Enter Freight Information

Explanation

This activity is used to enter site specific information about weight, volume, and packing. If values are not entered here the values entered in the part catalog will be taken as the default values. The information is intended for transport booking  and freight calculation purposes. You cannot enter freight information for non-inventory sales parts relating to services.

Prerequisites

This activity has the following prerequisites:

• A sales part, a non-inventory sales part of category goods, or a sales package part record must have been entered and saved.
• The applicable package type must have been previously entered in the Package Type window.
• The applicable pallet type must have been entered in the Basic Data for Inventory/Pallet Types tab.

System Effects

As a result of this activity:

• Package material, weight, and volume information is entered for the sales part.
• Volume and weight information entered on the sales part record will be transferred to customer orders for the part, to be used for transport booking and freight calculation purposes.
• The freight information entered here will be used instead of the information entered in the Part/Sales Part Data/Freight Information tab.

Window

Sales Part
Non-Inventory Sales Part
Package Part

Related Window Descriptions

Sales Part
Non-Inventory Sales Part
Package Part
Sales Part/Freight Information
Package Part/Freight Information
Non Inventory Sales Part/Freight Information 

Procedure

1. Open the appropriate window, and either populate or query for the desired sales part.
2. Click the Freight Information tab. The information entered in the part catalog will be displayed.
3. Select the Use Site Specific Freight Information check box if the freight information entered here will be used instead of the information entered in the part catalog. 
4. If the non-inventory sales part is to be loaded in package units, enter the required information in the Package group box. Enter the short code of the package type to be used, in the Type field. You can either enter a value, or click List to select one from the List of Values. 
5. Enter the total number of parts to be included in each package in the Proposed Pkg Qty field.
6. If the non-inventory sales part is to be loaded in pallets, enter the required information in the Pallet group box. Enter the short code of the pallet type to be used, in the Type field. You can either enter a value, or click List to select one from the List of Values.
7. Enter the total number of parts to be included in each pallet in the Proposed Pallet Qty field.