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3rd Party Freight Workflow

Distributor steps for adding a 3rd-party freight bill in Encompass as a separate inventory purchase on the same shipment so freight is spread across product costs. Requires v23.01+.

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Written by Bailey Naas-Thornton

Minimum Version Required: 23.01

Pre-Conditions

  • The following workflow assumes you already have the freight Vendor set up in your system, as well as the Product Vendor, and the Products themselves.

Steps

  1. Using Universal Search, navigate to the Purchases table
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  2. Apply filters to locate a specific Purchase and click the Arrow icon to view
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    ​NOTE: Purchases in Confirmed status must be un-Confirmed in order to add a Freight Bill to the Shipment
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  3. Click Add Purchase
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  4. Select the Freight Vendor
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    ​NOTE: When selecting a vendor, it should be an Inventory vendor. Verify by checking the field for Trans Type=Inventory
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  5. Enter values to all required and applicable optional fields displayed and click the ‘Add Record’ button when complete
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    ​NOTE: Make sure Trans Type is set to Inventory
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  6. Change the On Invoice method of Freight to 'Same Shipment'
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  7. Enter the Freight Amount and click Save Changes
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  8. You've now entered a freight Purchase, where the Freight amount will be applied to Inventory Products on other Purchases on the same Shipment.

Best Practices

  • Make note of the Disbursement Method. If your products are missing weights, disbursement by weight will not spread the freight across the Products correctly.
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  • If there is already a purchase/invoice for Freight and Product, then on Shipment, Other Cost invoice method can be used

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