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bennolk Browser I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 1 Gender:	Ship Via File 09/30/05 at 07:20:59 A Ship Via file containing text for the various Ship Via options would overcome the need for overriding the default Ship Via field when creating a Sales Order.
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tdlugosh Member Posts: 59	Re: Ship Via File Reply #1 - 11/08/05 at 18:04:46 Ditto on this one.
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David Waldmann Active Member Live to work, or work to live? Posts: 1924 Gender:	Re: Ship Via File Reply #2 - 11/09/05 at 04:30:31 Do you mean a restricted text field, possibly by way of a lookup? I'd go for that, especially if it was longer.....
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wildco Full Member I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 174	Re: Ship Via File Reply #3 - 11/09/05 at 06:06:52 This would be very useful. Perhaps something like the terms table where specific types of shipping would be selected. i.e: UPS Ground UPS 2nd UPS overnight, etc. I would also suggest a space to add an account # for those customers that typically have items sent to them collect.
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Tim Keating Senior Member DBA CLASSIC WIN 2000 C/S Posts: 298	Re: Ship Via File Reply #4 - 11/09/05 at 08:40:02 We would love to have this - it would allow us to map to UPS and Fedex.
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JNAPIER Active Member Evil-Evo Bad Dog! Posts: 533 Gender:	Re: Ship Via File Reply #5 - 11/09/05 at 08:53:37 I would chip in $$$$$ to get this HIGH on the list, would be way cool 8) John
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Re: Ship Via File
Reply #6 - 11/09/05 at 11:19:20

In the same vein as having defined information for the ship via, perhaps it might be wise to cosider having a set table for countries and possibly even states/provinces.

This would make UPS/Fedex integration that much easier and help systemitize customer data. While we can always specify to order entry people how to put the data in, it would be better if the program did that for us (cut down on mistakes and make peoples jobs easier).

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Tim Keating Senior Member DBA CLASSIC WIN 2000 C/S Posts: 298	Re: Ship Via File Reply #7 - 11/09/05 at 12:35:31 Also a good idea.
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Reply #8 - 11/09/05 at 13:18:05

Hummmm I already mentioned I'd pay $$$s.

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Friday we automated DBA w/ UPS. Of course, this was only a partial automation since DBA does not have a place for several UPS prompts.

What is the possible of ISTS expanding DBA to allow for:

A place for freight payment terms (prepaid, freight collect, third party, etc.)?
If it's third party, a place for that customer's info. (I know this might be a stretch, but even if it allowed for a CUSTCODE then the shipper could go from there.)
A place for UPS account number?
A place for Ship to phone #, fax # and/or email address? (We do a lot of drop ships or shipments where the bill to or the ship to is not the person receiving the confirmation).
A place to indicate if it's a residential address?

I'm sure I'm not the only one wanting this... but I would be willing to throw a few $$ in the pot to get this towards the top of the list.

Above taken from: http://www.istechforum.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=Offerings;action=display;num=11 12736832;start=22#22

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Tim Keating Senior Member DBA CLASSIC WIN 2000 C/S Posts: 298	Re: Ship Via File Reply #9 - 11/09/05 at 14:39:49 Yes but John offered $$$$$, you only offered $$$. Maybe Lynn is holding out for $$$$$$.
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Lenette Senior Member That's why they call it work!! Posts: 461 Gender:	Re: Ship Via File Reply #10 - 11/09/05 at 19:17:51 aaaaaa, I C it's blind (wo)man's bluff.... I'm willing to ante up!!!
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ginawendelin Member Essentials For Safety and Performance... Posts: 68 Gender:	Re: Ship Via File Reply #11 - 11/11/05 at 07:20:35 We would love to have that feature too, especially if the field were longer...
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wildco Full Member I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 174	Re: Ship Via File Reply #12 - 01/06/06 at 10:24:23 We would also contribute for this one if it becomes a higher priority. Is it even possible with DBA Classic?
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Re: Ship Via File
Reply #13 - 01/06/06 at 17:29:41

So many ideas. so little time (specifically programmer hours)...

This is a good one and while $$$ (or $$$$$$$$) always helps, sometimes it is just a matter of what programs and files we are working on and what causes the programmers to trip over each other if they are trying to do different things to the same files at the same time.

We have a pretty full programming plate for the next month with some new drill-down lookups we plan to unveil at the Symposium and the phase 2 of Multi-Bin (On Hand tracking by Bin within Warehouse) but later this spring we can certainly take a look at this one. Somebody asked for a bigger field - how big?

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David Waldmann Active Member Live to work, or work to live? Posts: 1924 Gender:	Re: Ship Via File Reply #14 - 01/10/06 at 06:23:40 Quote from Lynn Pantic on 01/06/06 at 17:29:41: Somebody asked for a bigger field - how big? I'd like to see at least 20 characters, 30 would be even better.
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wildco Full Member I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 174	Re: Ship Via File Reply #15 - 01/10/06 at 06:36:46 I agree. We have to cram in shipping company, shipping mode (ground, next day, etc) and often account number in the current field. So 30 characters would be best.
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Re: Ship Via File
Reply #16 - 01/10/06 at 07:33:14

I'd like to throw my 2 cents (or maybe even $$$) back into the pot...

Even though expanding the length of the field would be nice, I would rather see additional fields added to allow for UPS automation. If you refer back to my post (this tread) on 11/09/05, you'll see that adding more field could allow for complete automation with UPS. As it stands we still have to enter payment terms, account numbers, etc.

I guess it would be nice to know (besides the multiple bin features which I'm very excited about) what is on your list and approximate release dates. Maybe that will be a hand out in Phoenix?

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Re: Ship Via File
Reply #17 - 01/10/06 at 15:18:24

I'll ante up to 2 bits...

I'll recap our current method:

We import shipping info into UPS via ODBC connect from DBA. The shipping person enters the SO # and it populates as many fields as possible. HOWEVER since DBA has only one field for "ship via" the MUST TYPE NOTES for Freight Collect or 3rd Party Billing instructions. We then HIGHLIGHT this info for the shipper to make adjustments to the UPS screen.

Yesterday, we had 3 shipments (FC & 3rd party) that were shipped PRE-PAID IN ERROR... case in point why I'd rather have additional fields instead of one longer one! (Thank goodness my customers are understanding.)

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Re: Ship Via File
Reply #18 - 01/11/06 at 10:02:20

We have the same problems as Lennette with this issue. UPS can import certain data but not everything, and if the ship via and account number are not entered properly, it can be an expensive mistake.

Also, it would be nice if the countries and states/provinces were selected from a drop-down box (similar to online forms). This is not nearly as important as the ship via file, however.

If we can eliminate double entry by different people of the same data, our mistakes will decline and productivity will increase.

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Lenette Senior Member That's why they call it work!! Posts: 461 Gender:	Re: Ship Via File Reply #19 - 01/18/06 at 14:44:09 I'm curious.... so just how many $$$$ would bring this to the top of the list? Maybe it could be a paid add-on feature for those that REALLY REALLY REALLY want it NOW.
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Vman Senior Member If it ain't broke, don't fix it Posts: 460 Gender:	Re: Ship Via File Reply #20 - 01/19/06 at 05:39:53 On a related item, how about adding Incoterms?
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