How To: Setting Up Routing Preferences (02-08-90-02)

Overview

This page describes how to set up preferences for Order Processing Routing.

General Tab

Carrier Fees

By Product Type
Select this option and carrier fees are calculated automatically by product type. Carrier fees must be set up for each product type in Carrier Fee Calc Maint (02-08-90-03).

By Zip Code
Select this option and carrier fees are calculated automatically by zip code. Carrier fees must be set up for each zip code in Carrier Fee Calc Maint.

NOTE: If the Routing Manifest is printed by Zip Code, carrier fees must also be calculated by zip code.

The next two preferences are only applicable if you chose ‘By Zip Code’ above.

using 5 character Zip Code
Select this option to use the basic five digit zip code for the carrier fees (set up in Carrier Feel Calc Maint (02-08-90-03).

using 9 character Zip Code
Select this option to use the extended nine digit zip code for the carrier fees (set up in Carrier Feel Calc Maint).

Print Route Manifest

No
Select this option and the Routing Manifest (02-08-12) does not print.

Zip Code
Prints the Routing Manifest in zip code order.

Order
Prints the Routing Manifest in order number order.

Other Preferences

Activate Centralized Delivery Menu
Check this box if Centralized Delivery is being used for Order Processing routing.

Print OP Delivery Labels
Check this box if you will be printing delivery labels with the Delivery Labels selection (02-08-12-04).

Uncheck this box if you will not be printing delivery labels. If this preference is unchecked, you cannot access the Delivery Labels selection (02-08-12-04). However, you can still print Form L (laser) labels during Picking/Packing Sheet Print (02-08-10) by checking the ‘Use Laser Form and’ and ‘Pick Labels’ boxes on the Form L Apps->Packing Sheets screen of Invoice Preferences (02-18-01, Enter “Y” in Field 8).

Auto Add to Pick/Pack
Check this box and orders are automatically added to the existing batch (if there is one) in Picking/Packing Sheet Print (02-08-10).

If the box is unchecked, when you access the Picking/Packing Sheet Print selection, the system will ask if you want to add the orders to the existing batch or unconfirm the existing batch.

Number of Approval Fields
Specify the number of Reason/Approval fields that you want to use for Order Approval (02-08-05).

Pick/Pack Initial Answer “N”
By default, the ‘Is the above correct?’ prompt, which appears when you first access the Picking/Packing Sheet Print selection, is set to ‘Y.’ Check this box to change the default setting to ‘N.’

E-Commerce Orders

These preferences are used to specify the type of E-Commerce Orders that your company processes. If you are using E-Commerce, you should have received this information with your custom programming.

Identified by

None
If you are not using E-Commerce, select this option.

ECTPSHS
Check this box if your company is using this code for E-Commerce.

Free Field = EC
This is the default code for E-Commerce. There is no programming attached to it for Picking/Packing Sheets.

Free Field = ECOM
Check this box if your company is using this code for E-Commerce.

WEB Branches List
Check this box if your company is using this option for E-Commerce.

The following are additional E-Commerce preferences.

Packing Sheets at Check Out
Check this box and Packing Sheets are not printed using Picking/Packing Sheet Print (02-08-10), but are instead printed at the shipping station using the Ecom Ship Order selection (02-08-06).

Print Ship Qty in Fill column
Check this box and when printing Packing Sheets at the shipping station (see above preference), the item quantity being shipped will print in the ‘Fill’ column on the packing sheet (instead of the shipper writing it in the blank field).

NOTE: This preference should only be used when the above preference (Packing Sheets at Check Out) is checked.

Picking Sheets Tab

Print Picking Sheets?
Check this box if you want to print Picking Sheets when running the Picking/Packing Sheets selection (02-08-10).

NOTE: If you are using OP Routing (02-08-12), either Picking Sheets or Packing Sheets must be printed.

Only Print Generation 0 (zero) orders
Check this box and when picking sheets are selected in Picking/Packing Sheet Print using the ‘All Orders For Delivery Date Range’ option, the system only selects orders with a generation number of zero (orders that have not been backordered).

To print orders that have been backordered, you need to select the ‘Individual Orders’ option.

Uncheck this box to print picking sheets for all generations of an order.

Print Order

Area (Bulk)
This is the only option in this group that uses GUI Printing. When this radio button is selected, Bulk Printing is activated and items on the Picking Sheet are separated by the locator area specified in the ‘Area’ field in the Valid Location Entry selection (03-38-10).

NOTE: For Non-Locator items you can use Field 9 of the Inventory Master File Inq/Maint (03-01) to define your areas. Check the ‘Non-Locator Uses Field 9 for Area’ box on the right of the screen.

For more information on Bulk Picking, please see the Bulk Picking section of this document.

Item
Prints Picking Sheets in item number order.

Department
Prints Picking Sheets in department order.

Brand
Prints Picking Sheets in brand order.

Product Type
Prints Picking Sheets in product type order.

by Area Preferences
The next three preferences only apply if you are printing Picking Sheets by Area (Bulk Picking)

Non-Locator Uses Field 9 for Area
If your company is using Inventory Locator, areas are set up in the ‘Area’ field of the Valid Location Entry selection (03-38-10). However, if Locator is not licensed on your system or you have non-locator items, you can still print Picking Sheets by Area by checking this box and entering a one character code for eligible items in Field 9 of Inventory Master File Inq/Maint. For example, if you had three different areas, you could enter either ‘A’, ‘B’, or ‘C’ in Field 9.

Print On Hand
Check this box and onhand quantities for items print on the Picking Sheets.

Show Low on Hand
Check this box and asterisks (**) print to the right of items that have a low quantity onhand.

Packing Sheets Tab

You can print Packing Sheets using GUI or Non-GUI Printing. To use GUI Printing, check the ‘User Laser Form and’ box on the ‘Form L Apps->Packing Sheets’ tab of Invoice Preferences (02-18-01, Enter “Y” in Field 8). Uncheck this box to use Non-GUI printing on a laser or dot matrix printer.

General

Print Packing Sheets?
Check this box if you want to print Packing Sheets when running the Picking/Packing Sheets selection (02-08-10).

NOTE: If you are using OP Routing (02-08-12), either Picking sheets or Packing sheets must be printed.

Print ‘COD’ Balance
Prints the COD Balance due on the Packing Sheets.

Sort Orders by

Route/Order#
Enter R to sort the Packing Sheets by route and then order number.

Order#
Enter O to sort the Packing Sheets by only the order number.

Print lines on Order by

Line
Prints order detail lines in line number order.

Department
Prints order detail lines in department order.

Brand
Prints order detail lines in brand order.

Product Type
Prints order detail lines in product type order.

Non-GUI Laser printing Pref

These preferences only apply to Non-GUI printing of Packing Sheets on a laser or dot matrix printer.

Print solid lines between items
Check this box to print a solid line between each item on the Packing Sheets.

Print BO column to write in
Check this box to include the Backorder (BO) column on the Packing Sheets. This column allows you to hand write any quantities that are backordered.

Print 2nd Description
Prints the second description of the item on the Packing Sheets.

GUI Printing Preferences

If you are using GUI Printing, please refer to the Invoice Preferences section of the ‘Printing in Tyler’ documentation for instructions on setting up Packing Sheets for GUI Printing.