Freight documents

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Freight documents can be any type of document that you send with the delivery of the goods. You have two options from which to choose when wishing to work with freight documents:

  1. From the Work with freight documents menu item.
  2. When confirming the sales order pick list, as you would normally work with and print freight documents during this process. (See Confirm a pick list for more information).

The information, accessed via the Related topics below, describes the handling of a Bill of Lading document. You handle all other freight documents in the same manner.

Prerequisites

In order to be able to work with freight documents the following prerequisites must have been met:

Table/File To do
Freight document table Freight documents must be defined.
Shipping agent table Shipping agents must be defined. Each shipping agent must also be assigned the freight documents that they will need for shipping the goods. A shipping agent must be assigned to either your customer, in the Address file, or the sales order (delivery address level).
Pick list The pick list must have been confirmed.
Third-party freight documents The following must be activated in order for freight documents to be retrieved by a third-party software for further handling and printout:

  • Work with companies: Activate the TFD (Third-party software freight documents) application.
  • DI documents table: Activate the applicable document subtype files.
  • Business partner file, DI methods panel: Activate the DI document IFTMIN for the customer.
  • Shipping agents table: Activate the document type DOC04 for the shipping agent you want to use.

Printouts

  • Printed freight documents

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