This inquiry function is a tool that helps the user to make decisions: it is used to organize and visualize the order delivery routes.

It can be accessed:

  • Either from the general menu: You can then select the order to deliver according to various criteria: route code, shipment site, shipment date, delivery date and/or carrier code.
  • Either directly from the Order function, in that case all the orders that match the concerned criteria are automatically selected.

Some information that is required to organize the routes is then displayed: the weight, the volume, the total number of packages to deliver.

To have more details about the route, you can also display the itinerary of the route directly in Google Maps, estimate the distances and visualize the various delivery locations on a map.

Prerequisites

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Screen management

This screen is divided in two parts:

  • the header is used for the selection of the orders to deliver in a route,
     
  • the "Pending" tab displays in a grid all the orders selected as well as the total weight and volume for the lines taken into account in the route.

Header

An Internet connection is needed to access Google Maps.

Selection

Company (field CPY)

Help for both the route inquiry for Orders and for Deliveries.
The company and the shipping site fields are used to select the orders/deliveries of a company or a site grouping or a site.

  • When the function is called from the menu, the shipment site proposed by default corresponds to the user's default sales site. The company is then deduced from the user's site.
  • When the function is called from an order or a delivery, the site and the company are already specified.
Ship site (field STOFCY)
Delivery mode (field MDL)

Help for both the route inquiry for Orders and for Deliveries.
The delivery mode is one of the selection criteria for orders/deliveries.
Delivery priority (field DLVPIO)

Help for both the route inquiry for Orders and for Deliveries.
The delivery priority is a selection criterion, only visible for the deliveries of orders.
From delivery (field SDHNUMDEB)

Help for both the route inquiry for Orders and for Deliveries.
Selection criteria used to refine the search on a range of orders/deliveries.
To delivery (field SDHNUMFIN)
From carrier (field BPTNUMDEB)

Selection criteria used to refine the search in a range of carriers.
To carrier (field BPTNUMFIN)
From delivery date (field DLVDATDEB)

Selection criteria used to refine the search on a range of delivery dates.
To delivery date (field DLVDATFIN)
From route no. (field DRNDEB)

Criterion used to select the route to display.
SEEINFO If several routes are selected, the itinerary displayed is only for the first route.
To route no. (field DRNFIN)
To shipment date (field SHIDATDEB)

Selection criteria used to refine the search on a range of shipment dates.
From shipment date (field SHIDATFIN)

Source

field FLGTYP

This field is used to select the source of the deliveries to be carried out:

  • Sales order
  • Delivery

Tab Pending

The grid displays the list of the orders that match the specified selection criteria.
The only modifiable data are:

  • the "Pick" flag for the lines that must be taken into account (by default, all are selected),
  • the "Sequence number" that indicates the order in which the orders are taken into account in the route.

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Pick (field FLGKO)

Help for both the route inquiry for Orders and for Deliveries.
This is the flag that indicates if the line must be taken into account.
By default, all the order/delivery lines that match the selection criteria are taken into account.
It is possible to activate/deactivate this flag:

  • on a line-by-line basis, with a double click,
  • in mass, using the buttons [Include all] / [Exclude all].
field SDHNUM
Sequence no. (field CSGNUM)

The sequence number indicates the order in which the deliveries are taken into account in the route.
This sequence number can be modified in order to change the order of deliveries, for instance to optimize the itinerary after viewing it.
Customer (field BPCORD)
Ship date (field SHIDAT)
Delivery date (field DLVDAT)
Start (field ETD)
Arrival (field ETA)
Registration (field LICPLATE)

License plate of the vehicle carrying goods.
Delivery address (field BPDADDLIG0)
Postal code (field BPDPOSCOD)
Delivery city (field BPDCTY)
Country (field BPDCRY)
Project (field PJT)
No. of packages (field PACNBR)
Net wgt. (field NETWEI)
Gross wgt. (field GROWEI)
Unit (field WEU)
Volume (field VOL)
Unit (field VOU)
Route no. (field DRN)
Carrier (field BPTNUM)
Delivery mode (field MDL)
Delivery priority (field DLVPIO)
Sales site (field SALFCY)

Totals

Number of packages (field TOTPACNBR)

Help for both the route inquiry for Orders and for Deliveries.
This is the total number of packages for the selected deliveries.
When the inquiry is on deliveries of orders, this is a theoretical number of packages calculated from the "Packing capacity" and the "Ordered STK quantity" of each of the order lines.
Volume (field TOTVOL)

Help for both the route inquiry for Orders and for Deliveries.
This field displays the total volume for the selected lines.
When the inquiry is on deliveries of orders, this is a theoretical volume calculated from the volume in STK of the ordered products.
field TOTVOU

Code of the unit in which the total volume for the selected lines is given.
If these lines have different volume units, the total volume is expressed by default in the unit of the first line. 

This unit can be modified. The conversion between these units is applied as defined in the unit conversion table.
Gross weight (field TOTGROWEI)

Help for both the route inquiry for Orders and for Deliveries.
This field displays the total gross weight for the selected lines.
For orders, it is a theoretical weight calculated from the weight in stock units (STK) of the products.
field TOTWEU

Code of the unit in which the total weight for the selected lines is given.
If these lines have different weight units, the total weight is expressed by default in the unit of the first line.

This unit can be modified. The conversion between these units is applied as defined in the unit conversion table.
Net weight (field TOTNETWEI)

Help for both the route inquiry for Orders and for Deliveries.
This field is used only on the inquiry of deliveries.
It displays the total net weight for the selected lines.
Standard object management

Used to directly access the Order function.

Display of location

Used to view the delivery location in Google Maps.

Direct route

Used to view, in Google Maps, the direct route from the shipment site to the delivery location, as well as other useful information such as the distance and the duration of the route.

Specific Buttons

Criteria

This button is used to access the previously defined criteria, as well as a field in which a selection formula can be entered.

You can also:

  • indicate a screen code that defines the setup of the grid columns,
  • change the criteria for the classification of the orders. By default, these are sorted by order number, but they can also be sorted by delivery date.

The selection criteria can be saved under a memo code so that they can be retrieved later.
The STD memo code is specific since it is the one that is systematically applied upon entering the inquiry.

Include all

This button can be used to mass select all the order lines that match the selection criteria.
For a line-by-line selection, make a double click on the line in the "Pick" column.

Exclude all

By default, all the order lines matching the selection criteria are displayed. This button can be used to perform a mass deselection of the lines.
For a line-by-line deselection, make a double click on the line in the "Pick" column.

 This function can be used to visualize in Google Maps the complete itinerary of the delivery route, starting from the shipment site.
It can be used as a help to organize and optimize the itinerary of the route: in the order grid, you can change the order for deliveries in the "Sequence no." column and/or exclude some orders, if the delivery location is too far away for instance, by unpicking the "Pick" flag.
SEEINFO In Google Maps, the numberof different addresses is limited to 20.

Limits

This inquiry applies to the order header, and not on the lines that may contain sites, route codes and dates that are different from those of the header.

Error messages

The only error messages are the generic ones.

Tables used

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