To determine a customer's freight carrier:Use the Default Freight Data screen to identify freight carriers with which customers have set up accounts for automatic billing. Shipping programs, such as StarShip, can then use this information during shipping procedures. The customer's freight carrier can then bill the freight charges directly to this customer.
To determine a customer's freight carrier:From the Files menu, select Customer to display the Customer Maintenance screen.
In the Customer/New field, enter a customer ID to display the customer record.
Use the Add'l Info hot key, then use the Freight Data hot key to display the Default Freight Data screen.
In the Exempt for Handling field; enter one of the following:
Y – Adds no handling charge to the customer's order, regardless of the size of the order.
N – Adds a handling charge to the customer's order.
In the Insurance Required field, enter one of the following:
Y – Requires the customer's shipments to be insured.
N – Does not require insurance for the customer's shipments.
In the Minimum Order Amount to Allow Freight field, enter a dollar amount of 0 (zero) or more to identify the minimum dollar amount the distributor pays for freight for this customer.
The system combines the subtotals on all order generations before adding additional charges, such as handling, tax, and freight, to determine the minimum dollar amount of this order.
Note: Customers with a dollar amount in this field must have the Frt Out Exempt field on the Customer Maintenance screen set to N for this setting to be effective.
If you leave the field blank, the system looks at the setting on the Frt Out Exempt field on the Customer Maintenance screen to determine if freight is charged to this customer. If it is set to Y, the customer does not pay freight regardless of the order amount. If it is set to N, all orders include a freight charge.
In the Residential Address field, enter one of the following:
Y – Informs an automated shipping system such as StarShip to apply a residential shipping fee to the customer's freight charge.
N – Does not apply a residential shipping fee to the customer's freight charge. This is the default.
The Residential Shipping Address field on the Additional Header Information screen in Sales Order Entry reflects the entry in this field.
In the Account Number field, enter the account number for each carrier with which this customer has a shipping account. This account number is billed when items are shipped to the customer using the carrier entered in the Carrier field. The Carrier field is read-only and lists the major freight carriers defined in the system.
In the Type field, for each customer account number entered, enter one of the following account types to determine how to bill freight charges:
S – Sender – Billed to your company's account with the defined carrier.
R – Recipient Billing – Billed to the customer's account with the defined carrier.
C – Consignee Billing (for UPS) – Billed to a consignee's account with the defined carrier.
T – Third Party Billing (for UPS or FedEx) – Billed to a third party's account with the defined carrier.
X – Credit Card Billing (for UPS or FedEx) – Billed to a credit card account with the defined carrier.
Press Esc to save the settings and return to the Additional Info screen.
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