Shipping Code Requirements
You can set up user fields in Rule Definition Maintenance (7.9.11.1) that let you assign shipment-related codes for any shipment or shipment line while working on the shipper. You can set up default codes, or prompt users for code values.
Example: Some of your customers require that you indicate airbill numbers for each sales order. With user fields, you can set up the system to prompt the shipping clerk for this number when the shipper is confirmed.
If your shipping environment has any shipment code collection requirements, you should compile a list of these requirements based on the codes, form numbers, or type of information needed by each customer. For example, note whether any customers require AETC codes, or airbill numbers for their shipments. Note whether those codes should be associated with the shipper header, shipper lines, specific shipper fields, or should have other reference information included.
You can collect any shipment-related codes and numbers. Different industries require various types of codes or numbers, such as:
• Airbill numbers
• Pull point numbers
• Carrier reference numbers
• Airport codes
• Freight bill numbers
• Packing list numbers