Enter Delivery Terms
Explanation
This activity is used to enter code values for the terms of delivery you intend to use in your daily work. This
mandatory task is to be performed by a system administrator or an equivalent person.
Delivery terms are employed for customers and suppliers; they indicate which delivery terms are valid for
transporting. The delivery terms affect the responsibility and costs for the delivery. You can enter the delivery
terms in different languages and provide translations of the descriptions. This allows you to maintain different
shipment carriers. In addition delivery terms is used in shipment order.
Prerequisites
- For entering translated descriptions, language codes must be defined.
- If the Collect Freight Charges option is to be selected then the Calculate Freight Charges
option must have been selected first.
System Effects
- Delivery terms are defined for customers and suppliers. It is also used for shipment order.
- If a translation of a description has been entered for a particular language, the translated description will
appear in sessions with the corresponding language code.
- On external reports, the description will be printed in the customer's or the supplier's language,
provided that the translation exists.
- Customer record defaults appear in the Address/Order Address Info.
- Supplier record defaults appear in the Supplier/Address/Purchase Address Info.
- If the Calculate Freight Charges option has been selected, this will trigger the freight calculation
when entering a customer order line.
- If the Collect Freight Charges option has been selected, this will be the default value when entering
a customer order line and when freight charges are calculated.