Processing Freight Charges
The system enables you to manage many tasks relating to freight charges. You can:
• Calculate freight charges automatically for memo items based on the shipping weight input by the user.
• Perform freight accounting at sales order shipment.
• Define how the system calculates automatic freight charges for sales order returns.
• Review and change all information used to calculate freight for line items on sales quotes, orders, shipments, and pending invoices.
• Override the item’s freight class and freight ship weight during transaction entry.
See
QAD Master Data User Guide for details on setting up freight charges.
Note: Enabling the optional Logistics Accounting module changes how freight charges are tracked and billed. See
QAD Master Data User Guide for details on setting up Logistics Accounting.
Whenever the system cannot calculate freight automatically, an error message identifies whether the problem stems from a missing freight zone (2.20.4) or freight charge (2.20.10). For example, if the system cannot match the transaction’s address with a defined freight zones, the error message identifies the missing freight zone as the source of the problem. When calculating freight charges, if no due date exists, the system uses the current date.
You can enter freight information in the transaction headers for:
• Sales Quote Maintenance (7.12.1)
• Sales Order Maintenance (7.1.1)
• Sales Order Shipments (7.9.15)
• Pending Invoice Maintenance (7.13.1)
On existing quotes and orders, the Calculate Freight field defaults to No. Change this to Yes to have the system recalculate freight.
When you set the Display Weights field to Yes, the system displays a freight window for each line item. In this window you can enter (for memo items) or override (for inventory items) the Freight Class and Freight Ship Weight. For inventory items, the values for Freight Class and Freight Ship Weight default from the item master.