DC1 Help Centre 12.0

Options

Destinations	Select this option to work with destinations.
Create shipment	Select this option to manually create the shipment that will be delivered along this route. The Outbound delivery schedules program will build a shipment header outlining the deliveries to each destination on the route for that dispatch date. The program will retrieve the shipment number and return it to this panel under the Shipment column.
Shipment header	Select this option to view the associated shipment header information.
Shipment addresses	Select this option to view the associated shipment addresses.
Restrictions	Select this option to access the Route restrictions panel where you can attach (or detach) a route restriction group, holding the items that are not to be delivered on this route list. The restriction will also apply for all destinations and customers for the route list.

Function keys

Selection fields

Dispatch date: This column displays the date that the goods will be dispatched.

Dispatch time: This column displays the dispatch time.

Warehouse: This column displays the warehouse from which the dispatches will be made.

Route ID: This column displays the route ID denoting the route used to deliver the goods.

Departure ID: This column displays the departure ID denoting the departure defined for the route.

Shipping agent: This column displays the shipping agent, i.e. the external company responsible for transporting your goods to your customer.

MOT: This column indicates how the goods will be transported to your customer’s site.

Held: This column denotes if the route is held. Routes can be manually put on hold to indicate that sales order lines can no longer be booked on that route/departure combination until it is released.

Manual: This column denotes if the route was created manually or if it was created automatically, but has been manually changed.

Shipment: This column displays the number of the shipment that will be dispatched along this route. This number is specifically assigned to this route/departure combination (by the Outbound delivery schedules program).

Handler: This column displays the handler code which identifies the employee that is responsible for this route.

Cut-off date: This column displays the order cut-off date. Orders placed after this date will be bumped up to a later shipment.

Cut-off time: This column displays the order entry cut-off time. All sales orders placed after that time will be bumped up to a later shipment.

Vehicle: This column displays the vehicle that will be used on this route.

Driver: This column displays the driver of the vehicle that will be used on this route.

Shipment type: This column displays the shipment type, which holds default values and automatic actions that should take place when a shipment is closed or updated as shipped.

Maximum weight: This column displays the maximum weight capacity that the vehicle transporting the goods can handle.

Filling rate % weight

This column displays the percentage of the filling rate (accumulated weight) of the vehicle content. The accumulated weight is the total weight of the sales order lines that are assigned to the shipment. This indicates how much of the vehicle’s capacity is filled and how much is remaining. This value has been derived by the following calculation:

Accumulated weight / maximum weight

Maximum volume: This column displays the maximum volume capacity that the vehicle transporting the goods can handle. This value is retrieved from the Vehicle table.

Filling rate % volume

This column displays the percentage of the filling rate (accumulated volume) of the vehicle content. The accumulated volume is the total volume of the sales order lines that are assigned to the shipment. This indicates how much of the vehicle’s capacity is filled and how much is remaining. This value has been derived by the following calculation:

Accumulated volume / maximum volume

Minimum value (System currency): This column displays the minimum value of the shipment. Amount is displayed in system currency.

Maximum value (System currency): This column displays the maximum value of the shipment. Amount is displayed in system currency.

Minimum value (Reporting currency): This column displays the minimum value of the shipment. Amount is displayed in reporting currency.

Maximum value (Reporting currency): This column displays the maximum value of the shipment. Amount is displayed in reporting currency.

Filling rate % value: This column displays the percentage of the filling rate (accumulated value) of the vehicle content. The accumulated value is the total value of the sales order lines that are assigned to the shipment. This specifies how much of the vehicle’s (value) capacity is filled and how much is remaining.

No of customers: This column displays the number of customer dispatch addresses that have destinations that are valid for the route list. This value indicates the maximum number of different addresses that are likely to end up on the connected outbound shipment.

Customers with placed orders: This column displays the number of customers that currently have orders assigned to the outbound shipment connected to the route list. This value indicates the number of different dispatch addresses (of those indicated in the No of customers column) that are attached to the shipment at this moment.

Lines with status < 30: This column displays the number of sales order lines with status less than 30 for the orders assigned to the shipment connected to the route.

Lines with status = 30: This column displays the number of sales order lines with status equal to 30 for the orders assigned to the shipment connected to the route.

Lines with status > 30: This column displays the number of sales order lines with status greater than 30 for the orders assigned to the shipment connected to the route.

Work with route list (DIR80704)

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The information that you enter on this panel is used to manually build a route list for a specific route/departure combination or to change the information for a scheduled departure that has been automatically generated. You would typically run this routine whenever you want to plan a shipment for sales order lines that are not connected to any routes.

Function keys

Disp time: Enter the dispatch time for this specific departure.

Warehouse: Enter the warehouse from which the goods should be dispatched.

Cut-off date: Enter order cut-off date. Orders placed after this date will be bumped up to a later shipment. Note: If cut-off time is earlier than the departure time, then it is not mandatory to specify a cut-off date.

Cut-off time: Enter the order entry cut-off time for this specific departure. All sales orders placed after that time will be bumped up to a later shipment. If you do not enter a value in this field, then the cut-off time defined for the route in the Routes table will be used.

Route: Enter the route ID for which you want to create a shipment. You can select an existing route from the Routes table or create a new route for this particular departure on this panel. Note: Once you have created the shipment you will not be able to change the value in this field.

Pick rel day

This is an optional entry. Enter/change the pick release day denoting what day of the week the pick list is allowed to be printed. This functionality is used to prevent pick lists from being printed too early for outbound shipments. It allows you to keep the orders open as long as possible should you need to change the quantity or add more lines and gives you the space and time to do the picking to make the departure date.

Pick rel tim

Loading loc: Enter a code from the Warehouse zone table to indicate the area in your warehouse that the vehicle will be loaded from. This data will be printed on the loading and route delivery list and will be used solely for the purpose of providing information.

Departure: Enter the departure code indicating, e.g. the departure point of the goods. This code must exist in the Departure table. Note: Once you have created the shipment you will not be able to change the value in this field.

Shipment type

Enter a code from the Shipment type table if you want to take advantage of the specification possibilities incorporated in a shipment type. For example, you can specify which automatic actions that should take place when the shipment is closed or updated as shipped.

Note: You cannot enter a shipment type defined for Order assignment.

Handler: Enter a code from the Signature table to identify the employee that is responsible for this route.

Vehicle: Enter a code from the Vehicle table to identify the vehicle that will be used on this route. If you do not enter a value in this field the vehicle defined for the route in the Routes table will be used.

Driver: Enter a code from the Driver table to indicate the driver of the vehicle that will be used on this route.

Shipping agent

Manner of transport: Enter a code from the Manner of transport table to indicate how the goods will be transported (e.g., by rail, air, sea). If you do not enter a value in this field the MOT defined for the route in the Routes table will be used.

Weight (measurement): Indicates the unit used by your company for measuring weight. This value is defined in the DIS control file. For example, if your company uses the metric system the (KG) value will appear in this heading.

Maximum: Enter the maximum weight capacity that the vehicle transporting the goods can handle. If a value is not entered the system will default the value that has been pre-established for this vehicle in the Vehicle table.

Minimum: Enter the minimum weight capacity of the vehicle that will be used for transporting the goods. If a value is not entered the system will default the value that has been pre-established for this vehicle in the Vehicle table.

Accumulated value: Indicates the accumulated value of vehicle’s contents. This is the total weight of all sales order lines that have been assigned to this shipment.

Filling rate

Indicates the percentage of the filling rate (accumulated weight) of the vehicle content. The accumulated weight is the total weight of the sales order lines that are assigned to the shipment. This indicates how much of the vehicle’s capacity is filled and how much is remaining. This value has been derived by the following calculation:

Accumulated weight / maximum weight

Volume (measurement): Indicates the unit used by your company for measuring volume. This value is defined in the DIS control file. For example, if your company uses the metric system the (M3) value will appear in this heading.

Maximum: Enter the maximum volume capacity that the vehicle transporting the goods can handle. If a value is not entered the system will default the value that has been pre-established for this vehicle in the Vehicle table.

Minimum: Enter the minimum volume capacity of the vehicle that will be used for transporting the goods. If a value is not entered the system will default the value that has been pre-established for this vehicle in the Vehicle table.

Accumulated value: Indicates the accumulated value of the vehicle’s contents. This is the total volume of all sales order lines that have been assigned to this shipment.

Filling rate

Indicates the percentage of the filling rate (accumulated volume) of the vehicle content. The accumulated volume is the total volume of the sales order lines that are assigned to the shipment. This indicates how much of the vehicle’s capacity is filled and how much is remaining. This value has been derived by the following calculation:

Accumulated volume / maximum volume

Value (currency): Indicates the monetary unit used by your company.

Maximum: Enter the maximum value of the goods that can be loaded onto the vehicle. If a value is not entered the system will default the value that has been pre-established for this vehicle in the Vehicle table.

Minimum: Enter the minimum value of the goods that can be loaded onto the vehicle. If a value is not entered the system will default the value that has been pre-established for this vehicle in the Vehicle table.

Accumulated value: Indicates the accumulated value of the vehicle’s contents. This is the total value of all sales order lines that have been assigned to this shipment.

Filling rate

Indicates the percentage of the filling rate (accumulated value) of the vehicle content. The accumulated value is the total value of the sales order lines that are assigned to the shipment. This indicates how much of the vehicle’s capacity is filled and how much is remaining. This value has been derived by the following calculation:

Accumulated value / maximum value

Manual: Indicates if the route was created manually or if it was created automatically, but has been manually changed.

Shipment: Indicates the number of the shipment that will be dispatched along this route. This number is specifically assigned by the Outbound delivery schedules program to this route/departure combination.

Hold: Set this field to YES to manually put this route/departure combination on hold to indicate that sales order lines can no longer be booked on it. Set it to NO to release it.

Work with route list, Copy route list (DIR80705)

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This panel displays all of the routes that you selected to copy. In the first columns, the values from the copied routes are displayed. Enter in the input fields the new values as described below, or use the Fill with from values function key.

Function keys

Fill with from values

Default the values from the selected record(s) to the new record(s).

New disp date: Enter the new dispatch date of the route that you are creating.

New disp time: Enter the new dispatch time for the route that you are creating.

New whs: Enter a code from the Warehouse table indicating the warehouse to which the new route is assigned.

New route: Enter the name of the new route.

New departure: Enter a code from the Departure table indicating the route’s new point of departure.

New cut-off date: Enter the new cut-off date for the route/departure combination.

New cut-off time: Enter the new cut-off time for the route/departure combination.

Work with route list, Deletion (DIR80708)

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Work with route list (DIR80711)

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This panel is only displayed if the WAKEUP (Wake up call interface) function is activated in the Function control file. On this panel you can enter or override any wake up entries that were set up on the route.

Route group: If the route list was automatically generated from a route, this field displays the route group for the route from which this route list was generated but can be changed. If manually creating a route list, enter the route group for the route.

Wake up time: If the route list was automatically generated from a route, and this information was entered on the route it will be displayed here. It denotes what time of the day the customer on the outbound shipment wants to be called before the shipment departs, but can be changed if you want to override the entry that was set up on the route. If manually creating a route list, you can optionally enter the wake up time should, e.g., a customer require that you place a call at a specific time.

Wake up day: If the route list was automatically generated from a route, and this information was entered on the route it will be displayed here. It denotes what day of the week the customer on the outbound shipment wants to be called before the shipment departs, but can be changed. If manually creating a route list, you can optionally enter the wake up day should, e.g., a customer require that you place a call on a specific day.

Monitor start time: If the route list was automatically generated from a route, and this information was entered on the route it will be displayed here. It denotes the time at which the system starts checking entered sales orders, but can be changed. This time and the Cut-off time of the route (the time when the outbound shipment is closed for new orders) are the driving factors of this functionality, and determine when the customer should receive a wake up call, i.e. a customer should receive a wake up call when no order has been entered between the Monitor start time of the route and the Cut-off time of the route. If manually creating a route list, you can optionally enter the monitor start time.

Monitor start day: If the route list was automatically generated from a route, and this information was entered on the route it will be displayed here. It denotes what day of the week the system should start checking entered sales orders. If manually creating a route list, you can optionally enter the monitor start day.