The existing Packing LIST document is not very useful without heavy report customization.
Physical process:
Often a physical packing slip is needed earlier in the process: e.g.
in case of multiple shipments per load, or
when packed container picking is worked after the packing station.
Proposed solution:
From the outbound shipment (resp. load), a new button Print proforma packing slip.
This should in the background fill the packing slip posting screen (SalesParmTable and SalesParmLine) based on the shipment lines (resp. load lines) (WHSLoadLine).
Print the document according to the settings of the packing slip.
The ID on the proforma packing slip should be the shipment ID.
Comments
We also need the ability to post packing slip per shipment/load as a batch job
Category: Warehouse Management
Completely agree with this idea.
It has been a pain for such a long time and packing slip printing really cries for an improvement.
One further reason is that in many business scenarios the packing slip has to be attached to the packed container (box, carton etc.) directly after closing the container.
And what concerns the number for the "proforma packing slip" (or as I would call it the "preprinted packing slip) it would e great if there was a parameter to choose if it should be the shipment number or if it should be taken from the regular packing slip number sequence. Important is however that this pre-reserved number is saved/stored in a new field on the load lines and then be used later on for the actual standard packing slip posting/printing in order to have a consistency what concerns the numbering.
Category: Warehouse Management