Customers

Within Deacom, the Customers functionality is extremely valuable in a variety of sales situations. By saving vital information regarding where and how Sales Orders will be shipped, as well as who will be paying the invoice to Customer records, the order process is streamlined. For example, Customers allows for easy processing of Sales Orders for customers with multiple Facilities and a centralized billing address. A Bill-to Company can be created for the centralized billing location. Multiple Ship-to Companies can then be created for each Facility and assigned to the Bill-to. There can be unlimited Ship-to Companies for each Bill-to Company to cover shipping to multiple locations with different tax regions, source Facilities, or Ship Via codes. Conversely, multiple Bill-to Companies can be assigned to a single Ship-to. This is useful if a customer has one shipping address, but pays using multiple methods. There is no limit to the amount of Bill-to Companies that can be assigned to a Ship-to.

When assigning Companies, a Bill-to and Ship-to can also be set as a default for the company it is assigned to. Doing so allows the default Bill-to and Ship-to to automatically be selected in a Sales Order when the company it is assigned to is used. Items may also be linked to Bill-to and Ship-to records through Customer Part Cross References. When linking with Customer Parts, a Bill-to Company is not required if there is a Ship-to Company required. 

System Navigation

  • Sales > Customers

Customers pre-filter

Button/Field

Description

Report Type

Pick list used to select the kind of report to run. Users with permission can create unlimited user versions of any customer report and also determine which reports each user will see in this field. Options are:

  • Bill-to Company - Displays the name and location details of Bill-to Companies. All dmship values are available for display on this grid. Selecting this report type disables the "As Of Date" and "Ship-to Company" filters.
  • Bill-To Facilities - Displays the Bill-To Facility fields based for all filtered Bill-To Companies.
  • Bill-to and Ship-to Companies - Displays the name and location details of Bill-to and Ship-to Companies. Bill-to and Ship-to User Defined Fields are also available to this report. Selecting this report type disables the "As Of Date" filter.
  • Collections - Web only report that displays Sales Orders that are past due for collections along with anticipated cash dates. Only records with a Collection date and that are past due will be displayed on this report. Also, when running the Collections report the system will not honor the "Restrict SO Reports To Entered By This User" restriction via System > Maintenance > User Restrictions. This is done so that any person can complete collections for any Sales Orders and drill into the detail to print an invoice, if necessary.
  • Credit Details - Displays the information from the Credit tab for the selected Bill-To Companies.
    • All fields in the dmbill (Bill-To Companies) table are available to the grid in this report.
  • Pricing Sheet - Web only report that displays a list of sales prices based on the selections made in the pre-filter. Contains the same information as the Sales > Order Reporting "Pricing" report, except that the Pricing Sheet report contains Bill-to Company and Broker information. Selecting this report type disables all filters other than "As Of Date", "Bill-to Company", and "Ship-to Company".
  • Receivables Detail - Displays Sales Order lines and the associated collection details.
    • Terms User-Defined Fields are available to the grid in this report.
  • Receivables Summary - Billing Group - Displays a summary of current and future receivables by Billing Group.
    • The security setting "Accounting -- View A/R" must be set to yes in order for users to access this report.
    • These variables/columns are available to the grid layout for this report: totdue91_120 - sums any receivables that are 91 to 120 days old. totdue121 - sums any receivables greater than 120 days old. Added to assist companies with distinguishing between receivables that are only 90 days overdue from those that are more than 120 days overdue.  120+ past due invoices may be uncollectable and may need to be categorized separately in summarized reports.
  • Receivables Summary - Bill-to - Displays a summary of current and future receivables by Bill-to.
    • These variables/columns are available to the grid layout for this report: totdue91_120 - sums any receivables that are 91 to 120 days old. totdue121 - sums any receivables greater than 120 days old. Added to assist companies with distinguishing between receivables that are only 90 days overdue from those that are more than 120 days overdue.  120+ past due invoices may be uncollectable and may need to be categorized separately in summarized reports.
  • Receivables Summary - Ship-to - Displays a summary of current and future receivables by Ship-to.
    • These variables/columns are available to the grid layout for this report: totdue91_120 - sums any receivables that are 91 to 120 days old. totdue121 - sums any receivables greater than 120 days old. Added to assist companies with distinguishing between receivables that are only 90 days overdue from those that are more than 120 days overdue.  120+ past due invoices may be uncollectable and may need to be categorized separately in summarized reports.
  • Ship-to Company - Displays the name and location details of Ship-to Companies. All dmship values are available for display on this grid. Selecting this report type disables the "As Of Date" and "Billing Group" filters.
  • Ship-To Facilities - Displays the Ship-To Facility fields based for all filtered Ship-To Companies.

Date Based On

Pick list used to select how the data will be ordered and how the Start and End Dates will be used. Options are:

  • Last Credit Note
  • Next Action

Start Date

If a date is selected, only records with the "Date Based On" property dated on or after the selected date are displayed in the generated report.

End Date

If a date is selected, only records with the "Date Based On" property dated on or before the selected date are displayed in the generated report.

As Of Date

Results for collections, pricing, and receivables reports will be calculated as of the date selected.

Bill-to Company

Search field used to select a specific Bill-to Company.

Ship-to Company

Search field used to select a specific Ship-to Company.

Ship Via

Search field used to select a specific Ship Via Method.

Billing Group

Search field used to select a specific Billing Group.

Bill-to Display

Pick list used to determine which Bill-to Companies are displayed. Options are All, Active, and Inactive.

  • This field also determines if Active, Inactive or All Bill-to Companies will be displayed in the Bill-to Company search box field above. For example, if Inactive is selected in this field, users will only see inactive Bill-to Companies when you they click in on the search box icon in the Bill-to Company field.

Ship-to Display

Pick list used to determine which Ship-to Companies are displayed. Options are All, Active, and Inactive. 

Facility

Search field used to select a specific Facility.

Facility Group

Search field used to select a specific Facility Group.

Bill-To DBA

Search field used to select a specific Bill-To DBA. Disabled when using Report Type of "Ship-To Companies", "Ship-To Facilities", or "Receivables Summary/Ship-To".

Ship-To DBA

Search field used to select a specific Ship-To DBA. Disabled when using Report Type of "Bill-To Companies, "Bill-To Facilities", or "Receivables Summary/Bill-To".

Sales User 1-5

Search fields used to select user-defined data. Captions are defined in System > Maintenance > Captions.

Currency

Search field used to select a specific Currency.

Sales Rep

Search field used to select a specific Sales Rep.

Sales Assignment Cat.

Search field used to select a specific Sales Assignment Category.

Sales Rep Filter

Pick list used to filter Sales Orders based on the Sales Reps assigned, or the Sales Reps assigned to a specific sales rep manager. Options are:

  • All - Displays all results regardless of the Sales Rep selected on the pre-filter (except if the user is restricted to a sales rep)
  • Assigned - Displays orders assigned to the Sales Rep selected on the pre-filter, regardless of if the rep has a "Yes" or "No" under Primary on the Edit Sales Rep form for the order.
  • Assigned / Manager - should display orders assigned to the sales rep selected on the pre-filter, as well as any orders where the sales rep specified on the pre-filter is set as the manager of the sales rep on the order based on the hierarchy, if present, when clicking the "View Tree" button on the Edit Sales Rep form. NOTE: This could be multiple levels deep where the manager is set on a sales rep who is then set as the manager on another sales rep, etc.
  • Assigned / Not Primary - Displays orders who have the Sales Rep selected on the pre-filter set with a "No" under Primary.
  • Assigned / Primary - Displays orders who have the Sales Rep selected on the pre-filter set with a "Yes" under Primary.

Territory

If a Territory is selected, only Customers containing Sales Reps assigned to the specified Territory will be displayed.

  • Users can be restricted to a specific Territory via System > Maintenance > User Restrictions.
  • If a user is restricted to a Territory Group, only the Territories assigned to the restricted Territory Group will be displayed in this field.

Territory Group

If a Territory Group is selected, only Customers whose Sales Reps are assigned to Territories assigned to the specified Territory Group will be displayed.

  • Users can be restricted to a specific Territory Group via System > Maintenance > User Restrictions.

Broker

Search field used to select a specific Broker. Additionally, if a Broker is selected, the Bill-to and Ship-to search fields will filter records restricted to the selected Broker.

Terms

Search field used to select specific Terms.

Work Flow Type

Search field used to filter for records that have the selected Work Flow assigned.

Sequence

Search field used in conjunction with the "Work Flow Type" field to filter for records that have the selected Work Flow Sequence assigned, but not yet completed.

Available To

Option to include Customer records that do not have a default Facility assigned. Options are None and All Users. This field is only available for users that have a Facility Restriction assigned.

Customers report buttons

Reports run via the "View" button on the Customers pre-filter.

Button

Description

Mail Merge

Only available to the Bill-to Company, Bill-to and Ship-to Companies, and Ship-to Company report types. Print mail merge document using predefined letter template.

Receivables

Only available to the Bill-to Company, Bill-to and Ship-to Companies, and Ship-to Company report types. Runs the Receivables Detail report.

Retroactive

Only available to the Bill-to Company, Bill-to and Ship-to Companies, and Ship-to Company report types.

If clicked, any changes to the record selected will be re-assigned to all Sales Orders based on the starting date defined in the button window. In other words, if credit terms are updated for the selected Bill-to Company and this button is used, all orders with this Bill-to Company assigned will be subject to the new terms (assuming the record is also flagged to "Use Bill-to/Ship-to Credit Limit"). 

  • This button changes all Sales Order Types and modifies orders in all statuses including Not Shipped, Shipped, Invoiced, and Paid. Historical copies of these orders are updated as well.
  • Use this button with caution as the action cannot be undone.

Sales History

Only available to the Bill-to Company, Bill-to and Ship-to Companies, and Ship-to Company report types. Runs an Orders report. Will also show Inter-Company Transfer Orders.

Cash Receipts

Only available to the Bill-to Company, Bill-to and Ship-to Companies, and Ship-to Company report types. Runs the Cash Receipts by Payment report.

History

Only available to the Collections, Receivables Detail, Receivables Summary - Bill-to, and Receivables Summary Ship-to report types. Loads the Order History for the selected record.

Edit Data

Only available to the Collections and Receivables Detail report types. Allows the user to change the Anticipated Cash and Collection Dates and enter Remarks and/or Notes.

Print Item Labels

Only available to the Pricing Sheet report type. Prints the item labels assigned to the selected record.

Backorders 

Only available to the Pricing Sheet report type. Loads the details of the back orders created from the selected original order.

View Postings

Only available to the Pricing Sheet report type. Runs the General Ledger Detail report for the selected record.

Edit Customer form

With the exception of the "Add Ship-to", "Copy Bill-to", "Calculate Zone", and "Update All Ship-tos" buttons, the buttons on the Edit Customer form headers are the same. When editing a Bill-to Company, the unique tabs are Ship-to Defaults, Credit Cards, and Ship-to Companies. When editing a Ship-to Company, the unique tabs are Order Defaults, Tax Exemptions, Bill-to Companies, Delivery, and Shipping Accounts. The remaining General, Credit, User Fields, Authorized Buyers, Restricted Selling, Sales Assignments, Feature Defaults, Authorized Terms, GL Overrides, Work Flow, and Tax Regions tabs are common to editing both Bill-to and Ship-to Companies.

Form header

Button

Description

Add Ship-to

Only available on the Edit Bill-to Company form. Click to create a new Ship-to Company for the selected record.

Send Email

Choose an Email to send to this customer from a list of Email Templates. Once an Email Template is selected, a draft email is generated to the email address entered on the General tab.

Sales History

Click to display the Sales Order Summary report for the selected customer. Excludes cash sales based on system options or temporary override.

Cash Receipts

Click to display the Cash Receipts by Payment report for the selected customer. Excludes cash sales based on system options or temporary override.

Sync Contacts

Click to copy the address information contained on the customer record and sync it to the Address tab of the linked Contact record. 

A/R Ledger

Click to display the A/R Ledger report for the selected customer. Excludes cash sales based on system options or temporary override.

Validate Address

Used in conjunction with the Deacom FedEx and UPS processes. Requires that a Street and Zipcode have been entered on the customer record first. Once this button has been clicked, FedEx/UPS will return a validated address.

  • If customers are using both FedEx and UPS, and therefore have credentials for both entered in Sales > Options > APIs, the system will display a form with an option to select which process the address will be validated for.
  • If customers are only using one of the processes, the form will not be displayed and address validation will continue for the process being used.

Write Letter

Choose a Letter to send to this customer from a list of Letter Templates. All of the customer information and the summary credit statistics from the history box are available to be used in a mail-merge type of Word document.

Receivables

Click to display the Receivables Detail report for the selected customer. Excludes cash sales based on system options or temporary override.

View Contacts

Click to display the Contacts that have been linked to the customer record via CRM Reporting.

Customer Parts

Click to display a modifiable list of the Customer Part Cross References, where the Customer’s Part Number and Description can be entered for the Company’s parts.

  • Existing records can be modified from here, but must be added through Inventory > Item Master > click "View" > select desired Part and click "Bill-tos/Ship-tos" > click "Add".

Update All Ship-tos

Only available on the Edit Bill-to Company form. Click to update all order defaults and sales reps, including the Territory, for the linked Ship-to Companies so they match the Ship-to Defaults specified on the Bill-to Company. A confirmation prompt will appear asking the user if they wish to proceed.

Copy Bill-to

Only available on the Edit Ship-to Company form. Click to copy the fields on the General tab of the Bill-to Company and sync to the selected Ship-to Company record.

Calculate Zone

Only available on the Edit Ship-to Company form. Used in conjunction with the Deacom FedEx process. Requires that a Street and Zipcode have been entered on the customer record first. Once this button is clicked, the system uses the address and Facility from the Ship-to record to calculate the shipping zone number using FedEx APIs. These shipping zone numbers can be found at: http://www.fedex.com/ratetools/RateToolsMain.do. 

  • Note: The "Facility" field on the Ship-To record is not a required field, however, a facility is required when using this button. Therefore, when clicking this button, the system will perform the following actions:
    • If the "Facility" on the Ship-To record is populated, the system will perform the zone calculation as before.
    • If the "Facility" field is empty, the system will check for a default Bill-To.
      • If none exists - A prompt will display indicating that a facility value must be entered.
      • If one exists - the system will use the facility on the Bill-To record to calculate and store the zone on the Ship-To.

Bill-to/ Ship-to Company

Displays as "Bill-to Company" on Bill-to records and as "Ship-to Company" on Ship-to records. Used to store the name of the company.

  • Multiple Bill-to Companies may have the same Name, provided other information on the record such as Address, Zipcode, City, and/or State are different.
  • Multiple Ship-to Companies may have the same Name, provided other information on the record such as Address, Zipcode, City, and/or State are different. When a new Ship-to is created with the same Name as a previous record, the system will prompt the user asking them to confirm the action.

Contact

Displays the Contact name. This field is displayed when drilling down from the Receivables Summary-Bill-to report in Sales > Order Reporting. Companies should use this field to indicate the person to call when performing collection calls.

Phone

Displays the company's phone number.

Extension

Displays the company's phone extension.

General tab

Field/Flag

Description

Bill-to/

Ship-to Number

Displays as "Bill-to Number" on the Edit Bill-to Company form and as "Ship-to Number" on the Edit Ship-to Company form. Stores a unique number automatically generated and assigned to new records.

Street 1-3

Used to store the street address for the company.

City, State, Zip, Country, County

Used to store the address information for the company.

ID

Used to store an optional User ID.

Shipping Zone

Only on the Edit Ship-to Company form. Displays the FedEx Shipping Zone Number when using the "Calculate Zone" button on the Ship-to Company header. Additional information is contained in the "Calculate Zone" button description.

Degrees N Latitude

Only on the Edit Ship-to Company form. Used in conjunction with the Sales Calendar shipping map to define the latitude coordinates for the selected company. This field is also used in conjunction with the Avalara Sales Tax integration to define the latitude coordinates that will be used when calculating sales taxes. If a value is specified in this field, and Avalara is being used, the system will use this value, together with the value in the "Degrees Longitude" field below, to calculate tax rates instead of the street address on the Ship-To company record.

  • This field is useful for situations where Ship-to locations can only be defined by GPS coordinates rather than an address.
  • The shipping map will first check for values in the "Latitude" and "Longitude" fields before referencing "Address" fields.
  • A negative "Latitude" value represents south and a positive "Latitude" value represents north.

Degrees Longitude

Only on the Edit Ship-to Company form. Used in conjunction with the Sales Calendar shipping map to define the longitude coordinates for the selected company. This field is also used in conjunction with the Avalara Sales Tax integration to define the longitude coordinates that will be used when calculating sales taxes. If a value is specified in this field, and Avalara is being used, the system will use this value, together with the value in the "Degrees N Latitude" field above, to calculate tax rates instead of the street address on the Ship-To company record.

  • This field is useful for situations where Ship-to locations can only be defined by GPS coordinates rather than an address.
  • The shipping map will first check for values in the "Latitude" and "Longitude" fields before referencing "Address" fields.
  • East longitudes are positive. West longitudes are negative. When adding longitude values for US-based Ship-To companies, almost all longitudes will be negative. Example: 99.00 W should be entered as -99.00.

Billing Group

Only on the Edit Bill-to Company form. Search field used to assign a Billing Group to the company. 

Country Code

Search field used to select the phone mask/county code of the selected company. Masks for the country code may be specified via System > Maintenance > Country Codes.

Fax

Used to store the Fax information of the company.

Email

Used to store the email address of the company. A semi colon may be used between each email address when adding multiple addresses in this field.

User1

Only on the Edit Bill-to Company form. Used to store information for User1.

Dear

Used to store the name of the person to be addressed in emails/faxes.

Salutation

Search field used to select a Salutation to be used in emails/faxes.

Short Ship

Pick list used to determine how partial or short shipments will be handled for the selected company. The default "Short Ship" value when creating new Bill-to Company records is set by the "Short Ship" field selection in Sales Options. Options are:

  • Allowed With Backorder - Allows the Sales Order to be short shipped with a backorder automatically created.
  • Allowed Without Backorder - Results in the Sales Order being short shipped, but no backorder is created.
  • Not Allowed - Prevents the user from short shipping the order with a notification that the Bill-to Company does not allow it. To proceed, the user must ship the order in full.
  • Follow Bill-to - Only available on the Edit Ship-to Company form. If selected, results in the short shipment value specified on the Bill-to Company record being used.

The "Short Ship" selection on the Ship-to Company is evaluated first when shipping a Sales Order. Orders containing multi payment terms cannot be short shipped. Note also that individual Items may also be set for inclusion or exclusion from backordering via the "Allow Backorders When Shipping" flag on the Properties tab of the Item Master record.

Short/Over Payment Part

Only on the Edit Bill-to Company form. Search field used to specify the part that will be used when accepting short and/or over payments from this company.

Rebill Work Flow

Only on the Edit Bill-to Company form. Search field used to specify the default Work Flow used when creating rebill Sales Orders during the short/over payment process.

DBA

Used to specify a Doing Business As name.

Bill-to/ Ship-to Notes

Displays as "Bill-to Notes" on the Edit Bill-to Company form and as "Ship-to Notes" on the Edit Ship-to Company form. Memo field used to store general notes about the company.

Order Pop-up Notes

Memo field used to store pop-up notes for order entry. When the selected Customers are added on an order, these notes will pop-up for display. Order Pop-up Notes also display when using the Direct Store Delivery application but are not available in the Warehouse Management System application.

  • Order Pop-up Notes display both when creating and modifying orders.

Ship Pop-up Notes

Memo field used to store pop-up notes for shipping. When orders for the selected Customers are shipped, these notes will pop-up for display. Ship Pop-up Notes also display when using the Direct Store Delivery application but are not available in the Warehouse Management System application.

Print Invoice to

Only on the Edit Bill-to Company form. Pick list used to select a location to print invoices to. The default value for this field is set via Sales Options. Options are:

  • Email - The generated invoice will print to the Email defined on the General tab of the selected record.
  • Fax - The generated invoice will print to the Fax defined on the General tab of the selected record.
  • Printer - The generated invoice will print to the selected printer.
  • Statement Only - The generated invoice will print as a statement.

Invoice Email

Option to define the email address to be used when printing Invoices to email via Prints Outs > Invoices. If this field is left blank, the system will use the email in "Email" field on the General tab of the Edit Bill-To form.

  • This option supports cases where one user receives Invoices and another receives Customer Statements.
  • This applies to both Manual and Automatic Email Types (which are set on the Invoices pre-filter)

Print Statement to

Only on the Edit Bill-to Company form. Pick list used to select a location to print statements to. The default value for this field is set via Sales Options. Options are:

  • Email - The generated statement will print to the Email defined on the General tab of the selected record.
  • Fax - The generated statement will print to the Fax defined on the General tab of the selected record.
  • No Statement - The statement will not print a physical copy, but statements may be printed via Print Outs > Customer Statements.
  • Printer - The generated statement will print to the selected printer.

Statement Email

Option to define the email address to be used when printing Customer Statements to email via Prints Outs > Customer Statements. If this field is left blank, the system will use the email in "Email" field on the General tab of the Edit Bill-To form.

  • This supports cases where one user receives Invoices and another receives Customer Statements.
  • This applies to both Manual and Automatic Email Types (which are set on the Customer Statements pre-filter)

Email Type

Option to determine if invoices will be emailed manually or automatically when using the "Follow Bill-To" setting in the "Email Type" field on the Print Outs > Invoices pre-filter.

  • Email invoices are generated via two different options: The "Print Invoice To" field on the General tab of the Bill-to record or when selecting "Email" as the Print To option on the Copies To Print form during invoicing.
  • If set to automatic and the "Email Type" field on Print Outs > Invoices is set to "Follow Bill-To," invoices will be emailed to the email addresses specified on the General tab of the Bill-To record, with the subject line being automatically populated.
  • If set to manual and the "Email Type" field on Print Outs > Invoices is set to "Follow Bill-To," users will receive the "Send Email" form.

DSD Report Layout

Only on the Edit Bill-to Company form. Search field used to select the DSD Layout that will be used to generate invoices for the selected company when using the Direct Store Delivery application. If a report is not specified in this field, the default DSD Invoice Layout will be used.

Sales Quota

Stores a sales quota for the company. The "Sales Quota" field is available to many of the sales reports throughout Deacom. 

Bill-to/ Ship-to PO Mask

Displays as "Bill-to PO Mask" on the Edit Bill-to Company form and as "Ship-to PO Mask" on the Edit Ship-to Company form. Stores a mask for the Purchase Order numbers used by the company.

EDI Bill-To/Ship-To PO Days

Displays as "EDI Bill-To PO Days" on the Edit Bill-to Company form and as "EDI Ship-To PO Days" on the Edit Ship to Company form. Indicates the number of days duplicate POs are NOT allowed for the selected Bill-To/Ship-To.

  • The "Allow Duplicate Bill-To PO in EDI" or "Allow Duplicate Ship-TO PO in EDI" field must be checked prior to using this field.
  • If set to "0", the system will not check for duplicates.

Allow Duplicate Bill-To/Ship-To PO In EDI

Displays as "Allow Duplicate Bill-To PO in EDI" on the Edit Bill-to Company form and as "Allow Duplicate Ship-To PO in EDI" on Edit Ship to Company form. If checked, the EDI Bill-To/Ship-To PO Days field above becomes active. There you enter the number of days there cannot be a duplicate.

Serialize On Reserve

If checked, the system will conditionally add serial numbers to lots at the time they are reserved to a Sales Order using this Ship-To Customer, either through the main application or in WMS.

  • The field is available both on the Bill-To and Ship-To records. The field on the Bill-To record sets the default when new Ship-Tos are created from that Bill-To.
  • Serial numbers are applied to stocked, non serialized parts on the sales order.
  • The serial number value (fi_serial) is generated based on the Unit Serial # Gen field in Inventory > Options.
  • Parts that are stocked and already have the pr_serial or pr_serialcont flag set to TRUE will not have serial numbers applied as a result of this flag. Rather, they will go thru the normal serialization process.
  • If the user chooses to create a master lot during the reserving process, all of the now serialized lots will be assigned to the master lot that is created. Also, If print label is checked, one label per new serialized lot will be printed.
  • Helps reduce the number of clicks for users when reserving in the WMS application.

AR Account

Asset account to which customer invoices are debited and customer payments are credited.

  • The account specified on the Bill-to Company will not be the default on the Misc 2 tab of the Sales Order Entry form unless there is a corresponding GL account with a Facility override.
  • With regard to setting up foreign companies and conducting transactions, when creating an AR account specifically for a foreign company, use an account number without a Facility override. For example, create "1319-0" for "AR - Switzerland Franc" then create the corresponding accounts for the Facilities, i.e. "1319-1", "1319-2", etc.

Card Vault ID

Only on the Edit Bill-to Company form and only available when selecting a CC Processor type of "3 Delta w/ Card Vault." In this case, the field is required.

  • The system provides a default value in this field which is a combination of the Bill-to name (bi_name) and Bill-to ID (bi_id). If users do not wish to keep the default, they can provide their own value in this field. The value in this field may contain numbers and characters. The field is used for grouping purposes when viewing transactions in 3 Delta reports and when the value is entered by users it usually contains a reference to a group of customers or customer location.

CC Processor Contact ID

  • Replaces "Card Vault ID".
  • Only on the Edit Bill-to Company form.
  • The system provides a default value in this field which is a combination of the Bill-to name (bi_name) and Bill-to ID (bi_id). If users do not wish to keep the default, they can provide their own value in this field. The value in this field may contain numbers and characters. The field is used for grouping purposes when viewing transactions in 3 Delta or NET1 reports and when the value is entered by users it usually contains a reference to a group of customers or customer location.

CC Processor

Only on the Edit Bill-to Company form. Search field used to select a Credit Card Processor to use when accepting payments made via credit card. Takes priority over the Facility CC Processor set in Inventory > Maintenance > Facilities > Sales tab.

Print Doc Group to

Only on the Edit Ship-to Company form. Pick list used to select a location to print Document Groups to when shipping orders for the selected company.

  • For the Document Group to print, the "Print Document Group After Shipping" flag must be checked on the shipping form, and a Document Group must exist on the order.

    • This flag may be set to be checked by default by checking the "Print Sales Docs After Shipping" flag in System > Options > Sales 1 tab (if using version 16.00 or prior) or in Sales > Options > Shipping tab (if using version 16.01 or later).

    • The default value for this field is "Printer". Options are:

      • Email - If selected, the documents will attach to an email drafted to the address specified on the Ship-to Company.

      • Printer - If selected, the documents will print to the selected printer.

Service Type

Only on the Edit Ship-to Company form. Pick list used in conjunction with FedEx shipping to select if the ship-to location is a business, residential, both, or unknown. A default value of None is also available for those not using FedEx for shipping. When saving a ship-to company or a sales order and using address validation through FedEx, the value in this service type field will be sent with the address to FedEx to confirm that it matches the type that the address has set in FedEx's system.  If the address does not match FedEx's system, a validation prompt will appear indicating the correct type and ask the user if they want to change the address. If Yes is clicked, the system will set the value in this field to be the one displayed in the prompt. When saving a ship-to company or a sales order, if the ship via method has a FedEx service type that cannot be used for the service type set on the ship-to, a prompt will appear indicating "This ship via method does not ship to <<sh_svctype>> addresses.  Please change the ship via method."

  • Example: If the FedEx service type set on the ship via method is FedEx Home, and the Ship-To company has an sh_svctype of 'Business', the ship via method would not be able to be used.

Options are:

  • Business
  • Mixed
  • None
  • Residential
  • Unknown

Address Validated

Available on the Bill-to and Ship-to Company form. Displays the last date the address for the selected Bill-to/Ship-to was validated when using the "Validate Address" button or the automatic address validation process as defined in Sales > Options > APIs.

Language

Search field used to select a specific Language set for the record. When documents are printed for orders/transactions, the Language specified on the company will be used.

  • Useful in situations where Captions on documents for Vendors or Customers will be different than the Language assigned to specific users.
  • Users can specify a Culture for the language which allows sales part forms and reports to print the date/time/number formatting for that Culture based on the Language selected on the Bill-To/Ship-To record.

Active

If checked, this record is active. Only active records may be used in the system.

PO Required

If checked, Sales Orders entered for this company will require a Purchase Order number.

Service Charge

Only on the Edit Bill-to Company form. If checked, the company is subject to service and finance charges.

Show Price on Remote POS (requires POS license)

Only on the Edit Bill-to Company form. If checked, line item prices and the total order amount will be displayed on pole displays when using the Point of Sale application. Checked by default when creating new Bill-to Companies. 

Do Not Allow POS Payments (requires POS license)

Only on the Edit Bill-to Company form. If checked, payments for this company are not allowed to be made via the Point of Sale application.

Usable in DSD

If checked, the selected record may be selected when managing orders in the Direst Store Delivery application. 

Require DSD Signature

Only on the Edit Ship-to Company form. If checked, a signature will be required when processing orders for this company using the Direct Store Delivery application. 

Require Customer Part

If checked, only assigned Customer Parts may be used when entering Sales Orders for the selected company.

  • Used to control the items and associated details a company is approved to purchase.

Create Rebilling SO

Only on the Edit Bill-to Company form. If checked, the "Create Rebilling SO" flag will be checked by default when processing short/over payments for this company via the Short/Over Pay form.

Retain Lot Attribute 1-3 on Returns

If checked, and the user lot/item combination being returned matches a user lot/item combination in the system, the Lot Attribute 1, 2, and/or 3 fields (if all three flags are checked) on the existing lot will be copied to the new user lot when shipping a negative quantity Sales Order.

  • Note: These fields also appears on the Order Defaults tab of the Bill-to record.

Retain Lot and Expiration Dates on Returns

If checked, and the user lot/item combination being returned matches a user lot/item combination in the system, the Lot Date and Expiration Date on the existing lot will be copied to the new user lot when shipping a negative quantity Sales Order.

  • Note: This field also appears on the Order Defaults tab of the Bill-to record.

Ship-to/Order Defaults tab

Displays as Ship-to Defaults in the Edit Bill-to Company form and Order Defaults in the Edit Ship-to Company form. The values on the Ship-to Defaults tab will be used as the default values when new Ship-to Companies are created for the selected Bill-to Company. The values on the Order Defaults tab will be used as the default values when entering Sales Orders for the selected Ship-to Company. The system will set the order defaults based on the following priority: Ship-To Facility record first, then the Ship-To, and then the Bill-To record

Field/Flag

Description

Broker

Search field used to assign a Broker to the company. 

Facility

Search field used to assign a Facility to the company.

  • If a Facility is entered in the "Transfer Facility" field on the Ship-to Company Order Defaults tab, the Facility entered in this field must be different.

Sales User 1-5

Search field used to select a user-defined value. Field captions are defined via System > Maintenance > Captions and the associated values are defined via Sales > Maintenance > Sales User 1-5. 

Ship Via

Search field used to select a Ship Via Method. Deacom offers different types of configuration options regarding Ship Via Methods as listed belo

  • When entering a Sales Order in the main Deacom application, the "Ship Via" field on the Misc 1 tab of the Sales Order will default to the Ship Via defined on the selected Ship-to Company, but may be overridden.
  • When entering a Sales Order in the Direct Store Delivery application, the Ship Via defined on the selected Ship-to Company will be the default.
  • When shipping an order using DSD, the Ship Via on the order will be set to the DSD Ship Via method as specified in "Route Options".
  • The system will automatically perform a validation check with FedEx when saving a Ship-To record and selecting a Ship Via with a FedEx Service Type to ensure the address specified on the Ship-To Company record is valid for the FedEx Service Type selected. If the FedEx Service Type is not valid for the specified address(es), the system will display an invalid service type prompt and the Ship-To record may not be saved until the correct Service Type is selected.
  • Facility and order type (sales or purchase order) restrictions can be defined for Ship Via Methods.

Order Priority

Only on the Edit Ship-to Company form. If set, provides the default Order Priority when entering Sales Orders, but may be overridden.

Freight Type

Search field used to select a Freight Type.

Currency

Search field used to select a Currency. 

Document Group

Search field used to select a Document Group. 

Print Substitutions

Search field used to select a Print Substitution Group.

  • The Inventory Options contain a "Print Substitution" field which allows for the company-wide configuration of a default Print Substitution source. If this field is set to "Ship-to Company", the Print Substitution Group selected on the Ship-to Company record will populate on the Misc 1 tab of the Sales Order.

Default Work Flow

Search field used to select a Work Flow to use by default when entering Sales Orders for the selected record. 

Shelf % Required

 

Specifies the shelf life percentage. Also available on the Edit Ship-to Company form and Customer Part References.

Shelf Days Required

Specifies the shelf life in days. Also available on the Edit Ship-to Company form and Customer Part References.

Transfer Facility

Only on the Edit Ship-to Company form. Search field used to select a Transfer Facility for use with Inter-Company Transfers.

  • If a Transfer Facility is specified, the "Order Type" for new Sales Orders created for the selected Ship-to Company will automatically be defaulted to "Inter-Company Transfer".
  • Ship-to Companies may not have both a "Transfer Facility" and "Invoicing Facility" default. If a user selects a "Transfer Facility" when an "Invoicing Facility" has already been specified, the system will accept the "Transfer Facility" selection and remove the "Invoicing Facility" value.

Invoice Facility

Only on the Edit Ship-to Company form. Search field used to select an Invoicing Facility for use with Cross-Facility orders.

  • If an Invoicing Facility is specified, the "Order Type" for new Sales Orders created for the selected Ship-to Company will automatically be defaulted to "Cross-Facility".
  • Ship-to Companies may not have both a "Transfer Facility" and "Invoicing Facility" default. If a user selects a "Transfer Facility" when an "Invoicing Facility" has already been specified, the system will accept the "Transfer Facility" selection and remove the "Invoicing Facility" value.

Project

Only on the Edit Ship-to Company form. Search field used to select a Project. 

Tax Exempt

If checked, the company is exempt from paying sales tax when shipping from a Facility which has a Tax Region specified.

Tax Exemption Code

Optional. Text field used to indicate a tax exemption code for this customer when using the AvaTax integration with Deacom. The value in this field is mapped to the Entity Use Code in the AvaTax API and is sent when the sales order is shipped.

  • This field is only enabled when the "Tax Exempt" box above is checked.
  • The "Include Tax-Exempt Orders in Tax APIs" field in Sales > Options must be checked for this Tax Exemption Code to be sent.

Exemption Expires

Date the tax exemption certificate expires. Users can key in the expiration date manually or select a date from a calendar form by clicking on the "Calendar" button.

Override Facility Tax

Only on the Edit Ship-to Company form. If checked, the Ship-to Company's Tax Region(s) will override any Tax Regions that are specified on the shipping Facility.

Un-Reserve Excess Reserved Make to Order Inventory

Only applicable when header Jobs are created from Sales Orders. 

  • If an item is overproduced on a header Job, meaning the final quantity made on the Job is greater than the original quantity, the additional quantity is automatically reserved to the Sales Order.
  • If this flag is checked, any excess inventory will automatically be un-reserved when shipping the Sales Order. In this case, the user will receive a prompt on the shipping form indicating this has occurred.
  • If this flag is not checked, any excess inventory will be reflected in the ship quantity ready to be shipped. No prompt will be displayed indicating that excess reserved inventory is set to ship.

Available to All Users

Restricts or permits users to view and select the selected company record when running management reports or performing functions such as entering Sales Orders.

  • If checked, this Customer will be available to all users to select on orders and view in management reports, regardless of the restrictions on the user. This also allows a default Facility to be specified on the company record while still allowing users who are not restricted to that Facility to select it on orders.
  • If not checked, the system will restrict user's ability to view the company in management reports and select it when performing functions.

Do Not Post Inventory

Determines if the "Do Not Post Inventory" flag will be checked by default on the Edit Sales Order Line form for each line on Sales Orders for the selected company.

  • If the "Do Not Post Inventory" flag is checked, the Sales Order is to be used for credit only, the customer is not returning physical product, and inventory costs will not be posted.
  • If the "Do Not Post Inventory" flag is not checked, the Sales Order will be used to facilitate the return of physical product (e.g. RMA).

Do Not Reserve On Linked Job Finish/Finish Linked Jobs To

Determines if materials finished in make to order scenarios will be reserved to sales orders or placed into regular inventory. This field is a selection box offering the three options listed below. The default setting for this field is "Reserved". This is based on the typical make to order scenario where inventory will be directly reserved to the sales order linked to the job that fulfills the order requirements.

  • Reserved - finished lots will be directly reserved to the linked sales order.
  • Inventory - finished lots will not be reserved to the link sales order and may be used to reserved to other sales orders in the system.
  • Staging - finished lots will be staged to the linked order and must be final staged to complete the reserved process. This option is useful in situations where inventory will be placed in a shipping area for a period of time and may require an additional confirmation, check, or reservation of the inventory in the system.

Notes:

  1. This field is present on the "Ship To Defaults" tab of the Bill-To Customer record and acts as the default when creating new Ship-To Records.
  2. The field on the Ship-To record in turn acts as the default setting on the Edit Sales Order Line form.

Retain Reserved Inventory on Backorders

If checked, the system will automatically allocate reserved inventory to a backorder created for this ship-to customer. If unchecked, the remaining inventory will be returned to on-hand inventory.

Credit tab

  • The section on the right-hand side of the Credit tab illustrates the credit available for the selected company and includes aging information. These values are dynamically calculated by the system based on open orders. Also included is information such as the last date a payment was received and its amount, total dollar value of shipments that have occurred in the past month and year, and the last date a Customer Statement was printed.
  • If a Sales Order order that was released from Credit Hold changes in value, the system will initiate a credit check. Specifically, the system will reset the credit acceptance when an order that has already been accepted and utilizes the credit acceptance days changes in value.

Field/Flag/Button

Description

Terms

Search field used to select the default Terms for the selected company.

  • ID links to table dmterm, which holds Term definitions.

Default Payment Type

Option to specify a Payment Type which can be used to filter orders for this customer when performing cash receipts.

  • Once selected in this field, users will be able to filter for this Payment Type on the cash receipts pre-filter. The system will only return orders where the Payment Type on the order matches the Default Payment Type entered here.

Past Due Days

Number of days that an unpaid invoice can be outstanding before new Sales Orders are put on credit hold.

  • Example: If Terms are "Net 60", enter "5" in this field to have the system raise a warning when an invoice is 65 days past due.
  • With the proper security, certain Users or User Groups may override this setting.

Never Exceed Days

The maximum number of days that an unpaid invoice can be outstanding before new Sales Orders are put on credit hold.

  • This cannot be exceeded, even if the user has security to override the "Past Due Days".
  • If the value in this field is reached, new orders must be entered with a status of Credit Hold.
  • Using the example above, if "Never Exceed Days" is "10", the system will not accept orders after a company account is 10 days past due.
  • Should not be less than "Past Due Days".

Due To Ship Days

Defines the number of days that should be subtracted from a Sales Order's "Due To Ship" date to determine if the order is included in credit check calculations.

  • Useful for companies who have future confirmed orders (for example, one year out) that should be excluded from the customer's credit.
  • Example: Assume this field is set to "30", the current date is 06/01/2018, and the below two orders exist:
    • Order 1 Due To Ship Date = 07/31/2018 - this order would not be included in credit check calculations because 07/31/2018 - 30 = 07/01/2018
    • Order 2 Due To Ship Date = 06/29/2018 - this order would be included in credit check calculations because 06/29/2018 - 29 = 05/31/2018

Credit Limit/Master

Dollar amount of open orders and unpaid shipments permitted before new Sales Orders are put on credit hold.

  • If this field is set to zero, and the "Use Bill-to Credit Limit" flag is checked, the customer is permitted no credit.
  • There is security to allow certain Users or User Groups to exceed this limit.

Never Exceed Limit

The maximum Credit Limit in dollars, which cannot be exceeded even if the user has security override to the regular Credit Limit.

  • If the "Never Exceed Limit" is less than the "Credit Limit", it is not used.
  • If both "Credit Limit" and "Never Exceed Limit" are zero, then the customer is permitted no credit.
  • The Sales order -- allow credit memos on credit hold security setting will allow a user to create negative Sales Orders even if limit is exceeded.

Credit Hold Applied

Automatically populates with the date that a Credit Hold was applied.

Credit Notes

Automatically populates when an action such as "Credit Hold" or "Statement Printed" is applied. Displays the date, time, and user who performed the action.

Last Credit Note

The date a note was last added to the account.

Next Action Date

The date the next action is required on the account.

Next Action

The next action that is required on the account.

Use Bill-to/Ship-to Credit Limit

Displays as "Use Bill-to Credit Limit" on the Edit Bill-to Company form and "Use Ship-to Credit Limit" on the Edit Ship-to Company form. Checking this flag allows the user to set and use the "Past Due Days", "Never Exceed Days", "Credit Limit/Master", and "Never Exceed Limit" fields on the Credit tab of the selected record.

  • If not checked, the customer has unlimited credit.

Exclude Cash Sales From Credit Calculations

Cash sales are sales that are paid on their invoice date. The Accounting > Options > Accounts Receivable tab contains a flag of the same name which acts as a default for Customer records.

  • If checked, the reports run for this company will not include cash sales.
  • If not checked, the reports run for this company will include cash sales.

Credit Hold

Used to manually place the selected customer on credit hold.

  • If clicked, the "Credit Hold Applied" and "Credit Notes" fields populate.
  • If a company on credit hold is selected when entering a new Sales Order, the "Order Type" will be set as "Credit Hold". Additionally, any not shipped Sales Orders will be placed on credit hold.

Remove Hold

Used to manually remove the credit hold from the selected Customer.

  • If clicked, the "Credit Hold Applied" field is cleared and the "Credit Notes" field populates.
  • When removing a credit hold from a company, credit hold orders must be manually reviewed and returned to an "Order Type" of "Sales Order".

Print History

If clicked, prints the Credit History information for the selected company.

Print Statement

If clicked, opens the Customer Statements pre-filter and populates the pre-filter with the selected company name.

Tax Exemptions tab

Only available on the Edit Ship-to Company form. Tax Exemption Groups are used to exclude Ship-to Companies from sales tax charges for certain items. First, a Tax Exemption Group is created via Accounting > Maintenance > Tax Exemption Groups. Second, the group is assigned to one or more items via the General 2 tab in Inventory > Item Master. Third, the group is assigned to the appropriate Ship-to Companies. Items may be assigned to a single group, while Ship-to Companies may be assigned to multiple groups.

Tax Exemption Groups are also used to exclude Ship-To Companies and Items from VAT Tax.

User Fields tab

User Fields, managed via Tools > Maintenance > User Fields, that have a "File" selection of "Bill-to Company" will display on the Edit Bill-to Company form and those that have a "File" selection of "Ship-to Company" will display on the Edit Ship-to Company form. For more information and process steps on configuring User Fields, refer to the Configuring User Fields and User Calculations Best Practice page.

Authorized Buyers tab

Authorized Buyers limit which users can place a Sales Order for a given Customer. Once an Authorized Buyer is added to a Customer record, a buyer must be selected in the "Authorized Buyers" field of the Misc 1 tab for all Sales Orders for that company.

Restricted Selling tab

Items with Categories and/or Sub-Categories marked true for "Restricted" are not available for sale unless specifically designated. The Restricted Selling tab allows items with restricted Categories/Sub-Categories to be assigned to a Customer, making them available for sale to that company. This tab also allows users to select Part Exclusions and Restricted Selling Groups.

Sales Assignments tab

Customers have the option to assign multiple Sales Reps with various percentages, which drive Commission payments and calculations. In general, there are two formats for assigning percentages; multiple 100% commissions or split commissions (50/50, 60/40, etc.), which require the total percentages on the Sales Assignments tab to equal 100%. A business case together with the commission setups for each format is presented in the Managing Customers page.

In addition, companies have the option of using Territories to assign and manage sales assignments. This option is controlled by the "Territory" field on the Sales Reps tab. When selecting a Territory on a Customer, if there are existing sales reps assigned, users will be prompted if they want to overwrite the existing sales reps. Note that when using Territories as a method to assign sales reps, the system will disable the add/modify/delete buttons on the Sales Assignments tab. Also, when creating a new Ship-to record from a Bill-to record, the system will default the Territory from the Bill-to record if one is present. When creating new sales orders, the Territory assigned to the Ship-to company provides the default sales assignments for the order. Clicking the "Update All Ship-To's" button on the Edit Bill-To Company form will update all order defaults and sales reps, including the Territory, for the linked Ship-to Companies so they match the Ship-to Defaults specified on the Bill-to Company. 

Note:  The system will set the Sales Assignments based on the following priority: Ship-To Facility record first, then the Ship-To, and then the Bill-To record.

Edit Sales Rep form

Opened via the "Add" or "Modify" buttons on the Sales Assignment tab of the Edit Bill-to Company or Edit Ship-to Company forms.

Field/Flag

Description

Sales Rep

Search field used to select a Sales Rep.

Percentage

The percent commission that the selected Sales Rep receives.

Assignment Category

Search field used to select the default Sales Assignment Category for which the selected Sales Rep is responsible for on new Sales Orders.

Primary

If checked, this is the primary Sales Rep for the company. 

Replace Rep with User Shipping Order

If checked, during the shipping process, the Sales Rep on the Sales Order will be replaced with the user performing the transaction.

Feature Defaults tab

Features, managed via Inventory > Maintenance > Features, are used in connection with the Deacom Product and Sales Configurator. 

Authorized Terms tab

The Authorized Terms tab manages the assignment of Terms to Customers. Terms flagged as "Add To Bill-to/Ship-to Only" will not appear when entering a Sales Order unless that Term is added to the Authorized Terms tab on the Customer record being used on the order. This feature is useful for creating special Terms available to certain companies based on their credit/sales history with the company.

GL Overrides tab

The GL Overrides tab provides the ability to assign general ledger account overrides to Customers. This is useful for analyzing sales by Facility or Customer Type. GL Overrides are populated from the Chart of Accounts form, accessible via Accounting > Maintenance > Chart of Accounts. 

Work Flow tab

The Work Flow tab provides the ability to assign Work Flows, managed via Tools > Maintenance > Work Flows, to Bill-to and Ship-to Companies. Work Flows that are assigned to companies will populate on the Work Flow tab of new Sales Orders entered for the company. If a Task has been added to a Customer Work Flow, changing the assigned Work Flow will not remove the Task. 

Credit Cards tab

Only available on the Edit Bill-to Company form. Lists all credit cards that have been authorized by the company to keep on file and charge per agreed upon Terms. When using a credit card for a one time payment, there is a "Remember Information" flag on the Enter Credit Card Information form. If checked, the credit card information will be saved to the Credit Cards tab once the order is saved for the selected Bill-to Company.

  • CVV values may be entered on the Enter Credit Card Information form when processing orders with credit cards. When the Enter Credit Card Information form is saved, the CVV code is sent to the credit card processor and is not stored in Deacom since PCI standards do not allow the retention of CVV values. For the same reason, they are not present on the Credit Cards tab of the Bill-to Company record.
  • The security setting "Sales -- allow credit cards without CVV" controls if a user will be permitted to save credit card information without a CVV code. If this security is set to "No", users must enter a CVV value when storing credit card information.
  • When a credit card is charged on a Sales Order shipment, any GL Overrides based on the invoicing facility will be applied to the credit card payment type's POS Payments account.
Edit Credit Card form

Opened via the "Add" or "Modify" button on the Credit Cards tab of the Edit Bill-to Company form.

Button/Field/Flag

Description

Swipe

Click to open a text box, located off the form, to swipe a credit card to enter the necessary information. Requires a Payment Type to be selected first.

  • If the swipe results in an error (incomplete swipe), a message will display and ask if the user would like to re-swipe.
  • If the swipe if successful, the "Name on Card", "Number", and "Expiration Date" fields will be populated with the appropriate card information.

Name on Card

Displays the cardholder’s name, as listed on card.

Payment Type

Search field used to select a Payment Type. Only Payment Types with the "Credit Card" flag set to true will be displayed in the list.

Number

Displays the credit card number. After the credit card record has been saved and closed, only the last four digits of the credit card number will be displayed.

Expiration Date

Displays the expiration date of the credit card in MM/YY format.

Use Bill-to Address

If checked, the cardholder address information is the same as the Bill-to Company's address. Use of this flag disables the Street, Street 2, City, State, Zip, and Country fields.

  • Addresses are used for card verification in some cases, so the correct billing address for the cardholder is necessary. If this flag is checked, ensure the correct address information is entered on the General tab of the Bill-to Company record.

Street, Street 2, City, State, Zip, Country

Address information specific to the cardholder, if different from the Bill-to Company address.

  • Addresses are used for card verification in some cases, so the correct billing address for the cardholder is necessary. If the "Use Bill-to Address" flag is not checked, ensure the correct address information is entered in these fields.

Ship-to/Bill-to Companies tab

Displays as Ship-to Companies on the Edit Bill-to Company form and allows the assignment of one or more Ship-to Companies, with one being the default. Displays as Bill-to Companies on the Edit Ship-to Company form and allows the assignment of one or more Bill-to Companies, with one being the default.

The Edit Bill-to Company form contains the "Restrict Ship From Companies to Ship-to Assignments" flag, which is set to true by default and controls which Ship-to Companies may be selected in the "Ship From Company" field on the Misc 1 tab of a Sales Order. If set to false, users may select any active Ship-to Company in the "Ship From Company" field. As an example, assume a customer has a buyback process in which they use the "Ship From Company" as the distributor that gets credited. In their case, an EDI Trigger is used to import the credit. When this is done, it will import an order for the Ship From Company as the Ship-to Company on the order. The Ship From Company will not typically be linked to the end customer as they may not always know that a specific distributor sells to a specific end customer.

Edit Assignments form

Displayed when adding or modifying records on either the Ship-to or Bill-to Companies tab.

Button/Field/Flag

Description

Bill-To Company

Indicates the Bill-To Company assigned to the Ship-To Company in the field below. Grayed out when editing assignments on the Edit Bill-To Company form.

Ship-To Company

Indicates the Ship-To Company assigned to the Bill-To Company in the field above. Grayed out when editing assignments on the Edit Ship-To Company form.

Default Bill-To Company

If checked, this will be the Default Bill-To Company. Grayed out when editing assignments on the Edit Bill-To Company form.

Default Ship-To Company

If checked, this will be the Default Ship-To Company. Grayed out when editing assignments on the Edit Ship-To Company form.

  • This field may not be unchecked if an eCommerce user exists for this Bill-To since a default Ship-To Company is required for this case.

Notes:

  1. All dmship (Ship-to Companies table) fields are available to the billaddbillship grid layout. This grid layout is located on the Ship-to Companies tab on the Bill-to record. In addition, All dmbill (Bill-to Companies table) fields are now available to the shipaddbillship grid layout. This grid layout is located on the Bill-to Companies tab on the Ship-to record.
  2. Users will not be allowed to delete the last available Ship-To company in the list if the Ship-To company is the last available one linked to a specific eCommerce user in the eCommerce application. The deletion will be cancelled and your change will not save.

Facilities tab

Introduced in version 16.06.021, the Facilities tab allows users to set Facility specific order defaults by Ship-To Company records. These Facility specific defaults will be used, and not the defaults on the Order Defaults tab of the Ship-To record, when the specified Facility is selected for this Ship-To during Sales Order entry. Useful in situations where companies have different sales order defaults and requirements based on the facility shipping goods. Business Case example: The default Ship Via Method for one state may be a regional delivery service that is cheaper then UPS, but in another state, for the same customer, they have to use UPS. 

The Facilities tab exists on both the Bill-To Company and Ship-To Company record. The Facility fields on the Bill-To Company act as defaults when new Ship-To Company records are created.

Notes:

  1. Security exists to control if a user can see the "Facilities" tab on customer records and if users may modify the "Facilities" tab.
  2. When using Facility specific order defaults for the Ship-To Company on the sales order, Facility Restrictions, and Authorized Ship Via Methods are honored.
  3. The Bill-To Facilities and Ship-To Facilities reports via Sales > Customers can be used to display information for those customer records that contain Facility specific information.
Edit Bill-To Facility/Edit Ship-To Facility form

Displays as Edit Bill-To Facility in the Edit Bill-To Company form and Edit Ship-To Facility in the Edit Ship-to Company form. Each of these forms contains different fields as indicated below.

Ship-To Defaults/Order Defaults tab
  • Displays as the Ship-To Defaults tab on the Edit Bill-To Facility form and the Order Defaults tab on the Edit Ship-To Facility form.

Field/Flag

Description

Facility Select the Facility that will be attached to this Bill-To record.
Currency Sets the default currency that will be populated when using this Facility and Bill-To on sales orders.
Sales Search 1-5

Search fields used to select the five optional user-defined fields that will be defaulted during entry.

  • These field are maintained via Sales > Maintenance > Sales Search 1-5
  • Captions for these fields are managed via System > Maintenance > Captions.
CC Processor (only on Bill-To Facility)

Display only. Indicates the Credit Card Processor for this Bill-To Facility record. Available beginning in version 17.02.017.

  • Multiple Net1 CC processors may be stored and used at the Bill-To Facility level. If a Net1 CC Processor is defined on a Facility, and that Facility is used with this Bill-To record to create an order via Net1, Net1 returns a specific ID number for the Facility/CCProcessor/Bill-To combination. The Deacom system will then check if there is a matching Bill-To Facility defined on this form with the existing Net CC Processor defined. If a match is not found, Deacom will use this information to create a Bill-To Facility entry on the Edit Bill-To Facility form and populate the Facility, CC Processor, and CC Proc Contact ID fields. All other fields will be left empty. This record can then be used for future Net1 transactions. Deaocm will check for this record when sending information to Net1 and use the correct CC Proc Contact ID.
CC Proc Contact ID (only on Bill-To Facility)

Defines the Net1 contact ID of this Bill-To Facility

  • Added in version 17.02.017.0000
  • See the description in the "CC Processor" field above for more information.
  • Each customer facility record will have a different CC Proc Contact ID.

Broker

Defines the default Broker for this Facility/Bill-To combination during order entry.

Ship Via

Defines the default Ship Via for this Facility/Bill-To combination during order entry.

Freight Type

Defines the default Freight Type for this Facility/Bill-To combination during order entry.

Document Group

Option to add a Document Group for this Facility/Bill-To combination.

Print Substitutions

Option to add a Print Substitutions for this Facility/Bill-To combination.

Default Work Flow

Defines the default Work Flow for this Facility/Bill-To combination during order entry.

Projects (only on Edit Ship-To Facility)

Defines the Project for this Ship-To Facility.

User Fields tab

Deacom allows the creation of user-defined fields that, once created, are available on various master data records. These fields allow companies to enter and store information outside of the fields provided in the system. The User Fields that can be added to the Bill-To Facility form are added by selecting the "Bill-To Facility" type via Tools > Maintenance > User Fields. The User Fields that can be added to the Ship-To Facility form are added by selecting the "Ship-To Facility" type via Tools > Maintenance > User Fields.

Print Destinations tab

Available on the Ship-To and Bill-To Facility form beginning in version 17.04.004.

Print Destinations allow companies to set the printers to which Part Forms and Report Layouts will print without requiring the user to select from a list. Print Destinations are also useful in situations where companies will have multiple printers associated to a production "line" or specific picking and packaging areas.

This tab, along with tabs on the Ship-To and appropriate facility entries as specified in the Sales Print Destinations Hierarchy below, support situations where companies may designate specific physical areas of the warehouse for specific customers, each with their own printer for printing sales documents, such as sales picklists.

Sales Print Destination Hierarchy

  • User record
  • Ship-To Facility (Match both facility and Ship-To defined on the sales document being printed)
  • Bill-To Facility (Match both facility and Ship-To defined on the sales document being printed)
  • Ship-To record
  • Bill-To record
  • Facility record
Authorized Ship Via Methods tab

Only displayed on the Edit Ship-To Facility form.

Shipping Accounts tab (requires Freight APIs license)

Available on the Edit Ship-to Company form and on both the Edit Ship-to Company and Edit Bill-to Company forms. This tab is used in conjunction with Deacom's FedEx and UPS integration and offers the option to specify a shipping account in advance that will be charged for FedEx/UPS deliveries that originate from the selected Ship-to Company/Bill-to Company. Bill-to Companies and Ship-to Companies may have multiple Shipping Accounts defined, with one being set as the default.

Shipping Accounts defined on the Ship-to Company will be evaluated by the system first during sales order creation. If Shipping Accounts do not exist on the Ship-to Company, the system will check to see if any exist on the Bill-to Company. In either case, the default Shipping Account, either on the Bill-to or Ship-to Company, will be selected first. Users may select another Shipping Account if necessary. Also, when using the "Shipping Account" search box on the Misc 2. tab of the Edit Sales Order entry form, all active Shipping Accounts from the Bill-to and Ship-to Company will be displayed. The ability to have Shipping Accounts defined on the Bill-to Company supports scenarios where companies have multiple numbers of Ship-tos that use the same Fed Ex account numbers and only a few Ship-tos use a different Fed Ex account numbers.

Note: If a Shipping Account is not indicated on the Sales Order, the system will indicate "Bill Sender" on the FedEx shipping label.

Edit Shipping Accounts form

Opened via the "Add" or "Modify" buttons on the Shipping Accounts tab in the Edit Ship-to Company form and on both the Edit Ship-to Company and Edit Bill-to Company forms.

Field/Flag

Description

Ship-to Company/Bill-to Company

Indicates the Deacom Ship-to Company/Bill-to Company associated with this Shipping Account and the Ship-to Company/Bill-to Company that will be charged for FedEx charges. The default option will be the Ship-to record where the Shipping Account is being added but other Ship-tos may be selected as required. 

Ship Via

Indicates the Ship Via Method associated with this Shipping Account. 

Type

Options are Ship Via or Service Type. If Service Type is selected, users should select the appropriate information in the Service Provider and Service Type fields. If not using Fed Ex or UPS, the Ship Via option should be selected in order to use a common carrier. In this case, the appropriate Ship Via should be selected above. Note that Deacom only has API's with Fed Ex and UPS. Information is not automatically sent to other carriers. 

Service Provider

Pick list used in conjunction with the Fed Ex API and UPS API and the "Service Type" to define the Service Provider, if applicable. Options are:

  • None - For customers that will not use the FedEx or UPS options.
  • FedEx
  • UPS

Service Type

Pick list used in conjunction with the Fed Ex API and UPS API and the "Service Provider" to define the delivery method and apply the appropriate account name and number.

  • Service Types are required by FedEx and UPS to properly process shipments.
  • Options vary depending on the "Service Provider" selected and include selections like Ground, Priority Overnight, Same Day, etc.
  • This list is provided by FedEx/UPS then coded into the Fed EX API/UPS API within Deacom.
  • The Deacom Fed Ex/UPS API sends the "Service Type" selection to FedEx and UPS respectively.
  • Companies using the FedEx/UPS options will want to name Ship Vias based on the "Service Types" that will be used in order to keep things consistent and easier for users or order entry personnel.
  • For the "First Overnight" and "Priority Overnight" options, the Weight input on the Package Line form has been unlocked, but is optional for processing the shipment.

Account Number

Alphanumeric account number to which FedEx charges will be charged.

Account Name

The name that will appear in the "Shipping Account" field on the Misc 2 tab of the Sales Order.

Description

Memo field used to store additional information about the Shipping Account.

Active

If checked, this record is active. Only active records may be used in the system.

Default

If checked, this Shipping Account will be populated in the "Shipping Account" field on the Misc 2 tab of a new Sales Order when this Ship-to Company/Bill-to Company is selected during order entry.

  • It is not necessary to establish a default Shipping Account.
  • If a default Shipping Account is identified, it may be overridden during order entry.
  • The field, "Shipping Account" has been added to the Ship Sales Order form. This field, which is controlled by security, can be used to select different shipping accounts during shipping.

Bill This Account

If checked, upon label generation during shipment, the system will utilize the necessary third party API call to bill the account in the "Account Number" field above. If unchecked, the standard, existing system API call will be used to billing.

  • Only available when using a Service Provider of UPS.
  • The bottom of the shipping label should indicate "3rd party" was billed.

Authorized Ship Via Methods tab (requires DSD license)

Only available on the Edit Ship-to Company form*. The Authorized Ship Via Methods tab manages the assignment of Ship Via Methods to Ship-to Companies. If one or more Ship Vias are added to this tab, other Ship Vias will not appear when entering a Sales Order unless that Ship Via is added to this tab on the Ship-to Company record being used on the order. This feature is useful for creating special Ship Vias available to certain companies based on their location/shipping preference.

Notes:

  1. Authorized Ship Via Methods may be specified on the Edit Ship-To Facility form. If the Facility specified on the Edit Ship-To Facility is specified on the sales order for the appropriate customer, these Ship Via Methods will be used for the default instead of the Ship Via Methods specified on the Ship-To record.
  2. The Ship Via Method record contains an "Authorized Ship-To Companies" tab. If Ship-To Companies are added on the Ship Via Method, they will be displayed here.
  3. Facility and order type (sales or purchase order) restrictions can be defined for Ship Via Methods. 
Edit Authorized Ship Via Methods form

Opened via the "Add" or "Modify" buttons on the Authorized Ship Via Methods tab.

Field/Flag

Description

Ship Via

Search field used to select a Ship Via Method.

Facility

Indicates the Ship Via is for use within the selected Facility.

Minimum Order

Defines the minimum amount an order must reach to be able to use the Ship Via selected.

Delivery Labor

Defines the amount of labor associated with the selected Ship Via.

Delivery Burden

Defines the amount of burden associated with the selected Ship Via.

Override Ship Via Defaults

If checked, the "Minimum Order", "Delivery Labor", and "Delivery Burden" values defined on this form are used.

  • If not checked, the "Minimum Order", "Delivery Labor", and "Delivery Burden" values defined on the Ship Via record are used and those fields are disabled on this form.

Tax Regions tab

The Tax Regions tab is used to establish areas where sales to this company are normally taxable. The Tax Regions set on the Bill-to record serve as the default when creating new Ship-to records associated with this Bill-to record. Likewise, the Tax Regions set on the Ship-to record serve as the defaults which will be entered on the Sales Order when entering orders for this Customer.

Print Destinations tab

*Available on both Bill-To and Ship-To Companies

Print Destinations allow companies to set the printers to which Part Forms and Report Layouts will print without requiring the user to select from a list. Print Destinations are also useful in situations where companies will have multiple printers associated to a production "line" or specific picking and packaging areas. For example, a company may have 2 printers in the line 1 and line 2 packaging rooms printing the same labels. 1 printer is a label printer printing a 4x6 case labels and 1 printer will be a sheet printer printing an 8x11 skid sheet. Once Print Destinations have been created, they may be assigned to the appropriate Bill-To customers using this tab.

This tab, along with tabs on the Ship-To and appropriate facility entries as specified in the Sales Print Destinations Hierarchy below, were added in version 17.04.004 to support situations where companies may designate specific physical areas of the warehouse for specific customers, each with their own printer for printing sales documents, such as sales picklists.

Note: Since Print Destinations have been added at the Bill-To, Bill-To Facility, Ship-To, and Ship-To Facility level, a hierarchy exists on how the system will evaluate, and if necessary, override, the Print Destinations set on different records. The sales print destination hierarchy is:

Sales Print Destination Hierarchy

  • User record
  • Ship-To Facility (Match both facility and Ship-To defined on the sales document being printed)
  • Bill-To Facility (Match both facility and Ship-To defined on the sales document being printed)
  • Ship-To record
  • Bill-To record
  • Facility record