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Adding Haulage Charges

If you are not using either Carriage Charges and/or Premium Delivery Charges on your system you may still add a haulage charge to the completed Sales Order/Quote/Sales Enquiry using the standard 'haulage' functionality in Quantum VS.

 

On completion of the Sales Order/Quote/Sales Enquiry, either:

Adding Haulage Charges Automatically Via The Add Manual Price Line To... Window

If the Add Manual Price Line to... window appears when Completing a Sales Order (or Quote or Sales Enquiry) you may add a standard haulage charge as a Manual line.

 

Note: The Add Manual Price Line to... window will only appear if: (a) you have just completed a 'Delivered' or 'Direct' Sales Order or Quote or Sales Enquiry; and (b) Carriage Charges and/or Premium Delivery Charges have NOT been set up on your system (see Delivery Charges Maintenance); and (c) the customer qualifies for haulage charges (i.e. a haulage charge has been entered in the Haulage Charge field within the General Details tab of the customer's Customer record).

 

For example:

 

Sales_ManualLineAdd.gif

 

The Add Manual Price Line to... window contains the following fields. Some are read-only, whereas others may be manipulated by the user:

 

Field

Definition

 

Product Group

 

Shows the default Product Group the haulage charge is assigned to.

 

Note: This is held as a value within the Product Groups (P) table file, set up in Table File Maintenance.

Description

 

Shows the default description of the haulage charge.

 

Note: This description is taken from the Haulage Code field in the Selling tab of the Price Book General control record.

Sell

 

Shows the price the customer will pay for the charge.

 

Cost

 

Shows the cost price of the delivery charge (i.e. the cost of the delivery charge to your business).

 

VAT

 

Shows the default VAT code which applies to the delivery charge. You may select an alternative from the drop-down menu if necessary.

 

Print Line

 

Shows the default print setting applied to this (manual) line. If a drop-down menu is available the user may select an alternative.

 

Tag To Line Above

 

Check this field if you wish to tag this (manual) line to the line above.

 

When you have finished, click Confirm to add the haulage charge to the Sales Order/Quote/Sales Enquiry.

 

Note: Alternatively, click Cancel if you do not wish to add the Carriage Charge and/or Premium Delivery Charge to the Sales Order/Quote/Sales Enquiry.

 

The Add Manual Price Line to... window is closed and the delivery charge is added as a Manual line on the Sales Order/Quote/Sales Enquiry:

 

Sales_CarriageChargeAdded.gif

 

You have now added a haulage charge and the Sales Order / Quote / Sales Enquiry is Completed and closed.

 

If necessary you may recall the document and:

 

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