Oracle Shipping Interview Questions

What is a trip?

A trip is an instance of a specific freight carrier departing from a particular location containing deliveries.

A trip is a carrier specific and contains at least two stops, such as a stop to pick up goods and another stop to drop off goods and may include intermediate stops.

Can we create trip manually?

Yes, trips can be created manually and later assign delivery lines.

Eg: For a regular trip scheduled to depart every Friday, you can manually setup a trip ahead of time and then assign delivery lines.

Can we create trip automatically?

Yes, trips can be auto created from deliveries or delivery lines without delivery.

·         Navigate to Query Manager Window

·         Query the Delivery / Delivery Line

·         Select the multiple lines you want to group and create a trip

·         Select the 'Auto-Create Trip' from ACTIONS drop down menu

·         Click GO

How do you associate freight cost to a trip?

·         Navigate to Query Manager Window and find the trip.

·         From the Actions menu, select Assign Freight Costs.

·         Click Go to display the freight cost window

What is Bill of Lading?

The Bill of Lading prints all sales orders that have been confirmed from a selected delivery.

This document lists the ship date, carrier, bill of lading number, delivery name, shipper, ship-to address, carrier name, waybill number, quantity and description of unpacked items, quantity and total of items packed in containers, total quantity of items, and weight/volume information defined in shipping. Any shipping notes you may have created are also printed.

What is Quick Ship?

The Quick Ship window enables you to process shipments quickly, using the minimum shipping requirements. You can access deliveries, trips, and delivery lines/LPNs within the Quick Ship window.

What is Ship Confirming?

Ship Confirming the item removes the existing reservations and performs the sales order issue transaction

What is Delivery?

Delivery consists of a set of delivery lines that are scheduled to be shipped to a customer’s ship to location on a specific date and time.

Can you group multiple deliveries together to create a trip?

Yes.

Can we create Delivery manually?

Yes

Can we create Delivery automatically?

Yes

How do you auto create a Delivery?

You can auto create deliveries at pick release by selecting Auto-Create Deliveries in the Shipping tab.

(Or)

·         Navigate to Query Manager Window and find the delivery lines.

·         Select the delivery lines for which you want to create a delivery.

·         From the Actions menu, select Auto-Create Deliveries and Click Go.

How do you assign a delivery to a trip?

Trip is made of one or more deliveries. When a new delivery is ready to ship and if it can be combined into existing vehicle route then it makes lot easier to plan logistics. Using 'Assign Deliveries to trip' functionality you can assign deliveries to an existing trip.

What is License Plate Number (LPN)?

A packing container has a license plate number for unit identification and reporting capability, so containers are also called LPNs in Oracle Shipping Execution.

What is a Pick Release?

Pick Release finds and releases eligible delivery lines that meet the release criteria, and creates move orders.

You can pick release by order, trip, stop, container, delivery, warehouse, and customer, scheduled or requested dates, shipment priority, or combinations of the above criteria.

What is a Pick Slip?

The Pick Slip Report prints all picking line details in a picking batch. This report is used by warehouse personnel to collect all items included in shipments.

What is One Step Shipping?

One Step Shipping is the process of picking, optionally packing, and ship confirming delivery lines in one step.

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