To enter a freight carrier on a purchase order:If a purchase order is in an open General Ledger accounting period, you can edit the freight charges. You can change the value of the freight for each line item on the Body screen of the purchase order, or the value of the freight on the Totals screen of the purchase order.
If you enter a freight amount to a Freight Vendor in the Stock Receipt Entry program and the vendor has an override G/L# entered in Vendor Maintenance, then the system credits that G/L account and not the Unbilled Accounts Payable (UBAP).
The freight vendor to whom freight charges are paid in the Freight Carrier field on the Totals screen. If the Freight Carrier field is left blank, the vendor filling the purchase order, whose name is in the Ship From field on the P/O, is the freight vendor.
The system only allows selection from vendors that have the Freight Vendor option set in Vendor File Maintenance. In addition, set up vendors as pay-to vendors, ship-from vendors, or both. To enter a vendor in the Freight Carrier field, that vendor must be flagged as a ship-from vendor. For more information and instructions for modifying the vendor information for freight values, see Creating a Vendor Record.
To enter a freight carrier on a purchase order:Display the purchase order from Purchase Order Inquiry.
Use the Edit hot key to display the P/O in edit mode.
Use the Totals hot key to display the Totals screen.
Press the Tab key to move to the Freight Carrier field and enter the freight carrier.
If the Freight Carrier field is left blank, the vendor filling the purchase order whose name is in the Ship From field on the P/O is the freight vendor.
Press Esc to exit the screens and return to the main menu.
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