The shipping application provides all the functions that are required for setting up and scheduling shipments, producing shipping documentation, and for the closing of sales orders. Allows the user to:
- Create a look-up table for FOB points.
- Create and maintain a look up table for shipping methods.
- Define carrier routes.
- Create and maintain freight rates for carriers.
- Attach shipping instructions to a shipping order.
- Provide a list of the all items that are ready to be shipped.
- Select the carrier and method of shipment for a load.
- Schedule the load for shipment by assigning a shipping date to the load.
- Query scheduled loads that have been built for a given destination.
- Transfer loads to move inventor y from one location to another.
- Automatically generate the shipping documents.
- Review and edit the automatically generated shipping documents.
- Attach an external document (such as Word or text document) to the bill of lading.
- Upon confirmation of shipment, all inventor y items that have been shipped will be removed from the live inventor y table and archived into a historical inventory table.
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