O/E Shipment Entry Screen

Overview

Use the Shipment Entry screen to enter and post shipments, add miscellaneous charges, create invoices, print picking slips, and assign serial numbers and/or lot numbers. More...

On the Shipment Entry screen, you can:

  • Enter and post shipments (for existing orders or without entering orders first).
  • Add miscellaneous charges to existing orders.
  • Create invoices automatically for posted shipments.
  • Print picking slips and invoices (if you created an invoice) immediately after posting shipments.
  • If you use Serialized Inventory and Lot Tracking, assign serial numbers and/or lot numbers. For more information, see About Serialized Inventory and Lot Tracking .
  • If you use Payment Processing, capture or void credit card prepayments for orders. For more information, see Credit Card Transactions.

In the header area of the O/E Shipment Entry screen, you specify the shipment number and customer number. You can also review information about any invoices associated with the shipment.

Tip: If you want to enter, ship, and invoice an order directly on the O/E Shipment Entry screen, enter order information and details without selecting an order in the Order Number field, and then select the Create Invoice option to create an invoice automatically when you ship the order.

Note: You can recall and edit a shipment until you invoice it or until the order is fully shipped.

Customer Tab

Use the Customer tab to specify information about the customer, including shipping method, price list, and eligibility for discounts. More...

On the Customer tab, you can specify:

  • Shipping method
  • Tracking number if sending by courier or registered mail
  • Optional FOB (free-on-board) location
  • Optional territory code
  • Customer type (this specifies whether the customer is eligible for discounts or special pricing)
  • Price list to use to select prices for item details
  • Tax group
  • Customer account set
  • Payment terms that will be used for invoices from this transaction
  • Due date and discount terms

Optional Fields Tab

If optional fields are assigned to the screen, use the Optional Fields tab to enter optional field information that applies to the entire document. More...

Optional fields and values appear automatically on this tab if you selected the Auto Insert option for those fields on the O/E Optional Fields setup screen.

If you use identical optional fields in Order Entry transactions and Accounts Receivable invoices, the information in the Order Entry fields is sent to Accounts Receivable.

For more information, see About Optional Fields and Adding Optional Fields to Transaction Entry Screens.

Rates Tab

The Rates tab appears only if you use multicurrency accounting and you are entering a document for a customer who does not use your company’s functional currency. You use this tab to view and edit rate information for currency conversion.

If you are shipping goods, you can also change the rate information for converting the shipped amount from customer's currency.

The Rates tab can show the following groups of exchange rate information:

  • Order Exchange Rate (if you are creating or have created an order)
  • Shipment Exchange Rate (if you are shipping or have shipped goods)
  • Invoice Exchange Rate (if you are creating or have created an invoice)
  • Credit Note Exchange Rate or Debit Note Exchange Rate (if you are creating a credit note or a debit note)

If the tax group for this document uses a different currency than the customer's currency or your functional currency, the tab also shows the rates for converting document amounts to the tax reporting currency.

You use the Rates tab to:

  • Change the rate type, rate date, and exchange rate for converting the order, credit note, or debit note amounts from the customer's currency to your company's functional currency.
  • If you are shipping goods, change rate information for converting the shipped amount from customer's currency.
  • If you are invoicing shipped goods, change rate information for the invoice.
  • If you are reporting taxes in a different currency than you collect them, enter or derive the rate for converting amounts to the tax reporting currency.

    If Order Entry automatically calculates amounts in the tax reporting currency, it uses the tax reporting currency exchange rate that appears on this tab.

    If you manually entered a tax amount in the tax reporting currency, click Derive Rate to calculate the exchange rate for the tax reporting currency.

For more information, see About Exchange Rates .

Retainage Tab

The Retainage tab appears only for job-related documents that use the Retainage option. You use this tab to specify retainage terms for orders, shipments and invoices.If you use multicurrency accounting, you also specify the exchange rate to use for the retainage invoice, retainage debit note, or retainage credit note when outstanding retainage is processed in Accounts Receivable.More...

The Retainage tab appears only if the following conditions are true:

The default entries for the retainage percentage and retention period for each detail line come from the Customer Default fields on the Contract Maintenance Project tab in Project and Job Costing. You can change these entries for each detail line.

Sales Split Tab

Use the Sales Split tab to calculate sales commissions by allocating transaction totals to up to five salespersons.  More...

You can assign portions of each transaction to the salesperson or salespersons responsible for the customer account or sale. If you track commissions for sales staff, Order Entry uses this information to update commission data when you post invoices and run Day End Processing.

When you enter a transaction in Order Entry, the salespersons assigned to the customer account in Accounts Receivable appear on the Sales Split tab by default. If you select a ship-to location, the salespersons associated with that ship-to location are used instead.

Note: You assign default salespersons to customer records and to ship-to locations in Accounts Receivable.

The salesperson listed on the first line in the table is the primary salesperson for the transaction. Some Order Entry reports list only the primary salesperson, while others allow you to sort information by primary salesperson.

You can assign the transaction to other salespeople by changing the percentage of the transaction total allocated to each salesperson. The amounts in the Percentage column must total 100 (or 0 if you do not assign salespeople to the transaction).

When shipping multiple orders, you should always check the Sales Split panel to ensure that the sales allocation is correct.

When you create a shipment from multiple orders, uses only the sales split for the first order. If the orders use different sales splits, you must change the allocation for the shipment manually.

If the sale is split among more than five salespersons, you should not create one shipment from the multiple orders.

For more information, see Managing Sales Splits .

Shipment Tab

Use the Shipment tab to perform the following tasks:

You use the fields and options at the top of the Shipment tab to select one or more orders you are shipping, and to specify general information about the shipment. More...

Information you specify on the Shipment tab includes:

  • Order number (or numbers) you are shipping
  • Shipment date
  • The ship-to location (from the Accounts Receivable customer record) or a shipping address for this shipment
  • Optional description and reference information

You use the Details table to add and edit detail lines for items and miscellaneous charges.  More...

On the Details tab, you can:

  • Specify shipped quantities, prices, discount information, and serial numbers for a detail
  • Add miscellaneous charges to existing orders
  • Add detail lines for items if shipping goods without entering orders first
  • Enter a comment or special instructions for a detail
  • Include the customer's item number
  • Enter a ship-via method and tracking number for a detail, if you plan to ship the items separately from the rest of the items
  • To open a separate detail entry screen to view and change information for a selected detail, click Items/Taxes.
  • Below the table, inventory quantities are displayed for the item in the selected detail line. Quantities are displayed for the location specified in the detail line, and for all locations. You can also click the Drilldown buttons to see more information about quantities on sales orders or purchase orders, and quantities committed.Inventory quantities are displayed in the unit of measure defined for the item.

Note: Some table columns do not appear as fields on the O/E Items/Taxes screen.

Taxes Tab

Use the Taxes tab to select the method you will use to calculate taxes, and to review and change tax information for a document. More...

On the Taxes tab, you can:

  • Specify whether taxes are calculated manually or automatically.
  • Select automatic tax calculation for tax reporting (if you report taxes in a different currency), or enter the tax reporting amounts manually.
  • Review the tax information that applies to the transaction.
  • Change the customer tax class for the document.
  • Tip: To change the tax status of an item, click the Items/Taxes button on the Order tab.

  • Enter the tax base and tax amount, if you are entering taxes manually.
  • Enter or edit the customer's tax exemption number.
  • Automatically prorate tax amounts for individual details on the document.

For information about entering and distributing tax amounts manually, see Entering and Distributing Tax Amounts .

Totals Tab

Use the Totals tab to review and edit discounts, totals, and other final document details. More...

On the Totals tab, you can:

  • Verify totals and discounts before posting a shipment.
  • Check the total estimated weight of items ordered.
  • Specify whether shipment discounts apply to miscellaneous charges.
  • Specify the number of labels you want to print for a shipment.
  • Automatically create an invoice for the shipped items when you post the shipment.
  • Enter a comment for the shipment.