This activity is used to connect order lines to a shipment. Order lines are connected to the shipment using the Connect to Shipment right mouse button option on the Shipment/Available Order Lines tab. You can only view the available order lines which are in the Released, Reserved, or Partially Delivered status that have the same customer, delivery address, ship via and delivery terms as the shipment.
When connecting the order lines it will be useful to note the following:
Once you have connected the desired order lines to the shipment, they will be available on the Shipment/Connected Order Lines tab. From this point, you can perform all the necessary shipment activities on the connected order lines.
Note: If required, you can reverse a shipment from the Complete status to the Preliminary status, but not from the Closed status to the Preliminary status.
Shipment
Shipment/Available
Order Lines
Note: Alternatively, you can also automatically connect order lines to an existing shipment when an order is released or when the pick list is created. However this is only possible if the order line has the Shipment Creation option as Add to Existing Shipment at Order Release, Create New Shipment at Order Release, Add to Existing Shipment at Pick List Creation, or Create New Shipment at Pick List Creation which which can be defaulted from the Customer/Address/Order Address Info tab or from the Customer Order header.