Using Carrier Inquiry

1. Enter the From and To ship dates for the inquiry.

2. A Select An Option window will appear; select one, several, or all carriers to be included on the inquiry. You may select any or all of the following options:

• EXIT – Select EXIT to exit the Carrier Inquiry option and return to the Shipping menu.
• ALL CARRIERS – Select ALL CARRIERS to run the inquiry for all carriers, including null carriers.
• NULL CARRIERS – Select NULL CARRIERS to run the inquiry for orders that do not have a carrier assigned to the sales order.
• A list of carriers – A list of carriers defined in the system.

Select the carrier(s) to include on the inquiry by scrolling to the appropriate selection(s) and pressing Enter. Select Exit to continue.

3. The following message will appear: "Split orders by location? No/Yes."

• Select no if you do not want to the inquiry to split the orders shown by the location of items.
• Select yes if you wish the inquiry to split the orders shown by the location of items.

4. An F10 selection window will appear displaying all un-invoiced sales orders for the ship date range and carriers selected. See Using F10 Selection Boxes Overview for more information on how to navigate within the F10 selection box.

The following columns display:

• Carry – The carrier ID assigned to the sales order. A blank field indicates that a carrier was not assigned to the order (null carrier).
• Pick Up Point – The pick up point location defined for the carrier
• Order – The sales order number 
• Cust – The customer ID for the sales order
• Loc – The location or warehouse ID on the order line for lotted items that have a lot assigned to the sales order
• Pounds – The total pounds for the sales order or location if more than one location on the sales order
• Ship – The ship date of the sales order.

Tag all the sales orders to be included on the inquiry by scrolling to the appropriate line and pressing Enter. You may also press F9 to tag all orders in window. After you have made your selection, press F10 to exit the selection window.

The results of the inquiry are displayed on the screen as follows:

• Carrier – The carrier ID. A blank field is used to identify sales orders with no carrier assigned (null carrier).
• Ship – The ship date of the sales order
• Order – The sales order number
• Cust – The customer ID code
• Loc – The location for the lotted items in which a lot number was assigned to the sales order
• Grp – The item group ID
• Item Name – The item’s full name and description
• Weight – The total weight being ordered or shipped
• Status – The current status of the order. Valid statuses are:
  • Open
  • Priced
  • Shipped
  • Ready
  • Invoiced

5. Command options appear:

• Print (X) – Select Print (X) to print the Carrier Inquiry. Command options will appear allowing you to print or choose from a set of other print options.
• Next Page – Select Next Page to move to the next page of the report, if there is more than one page of the report.
• Exit – Select Exit to return to the F10 window.

Use the Available Actions link for more information.

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