Shipping Modes
The shipment methods are information related to transportation.
They are used to :
- specify the transport method that will be used to send or receive goods. The short title, describing the shipment method is printed on picking tickets and on packing slips.
- to define the information linked to the INTRASTAT exchange of goods between members of the European Union (EU). This information contained in the shipment method is default method. It can be refined by supplier or ship-to customer.
Freight terms and EU transport location
The freight term code is the OBJective of a standardisation by the International Chamber of Commerce. Associated with the transport location, it defines the shipment conditions. These shipment conditions use the sales contract dispositions that specify the respective contractual obligations of the seller and buyer.
The freight terms are defined in miscellaneous table number 5. This definable miscellaneous table is accessible from the Logistics tables menu.
The EU transport location is defined in local menu number 236.
Transport method
The transport method by which the goods are presumed to leave their national territory on shipment (export) or to have arrived in on receipt (import).
The transport method is defined in the local menu 237.
Prerequisite
Refer to documentation Implementation
Screen management
Entry screen
A shipment method can be associated with a shipment address or a supplier. The information linked to the Exchange of goods declaration carried by the shipment method then serves as default values. The Freight term, Transport location and Shipment method can be customised by shipment address or supplier.
This shipment method is picked up in the sales orders (in the header and at the line level), in the orders and the purchase contract orders (in the header), on the delivery advice notes (in the header) and in the receipt notes.
This information remains modifiable in the delivery advice notes, the receipt notes and the invoices on the condition that the business partner (BP) concerned belongs to a country that is a member of the European Union.
Block number 1
| Delivery mode (field MDL) |
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Code used to define the information related to the transport and delivery. |
| Description (field DESAXX) |
| Short description (field SHOAXX) |
| Group (field GFY) |
Block number 2
| Incoterm (field EECICT) |
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The Incoterm codes, set by the International Chamber of Commerce, seek to standardize the terms the most used in the international commerce by defining the respective responsibilities of the seller and the buyer agreed upon on establishement of the sales contract by a unique word similarly understood throughout the world. The Incoterm code, controlled in Incoterm table is used in the INTRASTAT file (Exchange of goods declaration). It can also be used to define the price lists. |
| Intrastat transp. location (field EECLOC) |
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A transport location must be specified in the EU exchange declaration. It is combined with the Incoterm code in order to determine the delivery conditions referring to the sales contract terms that specify the respective obligations of the buyer and seller.
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| Intrastat transport mode (field EECTRN) |
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The transport method by which the goods are presumed to leave their national territory on shipment (export) or to have arrived in on receipt (import). This information is used in the Customs document file. |
Block number 3
| Region (field REGION) |
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Identification of the region. |
| Port (field PORT) |
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Name of the nearest port. It is necessary to have entered miscellaneous table 951. |
Reports
By default, the following reports are associated with this function :
TABMODELIV : Delivery mode listing
This can be changed using a different setup.