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Adding Commodities to the Order

Next, you enter the commodities that you will deliver, specifying the stop where you pick up or deliver each commodity.

You must add a commodity record for every combination of a pickup and delivery. For example, if you are picking up 1,000 cases of frozen food at a warehouse, and you are delivering 600 cases to supermarket location A and 400 cases to supermarket location B, you must create two commodity records:

• One commodity record says you pick up 600 cases at the warehouse, and deliver them to supermarket location A.
• One commodity record says you pick up 400 cases at the warehouse, and deliver them to supermarket location B.

This task is a step in Process of Creating Orders for Fleet Management.

To add commodities to orders

1. Click the Commodity view tab.
2. In the Commodity list, add records for each commodity being delivered, and complete the necessary fields. Some fields are described in the following table.

   Enter only the fields that apply to the commodity being shipped. For example, if the commodity is shipped and billed by units, such as pallets, enter values in the Packaging, PKG/Unit, Shipping, and Ship Units fields. However, if the commodity is shipped and billed by weight, enter values in the Weight and Weight UOM fields.

   Field	Description
   Commodity	Select the commodity being delivered, for example, frozen foods. The Select Commodity picklist displays products whose type is Commodity.
   Packaging	Select the packaging, for example, cases.
   PKG/Unit	Enter the number of packages for each shipping unit. For example, if the product is packaged in cases and shipped on pallets, and there are 100 cases on a pallet, then enter 100.
   Shipping	Select the method used for shipping, for example, pallets.
   Ship Units	Select the number of shipping units in this pickup and delivery. For example, if you are delivering four pallets, enter 4.
   Weight	Enter the number for the weight of the commodity.
   Weight UOM	Enter the unit of measure for the weight of the commodity. For example, if the weight of the commodity is 2 tons, enter 2 in the Weight field and Tons in the Weight UOM field.
   Height	Enter the number for the height of the commodity.
   Width	Enter the number for the width of the commodity.
   Dimensions UOM	Enter the unit of measure for the height and width of the commodity. For example, if the height of the commodity is 2 meters, and the width of the commodity is 3 meters, enter 2 in the Height field, 3 in the Width field, and Meters in the Dimensions UOM field.
   Over Dimension	Indicates whether the freight is larger than the vehicle's recommended load.
   Status	Displays the status of this commodity. For more information on how the status is used, see Checking the Status of the Order.

Adding Stops for Commodities

For each of the commodities, add the stops where the commodity is picked up or delivered.

This task is a step in Process of Creating Orders for Fleet Management.

To add stops for accessorial products

1. In the Commodities list, select the commodity.
2. In the Stops list, add new records, and complete the necessary fields.

   Add these records in the same way that you add stops to line items, as described in Adding Stops to the Order.

Adding Actions for Commodities

Some commodities might require special actions at some stops. If so, you must add those actions. Actions are priced through accessorial products or special-service products. However, you can add actions for commodities as well, because an accessorial or special-service product might apply to only some commodities at a stop. For example, the accessorial product, Driver/Loads/Unloads, applies at stop 2. At stop 2, the driver delivers one commodity that must be unloaded by hand and two commodities that do not have to be unloaded by hand. The action Unload By Hand applies only to the first product.

On the other hand, an action might apply to the entire stop and not to a specific commodity. The order provides the flexibility to implement either approach.

To add actions for commodities

1. Select the stop record that the action applies to.
2. In the Actions list, add records for each action for this stop, and complete the necessary fields. Some fields are described in the following table.

   Field	Description
   Stop #	Displays the stop number of the selected stop.
   Action Type	Select the action for this stop.