Determining Whether a New Consignment with an Earlier Packing Date Can Be Created

Maconomy first checks which consignment modes in the table part of the destination’s information card can be used for the automatic creation of a new consignment.

A consignment mode can be used if:

• It has been created with a consignment mode matching the one on the order or quote in question. Similar to the process of identifying existing consignments, blank fields in the consignment mode of the quote or order are ignored.
• The Start Date field has been completed for the consignment mode.

If none of the consignment modes match the consignment mode of the quote or order in question, or if one or several matching consignment modes exist but none of them have automatic creation (that is, a value in the Start Date field), Maconomy will assign the registration to the consignment picked in the identification of existing consignments. If no existing consignment was found in that process either, Maconomy cannot assign the registration to a consignment.

If one or several consignment modes can be used, Maconomy checks for each of these consignment modes the earliest date where:

• The date added the number of packing days required for the consignment mode in question complies with the rules regarding valid consignment dates in terms of start date, time interval, and holidays
• The preferred delivery date on the registration is on or after to- day’s date
• No non-delivered consignment with the same consignment mode and—if the action is run on an order headerenough capacity to contain the weight and volume of the order already exists
• No blocked consignment with the consignment mode in question exists

This date will be used as the packing date if a new consignment is to be created.

If Maconomy found a date earlier than the packing date of the consignment found in the identification of existing consignments, Maconomy creates a new consignment with the consignment mode in question, and assigns the registration to the new consignment—even if a consignment already exists on the date in question but this consignment was ignored in the analysis of existing consignment, either because it had already been delivered or (if the action is run on an order header) because it did not meet the requirements for weight and volume. However, if Maconomy found the same date as the packing date on the existing consignment, the registration is assigned to the existing consignment, and no new consignment is created.

If there are several consignment modes which would result in the same consignment date, Maconomy uses the consignment mode with the lowest line number in the table part of the information card of the destination in question.