Container Charges Setup Workflow shows a typical container charge setup workflow. Some environments do not require every setup step. For example, in some environments the control program settings apply throughout the system to all ship-to addresses and containers. In other environments, control program settings need to be changed for specific combinations of ship-to address and container. In these environments, additional setup steps are required to create ship-to control records to override the control program container charge settings.

Charge type codes are used when applying a line charge or container charge to manage and calculate the line and container charge amounts. Each code consists of a unique name, a short description, an indicator specifying whether it is used for line charges or container charges, and an optional external calculation or validation program to execute.

Use Charge Type Maintenance (7.22.1) to create charge type codes. Each charge type references a Progress program used to calculate the charge amount. The program calculates the charge amount before the extended price is posted on the invoice.

Since calculating a container charge amount can be a highly customized, multistep process, you can use your own custom Progress programs or either of two system-supplied charge type calculation programs to calculate the extended container charges.

When the shipper is confirmed, the container base price and charge type is retrieved from the container price table. Container prices are defined in Ship-To/Container Charge Maintenance (7.22.5) for combinations of ship-to addresses and container items. If a price list has not been defined, the price in the item master is used.

The Progress program associated with the charge type is used to calculate the extended price of the container. The two system-supplied charge type calculation programs are:

See Sample Programs.

You can use these two system-supplied programs as models for building your own calculation programs. All your custom programs must be compiled and placed in the appropriate two-character directory where your code is located. For example, the custom program linesort.p goes in the us\li directory. The custom program contsort.p goes in the us\co directory.

See the installation guide for your system for the location of code.

If a container item is not already in the system, you must first create it in Item Master Maintenance (1.4.1). Once the item is defined, you can associate container information with it using Container Item Maintenance (7.22.10). Container information is saved in the container item detail table (ptc_det).

Container information is used only when the container item is associated with an order line using the container charge functions. If a container item is placed on an order as an item, the container information is disregarded and the information in the item master is used instead.

You can optionally group container items by container type. The field is not validated. Container type displays on reports and inquiries.

Use Ship-To/Container Charge Maintenance (7.22.5) to create records defining the amount charged for specific container items or specific container items used at specific ship-to addresses. You can set up these records in different currencies and with different charge amounts based on one or multiple date ranges. Typically, the charge amount is per container.

The charge type you specify in this program overrides the charge type associated with the container item in Container Item Maintenance (7.22.10).

Each record has an associated pricing schedule, defined in the Price Detail Data frame. The schedule indicates the charge amount based on a date range specified in the Start and Expire date fields. To delete a date range, press Delete in the Price or Reference field.

When a container charge applies to an order line, the system searches for a charge amount for the ship-to and container item using the document currency and current date. An extended price calculation program associated with the charge type uses the charge amount to calculate the extended price.

A pricing schedule is useful when charge amounts change according to predefined seasonal time periods or other time-related factors. If you apply a charge during a period not covered on the schedule, the system uses the item master price for the container item to calculate the extended price.

Use Container/Line Charge Control (7.22.24) to activate container charge functions.

The values you define here default to corresponding fields in Ship-To Control Maintenance (7.22.15). Use that program to change this value for specific combinations of ship-from sites and ship-to addresses

Use Ship-To Control Maintenance (7.22.15) to create control records that override the settings in Container/Line Charges Control for specified ship-from and ship-to combinations.

Most of the field values in this program default from corresponding fields in the control program. The field descriptions in the control program also apply to the fields in this program.