In the Shipping Transactions form, you can create and manage containers (LPNs) at any point in the shipping process. If you are using the Auto-packing feature, containers can be automatically packed using the container-item relationships set
up in the Container-Item Relationships window.
You can create containers without assigning them to a delivery. This is useful if you want to create multiple containers of the same type then pack them with unassigned delivery lines.

(Note: LPN is an acronym for License Plate Number. A packing container has a license plate number for unit identification and reporting capability, so containers are also called LPNs in Oracle Shipping Execution.)

Customer Items can be associated with containers within Oracle Inventory. This association is used when packing the Customer Item into a container in Oracle Shipping Execution. When the Customer Item is packed, the container associated with the Customer Item in Oracle Inventory is used as the default container.

You can pack multiple containers with multiple lines using one of the following packing methods:
■ Auto-packing
■ Manual packing
■ Packing Workbench        

•       Equal packing: splits the delivery lines equally between the selected LPNs.You cannot use this method with delivery lines of serial controlled items.
•         Sequential packing: fully packs one container at a time to its capacity (weight, volume, or quantity) before packing the next selected container.

1. Auto-packing Delivery Lines into Containers
Auto-packing provides a convenient and quick way of automatically packing  delivery lines into containers (LPNs). The delivery lines are packed into LPNs based on the container-item relationship set up in Oracle Shipping Execution or in Oracle
Inventory (defined as a customer item) and the setting of the Shipping parameter Percent Fill Basis must be set to Quantity. The container-item relationship defines the container that is used for packing the delivery lines. If Percent Fill Basis is set to Quantity, then auto-pack will look at Container-Load Relationships set up for the item and the Detail Container.
If multiple container-item relationships exist for the same item, the Preferred setting in the Container-Item Relationships window indicates the default container-item relationship used for that item.
Auto-packing can also be performed for those items in Oracle Inventory that are defined as Customer Items.

Using the Auto-pack Master Option
■ If you select Auto-pack, then only the detail LPNs are created and packed.
■ If you select Auto-pack Master, the delivery lines are packed into the detail container, and the detail containers are packed into the parent/master container in one action:
For example, a delivery line with a quantity of 12 of Item A has a container-load relationship set up so that 6 of Item A fits into Container A and 2 of Container A fits into Container B (the percent fill basis is set to quantity). If you run Auto-pack Master, the line is split into 2 lines of 6, the first line is packed into the first container, the second line is packed into the second container, and the two detail LPNs (2 Container As) are packed into Container B.
■ The Auto-pack Master option is available from the Actions menu in the Lines/LPNs tab in the Shipping Transactions form. It is also available at the delivery level
1. Container type setups are done in inventory -> Setups ->Item ->Container

2. Crate a container Item in item master.

3. Shipping > Setup > Container Load Details > Organizations > [OK]

4. Auto pack it

 

2. Manual packing Delivery Lines into Containers
It involves two steps i. Creating an LPN
                             ii. Assign LPN to lines/deliveries

3. Packing Work Bench Lines into Containers