Use the following shipping manifest views to track packages, loading, time, and monetary information for all manifests:
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The Shipping Packages view is the default. Use this view to indicate the types and numbers of packages on the manifest for delivery personnel. The delivery person then knows what kind of packages and how many of each they need to deliver on each order. The Shipping Packages view shows four package types. The Shipping Packages Extended view displays up to eight package types on the Shipping Manifest Queue.
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To indicate types and amounts of shipping packages:
From the Warehouse Management > Warehouse Queues menu, select Shipping Manifest Queue to display the Shipping Manifest Queue - Select Items dialog box.
In the Manifest ID field, type the manifest number you want to view.
Leave this field blank to search for an existing manifest based on any combination of entries in the Ship Via, Ship Date, and Ship Branch fields.
Column | Description |
Ship Date | The scheduled delivery date. An entry in this field is required when creating a new manifest, but is not required when searching for an existing manifest. |
Ship Branch | The branch at which the delivery originates. An entry in this field is required when creating a new manifest, but is optional if you are searching for an existing manifest. |
Ship Via | The method by which the orders on the manifest are shipped, for example Our Truck. An entry in this field is required when creating a new manifest, but optional when searching for existing manifests. |
Click OK to display the Shipping Manifest Queue window.
From the Change View menu, select Shipping Packages to view four package types or Shipping Packages Extended to view up to eight package types.
Under each package column header, enter the number of the packages for each order.
For example, stop one on the shipping manifest may be a delivery of four boxes to a customer, and stop two may be a delivery of one carton to a different customer. Under each package column, enter the number of packages for each order to help the delivery personnel deliver the right material.
The system displays the totals for the package types at the bottom of the window.
The Expected Time view shows the expected delivery time entered in the Order Entry Status window's Delivery Time field (Delivery Time/Actual Time view), but only if this time was manually changed. If the Delivery Time field was not edited, the Expected Time view does not display a time.
Use this view to re-sequence delivery stops, if necessary.
To view a manifest in the Expected Time view:
From the Warehouse Management > Warehouse Queues menu, select Shipping Manifest Queue to display the Shipping Manifest Queue - Select Items dialog box.
In the Manifest ID field, type the manifest number you want to view.
Leave this field blank to search for an existing manifest based on any combination of entries in the Ship Date, Ship Branch, and Ship Via fields.
Use the Initial Entry fields to limit the queue to only those entries.
Click OK to display the Shipping Manifest Queue window.
From the Change View menu, select Expected Time.
View the following information in the Expected Time view's columns:
Column | Description |
Delivery Time | The time the delivery was made. |
Expected | The time your warehouse normally delivers to this customer, as defined in Customer Maintenance. |
Diff. (Minutes) | The difference between the time in the Delivery Time column and the Expected column in minutes. |
Use the Actual Time view to track delivery times. This view displays and lets you enter the actual time an order was delivered.
If your delivery personnel use Palm Pilots to get customer signatures upon delivery, the system is set up to record the date and time of that signature. That time is then entered on the manifest.
If your delivery personnel do not use Palm Pilots for delivery purposes, they can write down the actual delivery time on the manifest. After the delivery, a manager can then enter the actual delivery times recorded on the manifest in the Shipping Manifest Queue window.
To view and edit a manifest in the Actual Time view:
From the Warehouse Management > Warehouse Queues menu, select Shipping Manifest Queue to display the Shipping Manifest Queue - Select Items dialog box.
In the Manifest ID field, type the manifest number you want to view.
Leave this field blank to search for an existing manifest based on any combination of entries in the Ship Via, Ship Date, and Ship Branch fields.
Click OK to display the Shipping Manifest Queue window.
From the Change View menu, select Actual Time.
View and edit the following information in the Actual Time view's columns:
Column | Description |
Actual Time | The time the delivery was actually made. If necessary, enter the time in this column. |
Diff. (Minutes) | The difference between the time in the Delivery Time column and the Actual Time column. If the actual delivery time is later than the scheduled delivery time, the Diff. (Minutes) column displays negative minutes. If the delivery is early, the Diff. (Minutes) column displays positive minutes. Upon closing the manifest, the actual time entered on the manifest is supplied to the Actual Time field on the Status tab of the sales order. (Delivery Time/Actual Time view) associated with the order. |
The Expected Time - Display Max Line view is the same as the Expected Time view, except that the Expected Time - Display Max Lines view displays only the first line of each order. This view maximizes the number of entries in the Shipping Manifest Queue window so you can scan the entire manifest.
To view a manifest in the Expected Time - Display Max Lines view:
From the Warehouse Management > Warehouse Queues menu, select Shipping Manifest Queue to display the Shipping Manifest Queue - Select Items dialog box.
In the Manifest ID field, type the manifest number you want to view
Leave this field blank to search for an existing manifest based on any combination of entries in the Ship Via, Ship Date, and Ship Branch fields.
Click OK to display the Shipping Manifest Queue window.
From the Change View menu, select Expected Time - Display Max Line.
The Dollars, Load Factor, and Weight view displays each order's totals for sales price, load factor, and weight. This view is view-only. Use it to verify the total monetary, load factor, and weight for the manifest. These totals are displayed at the bottom of the window.
To view a manifest in the Dollars, Load Factor and Weight view:
From the Warehouse Management > Warehouse Queues menu, select Shipping Manifest Queue to display the Shipping Manifest Queue - Select Items dialog box.
In the Manifest ID field, type the manifest number you want to view.
Leave this field blank to search for an existing manifest based on any combination of entries in the Ship Via, Ship Date, and Ship Branch fields.
Click OK to display the Shipping Manifest Queue window.
From the Change View menu, select Dollars, Load Factor and Weight.
View the following information in the view's columns:
Column | Description |
Dollars | The sales price total for the matching order. The system takes this information from the transaction. |
Load | The total space the order takes up on the truck. The system calculates this information from the Product Maintenance information for each product on the order. |
Weight | The total weight of the order, rounded to the nearest whole increment of the weight unit of measure. For example, if an order's weight is 4.3 pounds, the Weightcolumn displays 4 pounds. If an order's weight is 4.6 pounds, theWeight column displays 5 pounds. The system calculates this information from Product Maintenance for each product on the order. |
Use the Actual Time / Expected Time view to track delivery times. This view shows both the expected delivery time and the actual delivery time for each order. Like the Actual Time view, you can enter actual delivery times in this view.
To view and edit a manifest in the Expected Time / Actual Time view:
From the Warehouse Management > Warehouse Queues menu, select Shipping Manifest Queue to display the Shipping Manifest Queue - Select Items dialog box.
In the Manifest ID field, type the manifest number that you want to view.
Leave this field blank to search for an existing manifest based on any combination of entries in the Ship Via, Ship Date, and Ship Branch fields.
Click OK to display the Shipping Manifest Queue window.
From the Change View menu, select Actual Time /Expected Time.
View and edit the following information in the Actual Time / Expected Time view's columns:
Column | Description |
Expected | The time your warehouse normally delivers to this customer, as defined in Customer Maintenance. |
Actual Time | The time the delivery was actually made. If necessary, enter the time in this column. |
Diff. (minutes) | The difference between the time in the Expec column and the Actual Tm column in minutes. |
The Stage Location and Hold Picks view shows the staging location in the warehouse for the order and indicates whether there were any picks not made for the order.
To view and edit a manifest in the Stage Location and Hold Picks view:
From the Warehouse Management > Warehouse Queues menu, select Shipping Manifest Queue to display the Shipping Manifest Queue - Select Items dialog box.
In the Manifest ID field, type the manifest number that you want to view.
Leave this field blank to search for an existing manifest based on any combination of entries in the Ship Via, Ship Date, and Ship Branch fields.
Click OK to display the Shipping Manifest Queue window.
From the Change View menu, select Stage Location/Hold Pick.
View and edit the following information in the Stage Location/Hold Pick view's columns:
Column | Description |
Stage Location | The location in your warehouse where the order is staged, waiting to be shipped. |
HoldPick | Indicates if there are any additional picks to be made for the order. |
See Also:
Shipping Manifest Queue Overview