Printing Shipping Manifests

You can print the following shipping manifest types:

When printing shipping manifests, keep the following in mind:

Note: To print a Shipping Manifest Report for multiple branches grouped by customer, see Running the Shipping Manifest Report.

Printing Full Manifest Reports

A full manifest report contains the following information:

You can print the following types of Full Manifest Reports:

Type

Description

Full Manifest w/ BC & Ship Tickets

Prints a full manifest report with a signature line and bar code for each order or for each delivery stop, depending on the setting in the Number Of Signatures/Barcodes Required On A Manifest control maintenance record setting. Also prints each order's shipping ticket to give to the customer.

Use the bar codes to match customer signatures with orders when you are closing the manifest.

If the Print Package Quantities On Manifest control maintenance record is set to Yes for the branch, the report includes the package quantities for each stop with total package quantities at the end of the manifest. If there is a return item on the manifest, only the order ID prints, not the order generation ID for that item.

Use this report when you have the Forms Modification and Manifest Processing Software companion products.

Full Manifest w/ BC

Prints a full manifest report with a signature line and bar code for each order or for each delivery stop, depending on the setting in the Number Of Signatures/Barcodes Required On A Manifest control maintenance record setting.

Use the bar codes to match customer signatures with orders when you are closing out the manifest.

If the Print Package Quantities On Manifest control maintenance record is set to Yes for the branch, the report includes the package quantities for each stop with total package quantities at the end of the manifest. If there is a return item on the manifest, only the order ID prints, not the order generation ID for that item.

Use this report when you have the Forms Modification and Manifest Processing Software companion products.

Full Manifest & Ship Tickets

Prints a full manifest report, including signature lines, and each order's shipping ticket to give to the customer.

Full Manifest Report

Prints a full manifest report and signature lines for each order or for each delivery stop, depending on the setting in the Number Of Signatures/Barcodes Required On A Manifest control maintenance record setting.

Use the following procedure to run each of the full manifest report types.

To print a full manifest report:

  1. From the Whse Mgt > Warehouse Queues menu, select Shipping Manifest Queue to display the Shipping Manifest Queue screen.

  2. In the Manifest # field, enter the number of the manifest you want to print and press Enter.

Leave this field blank to search for an existing manifest based on any combination of entries in the Ship Via, Ship Date, and Ship Branch fields.

  1. Use the Print hot key to display the Shipping Manifest Report screen.

  2. In the Report Type field, press F10 and select one of the full manifest report types described above.

The report type defaults to the report defined in the Default Manifest Report Type control maintenance record.

  1. In the Show Address field, enter Y or N to indicate if you want the report to include the shipping address.

If you are printing a manifest with bar codes, you cannot change this field to N.

  1. In the Show Shipping Instructions field, enter Y or N to indicate if you want the report to include the shipping instructions for each order.

  2. Set options, if needed, and generate the report.

Printing a Pre-Load Manifest Report

Pre-Load Manifest Reports show the following for a manifest:

Use this report to help you load the truck in the most efficient manner. Before using this report, define a sorting method to use as a default in the Default Pre-Load Manifest Report Sort Option control maintenance record.

Also use this report if there are items that should not be pulled from the warehouse until you load the truck, for example, large pieces of pipe.

Complete the following steps to run a Pre-Load Manifest Report:

To set up the Pre-Load Manifest Report:

  1. From the System > System Files menu, select Control Maintenance to display the Control Maintenance screen.

  2. In the Keyword field, enter Default Pre-Load Manifest Report Sort to display the Default Pre-Load Manifest Report Sort Option screen.

  3. For each branch, define the sorting method to use when running the Pre-Load Manifest Report:

Sorting Method

Sorts By...

Product

Grouping all of the same products together, regardless to which order they belong.

For example, if there are three 8lb Sledge Hammers on the manifest, but all three belong to different orders, the manifest lists all three hammers together and breaks up the orders.

Ticket

Ticket number, in numerical order from first to last.

Select Code

Select code. Use the Select Codes hot key to enter several select codes to use for sorting the manifest.

Zone/PickGrp/Product

Zone, then pick group, then product. Use this sorting method to help you locate and load product.

Zone/Stop#/PkGrp/Product

Zone, then stop number, then pick group, then product. Use this sorting method to help you locate and load product.

  1. Press Esc to save your settings and close the screen.

To print the Pre-Load Manifest Report:

  1. From the Whse Mgt > Warehouse Queues menu, select Shipping Manifest Queue to display the Shipping Manifest Queue screen.

  2. In the Manifest # field, enter the number of the manifest you want to print and press Enter.

Leave this field blank to search for an existing manifest based on any combination of entries in the Ship Via, Ship Date, and Ship Branch fields.

  1. Use the Print hot key to display the Shipping Manifest Report screen.

  2. In the Report Type field, press F10 and select Pre-Load Manifest Report.

  3. In the Show Address field, enter Y or N to indicate if you want the shipping address displayed on the report.

  4. In the Show Shipping Instructions field, enter Y or N to indicate if you want shipping instructions printed on the report.

  5. Set options, if needed, and generate the report.

The Pre-Load Manifest Report screen displays.

  1. In the Sort Items by field, press F10 and select a sorting method as described in the above procedure.

  2. In the Prt Wght/Loadfctr field, press F10 and select Weight to print the weight of each product on the report or select Load Factor to print the load factor of each product on the report.

  3. In the Buy Line Table field, press F10 and select a buy line table to print for the manifest.

Use the Buy Lines hot key to enter several buy lines to print for the manifest.

  1. Press Esc to run the report.

Printing Palm Pilot EManifest Downloads

Use the Palm Pilot EManifest Download Report to download a full manifest report to a Palm Pilot using the EManifest software. Use this report if you use EManifest software to make deliveries. For information about how to complete the download, see Downloading EManifests to Palm Devices.

How the System Determines Printer Location for Shipping Manifest Reports

When you print shipping manifest reports, the system determines the printer location using the following hierarchy:

What the System Checks

Where Identified

1. The printer location override defined for the ship via within a branch.

PickTicketPtrLoc field in Ship Via Branch Overrides/Auto Scheduling.

For more information, see Assigning Ship Vias to Branches.

2. The printer location assigned to the shipping branch.

Ship Ticket Branch field in Printer Location Maintenance.

For more information, see Defining Printer Locations.

3. The user's currently assigned location.

Slave Printer field in Slave Printer Assignment.

For more information, see Assigning Slave Printers to Terminals.

See Also:

Shipping Manifest Queue Overview

Closing Shipping Manifests

Running the Shipping Manifest Report

Downloading EManifests to Palm Devices