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Calculate shipment weight based on total weight of containers within it

I have a requirement from a customer to calculate and display the total weight of a shipment based on the container weights within the shipment. They are using the containerisation functionality within D365 F&O to pack items into containers, before closing the container and entering the total weight. However, when looking at the shipment itself, the Weight field only takes into account the weights specified on the released product, and ignores any weights entered during the close container process. This is not suitable for the customer as their item/container weights can vary, and simply using the fixed weight set on the released product does not suffice.

It seems that the weights specified at container close are not considered in the weight fields on the shipment or load. But this makes me wonder what is the point of having an option to specify the container weight during containerisation in the first place.

Has anyone had the same requirement before or knows of a logical explanation as to why the container weights are independent of the shipment weight?

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Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management

Good day,

Shipment/Load weight is line‑driven. Both shipment and load headers aggregate weights from the underlying sales/transfer lines based on product data. That’s why your shipment header keeps reflecting the released product’s weight, even if actual packed container weights differ on the day. (You can see a similar line‑driven approach called out in functional specs around “estimated weight” at different levels.)

Container weight is primarily for packing and carrier processes. In many implementations, the packing station (often with a weight scale) captures actual package weight for labels, rate quotes, and carrier manifests; it’s intentionally decoupled from the inventory documents’ header weight calculations. (Our internal decks on shipping integrations call out “Auto capture actual package weight” and weight‑scale integration on the pack screen.)

This design gives consistency to inventory accounting and planning (headers reflect product master data) while letting shipping operations use actual packed weights for carriers. The downside, as you’ve found, is that customers with variable item/container weights don’t get accurate totals on shipments/loads unless they customize.

Maybe you can also consider to raise an idea on the ideas portal. Link to the ideas portal: https://experience.dynamics.com/ideas/

Best regards,

Laurens van der Tang

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