Carriers represent entities that specializes in transporting freight or cargo from one location to another. They can be actual freight companies (i.e. 'UPS' or 'Fed Ex') and/or they can be setup to represent a delivery method (i.e. 'Our Truck', 'Customer Pickup', or 'UPS-Air'). They are used to record the entity that is moving product on Inventory transfers and sales order shipments. The
The purpose of this page is to add, edit, remove, and activate/inactive these records.Insert excerpt Def - Carrier Def - Carrier nopanel true
Software Version: 2019.MM.DD and newer
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| Carrier Code | A text box to assign a short name or SCAC code for the Carrier. This defaults to blank for new records and is not required. This field is always editable and duplicate values are allowed. This field must be <= 50 characters. The SCAC is the Standard Carrier Alpha Code (SCAC) which is a privately controlled US code used to identify vessel operating common carriers (VOCC). It is typically two to four letters long. It was developed to help road transport companies computerize data and records. This is just used for reference and is not visible in look ups on transactions and other master files. Linked Database Field: ERPx_SOCarrier.CarrierCode | ||||||||
| Carrier Name | A text box to add or edit the unique identifier of the Carrier. This defaults to blank but is required for all records. If missing, the message "Blank Carriers are not allowed." will be displayed on Save. This value must be unique, otherwise the message "Duplicate Carriers are not allowed." will be displayed on Save. This field must be <= 50 characters. Linked Database Field: ERPx_SOCarrier.CarrierName | ||||||||
| Currency ID | Identifies the 'Currency' that is assigned to the 'Linked AP Vendor'. This is not editable and is only populated for Carriers that have a 'Linked AP Vendor' defined. This will be blank for Carriers without a 'Linked AP Vendor' assigned. Linked Database Field: ERPx_APVendor.CurrencySK | ||||||||
| Description | A text box to add/edit a long description for the Carrier record. This defaults to blank for new records and is not required. This field is always editable and duplicate values are allowed. This field must be <= 200 characters. This is informational only and is is not visible in look ups on transactions and other master files. Linked Database Field: ERPx_SOCarrier.Description | ||||||||
A text box to add/edit an email address associated with the Carrier record. This defaults to blank for new records and is not required. This field is always editable and duplicate values are allowed. This field supports multiple email addresses if they are separated by a " ; ". This field must be <= 1,000 characters. This is informational only and is is not visible in look ups on transactions and other master files. There are no validations on this page to ensure this data is a properly formatted email address or that the email address is valid. Linked Database Field: ERPx_SOCarrier.Email | |||||||||
| Fax | A text box to add/edit a Fax Number associated with the Carrier record. This defaults to blank for new records and is not required. This field is always editable and duplicate values are allowed. This field must be <= 30 characters. This is informational only and is is not visible in look ups on transactions and other master files. There are no validations on this page to ensure this data is a properly formatted or that it is a valid number. Linked Database Field: ERPx_SOCarrier.Fax | ||||||||
| Inactive | A Yes/No field used to identify if the Carrier is Inactive. If set to 'Yes' then the record is "Inactive" and will not be included in look-ups. Setting this to Inactive only prevents the record from being manually assigned to new transactions or master files, it does not prevent transactions containing this value to be posted. 'No' values display as blank in the grid. This value is always editable. Linked Database Field: ERPx_SOCarrier.IsInactive | ||||||||
| Linked AP Vendor | A single select load on demand lookup to assign the AP Vendor that is paid for deliveries made by the Carrier.This defaults to blank for new records, is not required, and duplicates are okay. This field is always editable. Once selected, the Vendor Name will be displayed. The lookup contains a blank value and a list of all AP Vendors. Linked Database Field: ERPx_SOCarrier.LinkedToVendorSK | ||||||||
| Phone | A text box to add/edit a Phone Number associated with the Carrier record. This defaults to blank for new records and is not required. This field is always editable and duplicate values are allowed. This field must be <= 30 characters. This is informational only and is is not visible in look ups on transactions and other master files. There are no validations on this page to ensure this data is a properly formatted or that it is a valid number. Linked Database Field: ERPx_SOCarrier.Phone |
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