Choosing an Order's Shipping Options

You establish a sales order's shipping options on the Sales Order Entry Status tab. When entering sales orders for customers who do not have to pay for their orders upon delivery, this screen is the last screen you complete before processing the order.

Note: You can also access the shipping options and change shipping options for the order or an order's different generations, by using the Detail Scheduling tab. The order status options are the same.

For information about selecting a ship via route type for the order, see Using Ship Via Route Types for Sales Orders.

To choose an order's shipping options on the Status tab:

  1. Review the address that displays in the Ship To area. If the customer needs you to ship this order to a different address, click the Edit button.

Note: If you cannot ship products out of another branch, you might not have authorization to do so. For more information, see Assigning Branches to Users.

  1. Review the Price Branch and Ship Branch columns to make sure the pricing branch and shipping branch are correct for this order.

  2. In the Order Status column, identify the desired order status for each order generation:

When...

Use this order status...

the customer is taking possession of the material at the counter or at will call

Pick Up Now

you want to ship an entire order generation on a specific date

Note: Use the Ship When Specified Behavior control maintenance record to decide how and when you want the system to ship material on generations. New in Release 9.0.6.

Ship When Specified

you want all items on a generation to ship at the same time

Ship When Complete

you want any available items on any order generation to ship as soon as they're available

Ship When Available

you want any line item on any generation to ship as soon as its full quantity is available

Ship Item Complete

the salesperson wishes to be notified through the Customer Calling Queue when any quantity of any line item becomes available

Call When Available

the salesperson wants to be notified through the Customer Calling Queue when all line items within an order generation are available

Call When Complete

the salesperson wishes to be notified through the Customer Calling Queue on a specific date, regardless of inventory availability

Call When Specified

the salesperson is providing a bid to the customer

Bid

the material is being shipped directly from the vendor or is being picked up from the vendor's site

Direct Shipment

you want to cancel a specific generation, or cancel the entire sales order (if only one generation)

Cancel

  1. In the Print column, enter a print status.

  2. In the Ship Date column, identify the desired shipping date for each order generation.

  3. In the Ship Via column, identify the desired shipping method for each order generation.

  4. Save your changes and exit the tab.

If...

Then...

the customer is not required to pay for the material upon taking possession

the order processes.

the customer is required to pay for the material upon taking possession

the Totals tab displays and you must enter payment information.

More Options for the Status Tab

The following are some common options you might use while working on the Status tab:

To...

Select this menu option...

view additional details about the order generation , such as required and completion dates, or delivery times

View > Change View

Choose a view from the options that display.

ship any available items

Ship > All Available

The status of the affected order generation is changed to Pick Up Now.

change multiple generations to the same ship date when all items on the order are available

Ship > All Complete

view the order generation's shipping manifest, if applicable

Edit > Manifest Queue

The Shipping Manifest Queue window displays.

create a reminder to follow up on a bid (active for bids only)

Edit > Bid Follow Up

The Bid Follow Up window displays.

reprint the shipping ticket or access shipping manifest features

Print Options

The Order Reprinting Options window displays.

procure multiple products

Edit > Procurement

The Order Procurement window displays.

confirm products for procurement

Edit > Procurement Confirmation

The Procurement Confirmation window displays.

See Also:

Entering Products and Prices on Sales Orders

Entering Sales Order Header Information

Applying Payments to Sales Orders