Create Carrier

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Using online help

This page allows you to create the carrier that is used for the transportation of goods. Tell me more

The “Create Carrier” page appears.

The system displays the following detail:

Status

The status of the carrier. It has three possible values “Active”, “Canceled” or “Inactive”.

Supplier Code

The unique code identifying a supplier, if the supplier is being defined as a carrier also. It must be present in the “Supplier Master” business component (Alphanumeric, 16).

 

Help facility available.

 

Press <enter> key

Note: The carrier code will get populated with the supplier code specified.

Carrier Code

The unique code identifying the carrier (Alphanumeric, 20) Mandatory. It must not have space or special characters. The smallest value is retrieved in alphanumeric order and displayed. If the specified code already exists, the details pertaining to the code except “Status”, “Currency”, “Effective From”, “Carrier Language” and “Effective To” gets displayed in the respective fields.

 

Help facility available.

Note: If the help facility is used for carrier code, all the mandatory fields pertaining to the carrier code gets displayed automatically.

The system displays the following detail:

Carrier Registered At

The organization unit at which the carrier is registered (Alphanumeric, 16).

Carrier Name

The name of the carrier corresponding to the carrier code (Alphanumeric, 150) Mandatory.

Auto Create Supplier

 Check this box if the supplier has to be created automatically in Supplier master. The supplier created will be in “Active” status.

Carrier Language

Use the drop-down list box to select a language for communication with the carrier. The system displays blank as the default value on launch of the page.

Carrier Currency

Use the drop-down list box to select a unique code identifying the currency used by the carrier. The values in the drop-down list box are populated from the “Organization Setup” business component. The currency combo is retrieved with the currency, smallest in alphanumeric order and displayed.

Carrier Ownership

Use the drop-down list box to select the ownership of the carrier. The values in the drop-down list box are  Blank, “Self” and “Third Party”.

Refrigerated Carrier

Use the drop-down list box to select the refrigerated carrier. The values in the drop-down list box are “Yes” and “NO”. The drop-down list box displays the value “No” on launch of the page.

Pay Term

 The payment term for the carrier.

 

Help facility available.

Payment Mode

 Use the drop-down list box to select the mode of payment for the carrier.

Address Id

The unique code identifying the address of the carrier (Alphanumeric, 12) Mandatory. It must not contain any space or special characters. If the address id specified is present in the “Supplier Master” business component. The supplier corresponding to the address id must be entered in the “supplier code” field.

 

Help facility available.

Note:The system retrieves the details of the address id specified, from the “Supplier Master” and populates the following fields.

Contact Person

The name of the person who has to be contacted regarding the carrier (Alphanumeric, 45).

Address Line1

The first line of the address of the carrier (Alphanumeric, 40)

Address Line2

The second line of the address of the carrier, if any (Alphanumeric, 40).

Address Line3

The third line of the address of the carrier, if any (Alphanumeric, 40).

   

City

The name of the city (Alphanumeric, 40)

State ID

 The identification code of the state.

 

Help facility available.

The system displays the following:

State

 The name of the state .  

Zip Code

 The code identifying the area (Alphanumeric, 20)

ISO Country Code

The ISO country code.

 

Help facility available.

Note: Address Line 1,City,State ID,Zip Code and ISO Country Code are Mandatory when the Supplier/Agent Code is not entered.

The system displays the following:

Country

 The name of the country.

Phone

The phone number of the carrier (Alphanumeric, 18).

Fax

 

E-mail

The e-mail id of the carrier, if any (Alphanumeric, 60).

URL

The uniform resource locator for the e-mail id (Alphanumeric, 50).

Effective From

The date on which the carrier is recognized by the system for transactions (Date Format) Mandatory.

Effective To

The end date till which the carrier is valid for transaction (Date Format). Carrier is not recognized by the system for transactions beyond this date. This date must be greater than the effective from date.

Delivery Area Code

The code identifying the area where the goods are delivered (Alphanumeric, 18) Mandatory

 

Help facility available.

The system displays the following detail:

Delivery Area Description

The description of the delivery area code.

The status field is set to “Active”. The “Created by” and the “Created date” are populated with the login user id and the system date respectively. If the carrier is created for the first time, the “Carrier Registered at” field is filled with the login OU else the system retrieves it from the database.

Status

The status of the carrier. It has three possible values “Active”, “Canceled” or “Inactive”.

 
  • Active – indicates the newly created carrier.

 
  • Canceled – indicates the deleted carrier.

 
  • Inactive – indicates the deactivated carrier.

To proceed carryout the following

The system populates the following fields:

Created By

The login user ID of the person who has created the “Carrier” component.

Created Date

The date on which the “Create” component is created.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Create Carrier – An overview

Activity overview

Details such as the carrier information, address details and the delivery area that the carrier supports, must be specified.

This page also allows you to specify the carrier additional addresses and the carrier transportation details. You are also permitted to view the delivery area details.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prerequisites