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Sales Dispatch: – Dispatch Menu

– Dispatch Menu

Dispatch Menu

Provides functions for the dispatch of goods to customers and the return of goods from customers. Goods can only be dispatched after Sales Orders have been prepared for them.

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Function

Keys

Bond Items

Places Sales Order items into bond. Bonded quantities are removed from inventory pending dispatch. This function opens the Sales Order Dispatch and Bonding window.

Ctrl+B

Dispatch Items

Confirms the physical dispatches of Sales Order items to customers. During the process you can assign serial numbers. Multiple SOs can be dispatched at the same time. This function opens the Sales Order Dispatch and Bonding window.

Ctrl+D

Un-invoiced Dispatches

To view any sales items that have been dispatched where no invoicing has yet taken place. You can then create appropriate invoices. This function opens the Un-invoiced Dispatches window.

 

Shipping Load Assignments

To view and maintain assignments of sales order items to a shipping load that can later be dispatched in one operation. This function opens the Sales Order Shipping Load Assignment window.

 

Shipping Load Dispatch

To dispatch goods previously assigned to a shipping load. This function opens the Sales Order Shipping Load Dispatch window.

 

Returns for Credit

Provides for the control of returned goods from customers and automatically creates Credit Notes for the goods returned. This function opens the Returns from Dispatched Sales window.

 

Customer Payments

To enter customer payments against Invoices previously prepared. This function is only available for those users of the program who have not subscribed to the ledgers system. This function opens the Payments Against Invoices window.

 

Amend History References

Enables you to amend sales history references for an order. This function opens the Amend Sales History References window.

 

Review Dispatch Potential

Provides a detailed listing of the stock position compared to dispatch requirements. You will be presented with a dialogue to enter alternative listing options. This function opens the Sales Dispatch Potential Review window and offers you a number of listing options with the Sales Dispatch Potential Options window.

 

Review Sales History

To open the Sales History List window after which you van use the Customers, Parts and G/L ScratchPads to selectively list sales history. This function opens the Sales History List window.

 

Review Dispatch Performance

Provides an analysis of Sales History dispatch performance for each Customer over a period of time. This function opens the Customer Dispatch Performance window and offers you a number of options with the Supplier and Dispatch Performance window.

 

Review Sales Agent Commissions

To review, report and post sales agent commissions logged during invoicing. This function opens the Sales Commissions Review window.

 

Review Sales Trade Statistics

Provides maintenance and reporting of sales trade statistics appropriate to EC Customs and Excise regulations. This function opens the Sales Trade Statistics window.

 

Print Picking List

Provides a printed picking list for a particular Sales Order. Picking lists are in line item order and expand all Sales Order kit items. You will be asked to select the SO in the Select Sales Order window.

Tip TIP: There is anoption that can change the normal sort order of the SO picking list: optSOPickSort: Sales Order Picking List sort order, when printed. 0 = Line item, 1 = part Preferred Location then by line no. For SO Kite items, when encountered, 0 = part number, 1 = part Preferred Location then by part number.

Customisation CUSTOM CAPABILITY: It is possible to provide a custom SO/Quote/Picklist document that does not explicitly page break after each order when printing multiple orders. You can archive this in a custom document using the following:

  1. In $construct after the Do inherited command add the following line (this is a inherited instance variable): Calculate iNoPageBreak as kTrue .
  2. Now in the report design add a positioning section below the company name, date, report, etc.line just above the Sales Order…. heading.
  3. Name this positioning section “SOheading” and set the following attributes:
    $pagemode=kTestspace
    $pagespacing=5.001 (or appropriate)
    $printif=kFalse
    All others are left default.

In the case of other document types the positioning section is named as follows:
PO/RFQs = POheading
WOs = WOheading
Jobs and Estimates = JOBheading
Invoices, Credit Notes and Dispatch Notes = INVheading.

Ctrl+P

Print Dispatch Note

To print an individual sales Dispatch Note. You will be presented with a dialogue box in which you can select the document you wish to print. You will be asked to select the Dispatch Note in the Dispatch Note Selection window.

 

Print Dispatch Labels

To print dispatch labels for SO line items or previously dispatched items. This function opens the Dispatch Label Printing window.

 

Print Invoice or Credit Note

To print an individual sales Invoice, Credit Note. You will be presented with a dialogue box in which you can select the document you wish to print. You will be asked to select the Invoice or Credit Note in the Invoice or Credit Note Selection window.

Customisation CUSTOM CAPABILITY: For a method of printing multiple documents without page breaks between them see Print Picking Lists on the Process — Dispatch menu.

Ctrl+I

Print Invoice History Reports

Provides a report of Invoice and Credit Note summary information. You will be presented with a dialogue box for selection of the range of Invoices you wish the report to cover. This function opens the Invoice Report Selection window where you can enter a selection range in the Invoice Selection subwindow.

 

Print Sales Item History Reports

Provides a variety of reports of dispatched sales history. You will be presented with a dialogue box with selection and sort options for the preparation of the report. This function opens the Sales Dispatch History window where you can enter a selection range in the Sales History Selection subwindow.

 

optSOPickSort

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Sales Order Picking List sort order, when printed. 0 = Line item, 1 = part Preferred Location then by line no. For SO Kite items, when encountered, 0 = part number, 1 = part Preferred Location then by part number.

Compiled in Program Version 5.10. Help data last modified 26 Oct 2016 05:47:00.00. Class mDispatch last modified 18 Feb 2015 01:54:08.

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