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Maintain a freight document

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  1. Select the Work with freight documents menu item.
  2. On the initial panel, enter the applicable pick list number and click OK.
  3. You access Work with freight documents, Document selection listing all of the freight documents that have been assigned to the shipping agent. Select the applicable freight document and click Change.

    4. Note: If the selected freight document has not already been created, (the Crt field is blank), the system will first create one. If any error occurs when validating the information, the system will prompt the Bill of lading maintenance, Header information part 1 panel. You must correct the fields in error.

  4. You access Bill of lading maintenance, Header information part 1. You have three alternatives with the Bill of lading no field:
    • If a freight document number series exists in the Shipping agent/freight document table, the system automatically retrieves the number.
    • You can manually enter a number. Note: If you manually enter a Bill of lading number, do not insert any blanks in-between the numbers. The system automatically edits the number correctly, when you re-enter this panel. This number is checked according to the 10-module check.
    • You can leave the field blank.

    The system defaults the following fields with information from the Sales order, Customer file and Standard value table. You can change these values.

    Consignee
    Enter the name of the company that receives the goods.
    Delivery address
    Enter the delivery address of the goods.
    Postal address
    Enter the postal code and city.
    Destination
    Enter the city of destination.
    Country
    Enter the country code.

    The remaining fields are optional.

    Click Detail lines.

  5. You access Bill of lading maintenance, Detail information, listing the different goods types, commodity codes or package types in the existing Bill of lading document. Select the detail line you wish to update/view and click Change.
  6. You access the Bill of lading maintenance, Detail information detail panel. The values in the following three fields are defaulted from the Standard value table, if defined there:
    7. Goods marking
    Parcel type
    Goods description

    Make your changes and either:

    • Click OK twice to return to save your changes and return to Bill of lading maintenance, Header information part 1, or
    • Click Back twice to exit without saving your changes and return to Bill of lading maintenance, Header information part 1.

    Click Back until you exit the routine.

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