TMS process for LTL Orders
- DATASCOPE WMS
Order Packing & Check Out / Check Out Options / MSN Grocery Pack / MSN Grocery Pack [CHK100]
LTL orders typically go a slightly different way through the warehouse than Small Parcel orders and all the information will be sent together at the end of the process.
Rather than using conveyor lines, it involves pallet loads of products that are picked and brought to a checkout area of the floor. The checkout area processes the cartons with any labeling requirements, loads them into a pallet, and moves the pallet to the shipping area.
On an LTL Order, you only integrate with the TMS at the end of the process.
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On the Main Menu browse to Order Packing & Check Out / Check Out Options / MSN Grocery Pack / MSN Grocery Pack
The MSN Grocery Pack screen will display.
Notice, that this time the TMS Shipment Type will be LTL.
Locate the MSN Shipment number by entering it into the MSN/Pick Slip field.
Again, if two different Ship Via methods (for example, BWP and BW_FEDEX_3DS) were used for the grouped LTL orders a pop-up will appear stating that one of the Services has failed.
Change the Service/Group under the New Service/Group column by selecting a different Service/Group from the drop-down.
Select the Open Shipping Track ID button.
It will immediately create a Shipping pallet with a Shipping Track ID number.
As this is an LTL order you will know how many boxes there are on a pallet, as well as how many units are in each box. Therefore, you can just print the required number of labels depending on the number of boxes on the pallet.
Enter the Qty Packed field in the data grid.
Select the Complete Carton button at the bottom-right corner of the screen.
The Weight Complete Box pop-up screen will appear where the Scale Mass can be entered.
Select Post after the Mass has been entered.
You can continue to add Cartons on the Shipping TrackID until the Qty to Pack is zero or create more Shipping TrackIDs to add more Cartons.
Once completed a pop-up will appear stating the MSN Grocery Check Out Complete
A pop-up window might appear where you can see how many full boxes the software calculates you must pack. This is based on a calculation of dividing your Qty Picked by the Pan Size value for each item.
Selecting the Print link on the Pack Size Boxing data grid will print the first range of labels. The number of labels that will print, depends on the total number of boxes.
To summarize, for an LTL you must first enter your MSN number, create cartons, and lastly create a Shipping TrackID. No TMS integration will happen up until this point.
Once all cartons are added to a Shipping TrackID, you can Dispatch or Invoice
From here you have the option to do a Dispatch or Invoice. If you select Dispatch, you will create a Shipment on an MSN level, or you can close this screen and create a Waybill.
If you select Invoice, you will do an MSN level shipment and you can send that through to the TMS system. This however will be a single MSN at a time.
Select Dispatch.
The Shipment Processing screen will appear.Â
Select Shipment Creation to create the Shipment.
The Rate Ship Selection screen will appear.
A plugin Rates Shop the shipment again (this is a different plugin then the Initial Rate Shop plugin used during the initial validation process) on the actually order that has been picked and again return Rate Shop Options visible on this screen.
TMS | TMS Rate Shop | ITMSRateShop | ·   Dispatch/Invoice process | Dispatch/Invoice |
Select a Ship Date and Time when the order must be shipped. The Ship Date is a mandatory field.
Enter the Pro Number. This is the Tracking Number for the shipment provided by the Receiver. (Typically, for Small Parcels, each individual box will get Tracking Number, and on LTL orders the entire shipment will get a Tracking Number). The Pro Number field is a mandatory field.
Select the required Carrier from the list of Carriers returned via the plugin in the Rate Shop Options list. Click on the Select link in the data grid.
The Shipment Service/Carrier field will update with the selected option.
Select the Confirm button.
Next, the shipment will be processed with various steps to be confirmed.
Once all the processes are completed (with green trick marks) you can close the screen.
A pop-up will appear asking whether the Shipment POD must be printed. Select Yes.
Typically, Operators will close the Invoice Dialog screen and create a Waybill. This way they can send many MSNs through to the TMS system, and not just one.