Adding a Route

1. When you first enter the Route option a Select An Option window will appear with the following options:

• EXIT – Select EXIT to exit and return to the Shipping menu.
• ADD – Select ADD to add a route.
• PRINT LIST – Select PRINT LIST to print a list of routes currently defined in the system.
• A list of routes defined in the system.

Scroll to the ADD option and press Enter to confirm your selection.

2. In the Route field, enter a two digit alpha-numeric ID code to identify the route.

3. In the Route Name field, enter the name or description of the route.

4. If you are doing a conversion from your old system, the "Old ID" field will appear. Use this field to enter the old route ID. (Old Code Conversion Mode = Y (Y=yes) in System Options.)

5. In the Planning Cycle field, specify the planning cycle for the route. The planning cycle is used to group routes onto one of the three shipping cycles on the Planning Report. Press F3 to select a planning cycle.

6. In the Dispatcher field, enter a dispatcher for the route. This field assigns the route to a dispatcher. Press F3 to select a dispatcher from a list of previously defined dispatchers.

7. Specify whether you want to print box labels from dispatching for the selected route. In order to utilize this feature, you must have the packs setting turned on.

8. At the Next Day Freight field, enter Y (Y=yes) if the route is next day; enter N (N=no) if the route is not next day. You must have next day freight class and next day freight sales type cost adjustment defined for this field to appear.

9. In the Bypass OK to Invoice field decide whether orders entered for routes with bypass set to Y (Y=yes) will have their OK to invoice flags automatically set to Y. If set to N (N=no), the sales orders will need to be approved in Order Control. The system wide shipping/invoicing approval is controlled in Shipping Options - Ship/Invoice Approvals.

10. Command options appear:

• Add – Select Add to add the route.
• Exit – Select Exit to exit without adding the route and return to

Select Add to add the route. You are then positioned at the top of a new record to add another route. Press Enter to exit.

For more information on the Route option see Route.

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