Container Charge Requirements
Compile a list of all items in your shipping environment used as containers for which you need to charge your customers or that you need to track through your shipping environment. Containers may include shipping pallets, crates, bins, or special packaging materials.
This shipping container information is used to create container items. These items are defined in the item master (pt_mstr) but have additional container details, including:
• A container description
• Whether to apply a charge when the container is used
• A charge type code
• A container item type code
After compiling the list of containers used in your environment, add the following details to the items on your list:
• The amount you normally charge your customers when this item is used as a container, rather than sold as an item. These prices are used when defining the container item. See
Setting Up Container Charges.
• Any special pricing agreements you may have with specific customers. For example, you charge out-of-town customers $15.00 per pallet used to ship their orders. A pallet charge is not imposed on local customer deliveries because pallets are returned upon delivery. See
Create Control Program Exceptions.
This information is used to create ship-to control records.
• Any charge calculations used to find extended prices for a container item. For example, the charge for a shipping bin is the greater of $15.00 or $.50 times the number of items shipped in the bin.
This information is used to design and code custom Progress programs that determine the extended price for containers affected by special pricing agreements. See
Create Container Charge Type Codes.
• Any price variations a container item is subject to due to seasonal or time-related constraints. For example, in the food and beverage industry, raw materials may require more expensive packaging during hot summer months, but less expensive packing materials in more temperate months.
This information is used to create ship-to/container charge records. See
Set Up Container Charge Amounts.