Working with Drop Points (WDPT)

Drop points represent locations to which merchandise will be shipped from your warehouse. Typically, a drop point represents the address of a UPS facility. This drop point prints as the return address on the pick slip and is the destination to which undeliverable packages are returned. Drop points are also used to indicate the warehouse from which the merchandise was shipped. This is necessary in a multi-warehouse environment to determine the shipping zone. Each warehouse is assigned a drop point in the Warehouse table.

In this chapter:

Zone Skipping

Work with Drop Point Screen

- Create Drop Point Screen

Zone Skipping

Drop points are used in zone skipping. Zone skipping is used to deliver packages to a pre-assigned drop point by one carrier and picked up by another carrier who will deliver it to its final destination. Shipping charges are determined by the number of zones crossed; therefore, using zone skipping reduces delivery charges because less zones within the country are crossed.

Work with Drop Point Screen

Purpose: Use this screen to create, change, delete, or display drop points.

How to display this screen: Enter WDPT in the Fast Path field at the top of any menu.

Field

Description

Drop point

A code that represents a drop point.

Numeric, 3 positions; optional.

Description

The description of the drop point.

Alphanumeric, 30 positions; optional.

Screen Option

Procedure

Create a new drop point

Select Create to advance to the Create Drop Point Screen.

Change a drop point

Select Change for a drop point to advance to the Change Drop Point screen. At the Change screen you can change any information except the Drop Point code. See Create Drop Point Screen for field descriptions.

Delete a drop point

Select Delete for a drop point to delete it.

Display a drop point

Select Display for a drop point to advance to the Display Drop Point screen. You cannot change any information on this screen. See Create Drop Point Screen for field descriptions.

Create Drop Point Screen

Purpose: Use this screen to create a drop point.

How to display this screen: At the Work with Drop Point Screen, select Create.

Field

Description

Drop point

A code that represents a location to which merchandise will be shipped from your warehouse, and a unique code assigned to each warehouse to indicate that merchandise is shipped directly from the warehouse to its final destination.

• Each warehouse must be assigned to a drop point.

• Drop points can be UPS facilities.

• Drop points print as the return address on the pick slip and are the destination to which undeliverable packages are returned.

• Drop points are used in zone skipping.

Numeric, 3 positions.

Create screen: required.

Change screen: display-only.

Description

The description of the drop point.

Alphanumeric, 30 positions; required.

Address

The delivery address for this drop point, which may represent the shipping address to a UPS facility. This text prints as part of the return address on the pick slip.

Alphanumeric, 30 positions; required.

City

The city name for this drop point, which may represent the city in which a UPS facility is located. This text prints as part of the return address on the pick slip.

Alphanumeric, 25 positions; required.

State/zip/country

The state, zip code, and country in which this drop point is located. The state/zip/country may represent a UPS location. This text prints as part of the return address on the pick slip.

Alphanumeric, 2 positions (state), 9 positions (zip), and 3 positions (country); required.

WDPT OMSCS 19.0 December 2019 OHC