This activity is used to print a packing list. The packing list is a support when performing the shipment process, e.g. when reserving, picking, and packing, and can be included in the shipment when everything has been picked and packed. The packing list can be printed several times throughout the shipment process, each time displaying the current contents and status of the shipment.
This activity can be executed either manually per shipment, manually for each handling unit, manually for all shipments connected to a consolidated shipment, or automatically in the shipment flow. Whether or not to print a packing list automatically, is controlled by the shipment type of the shipment. In the shipment type it can be defined that a packing list 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 a single departure of several shipments from the specified site, to all the delivery addresses of the connected shipments. When executed from the consolidated shipment the packing list for all connected shipments are printed in load sequence order to prepare what is next to be loaded first.
You can print a packing list as soon as the shipment is created. However, you should note that at this point the document is considered as preliminary if it is printed before the shipment has been completed. A packing list printed after the shipment is completed, is considered as final.