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Use this form to set up account information for the shipping carriers that you use in your business. You can set up multiple account codes for each shipping carrier to represent the different accounts that are used for your shipping locations. You can assign an account code to each of the modes of delivery that your company uses.

Tasks that use this form

Example

Assume that you have a warehouse in Canada and another in the United States, and you use UPS as your shipping carrier for both locations. You can set up the following carrier company name.

Carrier company name

Vendor

Account code

Carrier account number

Currency

UPS

3050

UPS-Canada

9999150

CAD

UPS-US

9999250

USD

Navigating the form

The following tables provide descriptions for the controls in this form.

Tabs

Tab

Description

Overview tab

View a list of carriers and selected information about them.

General tab

View and change information about the selected carrier, including the miscellaneous charges to transfer to Microsoft Dynamics AX from the shipping carrier software.

Enter information about each account that you have with the carrier. For example, for FedEx, you might have a different account number for each warehouse location that you ship from.

Fields

Field

Description

Enter a value that represents the company name of the carrier, for example UPSor DHL.

Enter the URL of the carrier's tracking Web site. Enter %1to represent the position of the tracking number in the URL. The tracking number will be substituted for the 1% value in the form.

Enter the vendor account number that your organization uses for the carrier.

Select a miscellaneous charge code to use when core freight charges are transferred from the shipping carrier software to invoices.

Select a miscellaneous charge code to use when ancillary charges, such as insurance, are transferred from the shipping carrier software to invoices.

Select a miscellaneous charge code to use when handling charges, such as C.O.D. fees, are transferred from the shipping carrier software to invoices.

Select a miscellaneous charge code to use when fuel surcharges are transferred from the shipping carrier software to invoices.

This field works in conjunction with the check box in the form. If the check box is selected, fuel surcharges can be transferred to invoices for the customer.

Enter an identifier to represent an account that your company has with the selected shipping carrier company. Typically, you will set up an account code for each warehouse or shipping location.

Select a carrier company name.

Enter the number that is used by the carrier to bill your organization.

Enter the company currency code that represents the currency that is used by the carrier software. This currency is assigned to all charges that are received from the carrier software for this account when the packing slip is posted.

Enter the index number that corresponds to the shipping company in your shipping carrier software.

Note Note

The value in this field is used only by the Kewill ClipperShip shipping carrier software.


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