must have a reference on at least one handling unit. Regardless of this, it is also possible to print a consignment note without a defined handling unit structure. The result will be that no detailed container information will be presented on the document.
Note: If a consignment note is printed and no handling unit structure is defined, only a calculation of the total net weight of each source line will be performed and displayed on the consignment note.