Change Shipment Information

When you display the shipment header in the Sales Shipment Confirmation (OC) program, you can change most fields. Few fields can be changed once a shipment is confirmed. Once invoiced, only notes can be maintained.

  1. Review the following fields and enter correct information if necessary:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

Ship via

Optional
3 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed code for the carrier for this shipment or select a different ship via.

FOB

Optional
3 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed code that identifies when the transfer of ownership of this order occurs or select a different code.

Freight terms

Optional
3 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed code for the customer's standard method of payment for freight or select a different code.

Incoterms code

Optional

Accept the displayed Incoterms code or select a different one. If populated, Incoterms (rather than FOB) is printed on order documents.

Dept number

Optional
5 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed department number or select a different department within your organization that gets credit for this sale.

Contact

Optional
35 alphanumeric

Select the customer contact to be printed on shipping documents.

Special instr

Optional
42 alphanumeric

Select a standard special instruction or enter special instructions to be printed on shipping documents.

Date ordered

Required
10 date

Accept the Date ordered from the sales order header, select a different date, or enter a date shortcut.

Date wanted

Optional
10 date

Accept the Date wanted from the sales order header, select a different date that the customer wants the order to be shipped, or enter a date shortcut.

Date shipped

Optional
10 date

Accept the displayed date, select a different date that the order will ship, or enter a date shortcut.

This field is not available after you confirm shipment.

Date invoiced

Display only

The date the order was invoiced.

Rev ship date

Conditional/Optional
10 date

After this shipment is invoiced, click Revise ship. Accept the login date and select a reason code that explains why the ship date changed.

Revised reason

Conditional/Optional
5 alphanumeric

After this shipment is invoiced, click Revise ship and select a reason code that explains why the ship date changed.

Order priority

Display only

The code that management uses to identify critical orders

Cust PO number

Display only

The customer's purchase order number

EDI import no

Display only

If this order originated as a sales quotation, imported order, customer project or repetitive billing order, the number the system assigned to that original order

Ship branch

Display only

The branch that is shipping the order

Customer number

Display only

The customer number for this shipment

Ship-to

Display only

The ship-to number if the ship-to address is different from the customer's billing address

Dest customer

Display only

If you are shipping to the customer, the customer's number; if this customer is a dealer and you are shipping directly to the dealer's customer, the number of the end user

Picked by

Display only

The person who picked the items for this shipment

Ship via acct

Optional
20 alphanumeric

The shipper's account number (defaults from Customer Ship-to Maintenance but may be changed here depending on the shipment status)

Shipment gross

Display only

Gross value of this shipment

Freight

Display only

Freight amount for the shipment

Deposit

Display only

Deposits applied to the shipment

Item weight

Display only

Total weight of items on the shipment

Est shpmt wgt

Display only

Estimated shipping weight. See Shipping Weight Calculation.

  1. (Optional) Click Other info to display additional fields and enter or change data in these fields:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

Sales rep 1 - 4

Required
10 alphanumeric

Accept the assigned sales representatives, select different sales rep codes, or click the Lookup icon and use the standard lookup options to select the rep from a list.

Split 1 - 4

Required
4 numeric

Accept the portion of a sales order or line total upon which each sales rep's commission is to be calculated or enter a different portion.

Resale lic 1 - 2

Optional
25 alphanumeric

Accept or enter the customer's resale license.

Note
These fields may have a different label based on the Sales tax license desc 1 and Sales tax license desc 2 options in the System Options Maintenance (XM) program (Enterprise Options).

Order rev no

Display only

A number that identifies the revision for this order

Sales org code

Optional
2-character code

Accept the displayed organization that takes revenue for this sale. This can be changed if the order is not confirmed.

Sales branch

Display only

The branch that made this sale

AR terms

Required
3 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed payment terms code for this customer or select a different code.

The default code comes from the customer's record in the Customer Master Maintenance (CM) program.

Tax

Optional
10 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed tax jurisdiction code and sales tax rate for this order, click the Lookup icon and use the standard lookup options to select the code from a list, or clear the field if the shipment is non-taxable.

The default tax comes from the customer's record in the Customer Maintenance (CM) or Customer Ship-to Maintenance (CSM) program.

Gross disc %

Optional
5 numeric in the format 999.99

Accept the displayed default discount or enter a different discount percent. For example, if discount to be applied to the gross amount of the order is 2.5%, enter 2.50.

The defaults for these discount fields come from the customer's record in the Customer Maintenance (CM) program.

Accrued disc %

Optional
5 numeric in the format 999.99

Accept the displayed default discount that will be applied after the gross discount has been applied or enter a different percent.

Misc disc %

Optional
5 numeric in the format 999.99

Accept the displayed default discount that will be applied after the gross and accrued discounts have been applied or enter a different percent.

  1. Click Apply to accept the data.

  2. Click Lines to display the items shipped.

  3. Select the item and click Select.

  4. Enter the quantity to be shipped in the Qty in picking field.

  5. Click Other info to display additional fields and correct data if allowed:

Note
You may be able to change these fields for a confirmed shipment if you selected the Allow maintenance of confirmed shipment? option in the System Options Maintenance (XM) program (Order Processing Options) for your branch. If you did not select this option, you must click Reverse.

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

Sales UOM

Display only

The sales unit of measure

Description

Required
30 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed item description or enter a different description.

Selling price

Optional
14 numeric in the format 999999999.99999

Accept the displayed price per unit or enter a different price.

Discount %

Optional
4 numeric in the format 99.99

Accept the displayed discount percent for this item on this line or enter a different line discount percent.

For example, if discount to be applied to this line is 2.5%, enter 2.50.

Export declaration

Display only

Accept the displayed export declaration code or select a different code (set up in the Export Declaration Codes (TED) program).

Shipping category

Display only

Accept the displayed shipping category or select a different shipping category (set up in the Shipping Category Maintenance (TBLC) program).

Invty acct code

Optional

Accept the displayed inventory account code or select a different code (set up in the Inventory Account Codes Maintenance (TAC) program).

Product class

Optional

Accept the displayed product class, enter a different one or select one from the lookup. Product classes are set up in Product Class Codes Maintenance and assigned to items in Enterprise Item Maintenance (IM)

Open surcharge

Display only

Total surcharges for quantity that has not shipped: Total surcharges x Quantity

This field displays only if surcharges apply to this item.

Line value

Display only

Total amount the customer is charged for this line: (Selling price x Qty shipped) + (Surcharge x Qty shipped) - Line discount

  1. Choose the appropriate options:

To

Do This

Exit without changing the quantity picked

Click Cancel.

View the quantity screen or price screen

Click Other info to move from one screen to the other.

This button displays only in the Sales Shipment Confirmation (OC) program.

Change the line number

Click Change no.

This button may be available when you are adding lines to a shipment.

Display change history for this item on the shipment

Click Audit.

This button is available only if audit trail tracking is on for the shipment and changes have been made for the current line.

Enter or change notes for this line

Click Notes. See Enter Notes or Change Notes.

Display serial or lot control numbers, warehouse, and bin locations

Click Ctrl info. See Display Shipment Line Detail. Click OK to return to this program.

Obligate the items on this line or remove them from obligation

Click Obligated. See Obligate Items.

Change the quantity of a component for a configured product

Click Component. See Change the Quantity of a Component.

This button displays only if this item is a configured component.

Change the taxes that apply to this shipment line

Click Tax flags.

This button displays only in the Sales Shipment Confirmation (OC) program.

Display or charge surcharges for this item

Click Surcharges. The program prompts Correct? Click Yes to confirm or click No to change. See Enter or Change Surcharges for a Line Item.

This button displays in the Sales Shipment Confirmation (OC) only if the Customer surcharges active? option in the System Options Maintenance (XM) program (Order Processing Options) is selected.

Accept the changed data

Click OK.

Exit the program

Click Exit.

  1. Click Confirm or choose the appropriate options when you click OK:

To

Do This

Change a field

Move the cursor to the field, make changes and click Apply.

Delete this shipment

Click Delete. See Delete a Shipment.

Exit without changing data

Click Cancel.

Note
If you confirmed this shipment and then clicked Cancel, the shipment is confirmed. If you do not want this shipment to be confirmed, click Reverse.

Display additional fields

Click Other info.

Enter or change notes for this shipment

Click Notes. See Enter Notes or Change Notes.

Change the ship-to or freight billing address

Click Address and then:

Click

To

Ship-to

Change the ship-to address

Freight

Enter a third-party billing address for freight

Back

Exit without changing

See Enter or Change an Address.

Display lines and change the quantity picked

Click Lines. See Change the Quantity Picked.

Enter or change freight, miscellaneous charges, and a tracking number

Click Totals. See Enter Shipping Charges.

Confirm this shipment

Click Confirm.

If the program displays the message Bill of lading is required for this shipment, you must use the Bill of Lading Maintenance (BLM) program to assign a BOL to this shipment; it can then be confirmed in either OC or BLM.

Reverse shipment confirmation

Click Reverse.

Place this shipment on hold or release it from hold

Click Hold order. See Place a Shipment On Hold or Release a Shipment from Hold.

Enter a revised ship date and select a reason code

Click Revise ship.

This button displays after the shipment has been invoiced.

Apply a deposit to this shipment

Click Deposits. See Apply a Customer Deposit.

Change the manifest status

Click Manifest sts.

This button is active if Manifest required? is selected for the carrier (set in Ship Via Codes Maintenance). The current manifest status (Required or Updated) is displayed above the Ship via field.

Display changes made to this shipment

Click Audit. See Display an Audit Trail. Click Exit after you view the audit trail to return to this program.

Note
Audit trail logging must be activated.

Change the manifest status

Click Approvals.

This button is if  order, shipment or invoice approvals are appropriate to this order.

Review your options for this program

Click Prog opts. See Set Confirmation Options.

Accept the data and exit this shipment

Click OK.

Exit the program and return to the menu.

Click Exit.