When a carrier picks up the day's shipments, you need to close the current manifest for those shipments. This process transmits the package information to the carrier's web site and prints a summary label. After the carrier scans the bar code and signs the label, store it with your records.
To close the current manifest in StarShip:
From the StarShip main menu, display the Close Current Manifest window in one of the following ways:
From the Do menu, select Close.
Click the Close button.
Select the carriers to close.
By default, the system selects any carriers for which you have shipped packages. The area on the right side displays the summary counts. Click the Totals or By Service tabs to view shipment totals for that carrier or by service.
Click any of the following buttons, as needed:
Manifest - Prints a manifest report.
Forms - Displays the Print Shipping Forms window, where you can batch print forms such as labels, COD tags, and waybills.
3rd Party Ins - Prints a report that shows the amount insured by a third party insurer associated with the selected carrier.
Click the Post button to display the Post Shipments window.
To select the information to include in the history file for the displayed manifest, click the Setup Export button.
To specify the printer on which to print a copy of the manifest, click the Printer Setup button.
Click the Start button.
The system does the following:
Uploads package level details to the carrier's web site.
Clears the current shipment files for the next day’s shipments.
Changes the label on the Start button to Exit.
Note: Before editing a closed manifest to add a package, enable the Auto Print Enabled During Edit option on the Setup > Preferences > AutoPrint tab. Otherwise, no label prints after you add the additional package.
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