Shipping Control

Major features include:

Any number of routes can be set up in ProCLASS; a route record contains a route designator, name, notes, fees (for transportation billing), and a dock number (may be over-ridden when generating selection documents). A route may have any number of associated stops, and routes can be grouped for reporting purposes.

Each customer can be assigned to up to 7 routes and stops (one route per day of week); along with an optional delivery time commitment for each day; these assigned routes determine the customer's next standard delivery date.

Load sheets may be created (to screen or printer) at any time and for current or future days and shifts, for one or more routes.

A warehouse category (label type) can be assigned to each item group and/or item in the system; label types are used to create commodity groups suitable for warehousing and picking operations without affecting the commodity groups selected for pricing and accounting purposes.

To balance loads, orders may be moved to alternate routes, or an order may be split onto two or more routes. Orders are split by specifying the amount of weight or product cube to split for each warehouse category.

Picking labels can be generated by route (batch picking) or by order. Batch picking labels are generated by label type, and batch sizes (picker work assignments) can be limited by any combination of piece count, weight, cube, and the number of stops allowed on one batch. Six sets of these batch limits can be specified for each label type based on order size (customer type) and warehouse section, (fixed or floating slot).

A report can be created by date and shift, showing orders which have routes different from the customer's default route for the day of the week; this report can be used to re-direct customer mail to the proper route and dock.

Bills of Lading may be generated for one or more orders (invoices), or all invoices on a route. When generating BOL's by route, a separate BOL is created per customer and multiple invoices per customer are combined on one BOL. In addition to the standard information, Bills of Lading in ProCLASS can contain information such as a custom note for the customer, delivery time commitment, driver number and name, truck and trailer numbers, two trailer compartment temperatures, four seal numbers, two dock numbers, and counts for up to six different container types; (container types are user-defined).

The actual delivery time may be entered on a completed Bill of Lading; this information is used to generate an On-time Delivery Report.

Quality control is provided throughout the entire outbound procedure via checking and matching various figures on the summary selection documents, load sheets, invoices, BOL s, and master load sheets. Piece and master case quantities, weights, and cubes can be cross checked with supporting totals on these documents by warehouse category, stop, order (invoice) number, customer and BOL number.

For outbound analysis, a "Load Sheet History" can be printed for any range of dates, for all or selected routes or groups a summary format gives one line per route per day.

Full pallet picks are separated from regular selection batches and print on separate label sheets (for distribution to forklift operators). Full pallet picks will only be generated for product identified to be on shipping pallets.

Transportation and Logistics fees can be defined as a combination of a freight charge (definable by customer and/or customer group and commodity group), a "per case" handling fee, and a stopover fee which can also be specified by customer or customer group.