Shipping
may be used to bring items from many purchase orders into one document for
receiving and inspection, material management and accumulating costing
elements relating to foreign purchasing.
Shipments
consolidated deliveries and line items
from many purchase orders into a single shipping document
consolidate all or individual items from
purchase orders placed on different suppliers into a single shipping
document
use shipments to hold and inspect
receipts form local suppliers
use shipments to inspect and cost
receipts from foreign suppliers
monitor forward cover contracts and
letters of credit
track serial numbers from point of
departure or on receipt only
optionally produce checksheet documents
to record inspection results
optionally enter supplier packing list
detail to streamline backorder expediting and warehouse planning
pre-allocate in transit inventory to
backorders to improve warehouse efficiency
Costing
variable and fixed rates of exchange
separate customs rate of exchange
supplier and customs unit costs in
foreign currency
cost shipment prior to receiving using
product defaults and factors
cost shipment and re-value remaining
inventory as actual costs are confirmed
use individual exchange rates from
purchase orders or global rates applied to each shipment
apply landed cost factors
roll costs from parameter-driven tables
set at a product level
define additional charges to calculate
as
percentage
rate per item
rate per weight
rate per volume
apply costs overall with automatic
spread over items
apply or modify costs at individual
shipment line item level
Receiving
optionally record and track-inspection
quantities prior to stock receipt
multiple receipts against shipments and
individualline items
receive all and modify exceptions
receive individual products or line
items
over and under receive
record damages and rejects
receive in warehouse storage unit,
supplier unit or other valid product unit e.g. pallets, packs, drums,
etc.
specify, search for or system calculated
stocking locations
adjust original goods received voucher
on return to supplier, claims, etc.
Output
optionally print
goods received voucher
warehouse loading slips
move tags
optionally print detailed costing sheets
supplier performance statistics
Invoicing
match many invoices from different
suppliers to shipments