Working with SCF/Ship Via Values (WSHV)
Purpose: A Sectional Center Facility (SCF) code represents the first 3 digits of the destination postal code. A Ship Via code is used to indicate the areas (postal codes) where shippers deliver merchandise.
Ship via edit? The system uses this information in order entry, order maintenance, and the order API to ensure that the shipper assigned to the order can deliver to the shipping address on the order. If the Perform ship via edit? flag is selected for a country, you must create a record for every valid Ship Via/SCF combination. In this situation, if a record does not exist for the ship via on an order and the SCF of the shipping address, Order Entry displays a message such as: Ship via (11) is not valid with ship to zip code (088).
Use the Work with SCF Ship Via Values screen to work with SCF/ship via values. You can also create SCF/ship via values using Creating SCF Ship Vias by SCF Range (MSSV) or Editing SCF Ship Via (ESSV).
Note: If the Perform ship via edit? flag is unselected for a country, it is not necessary to create SCF Ship Via values for that country. See Setting Up the Country Table (WCTY) for more information.
In this chapter:
• If the Postal Code is Optional for a Country
• Work with SCF Ship Via Values Screen
If the Postal Code is Optional for a Country
If the Require postal code? flag for a country is unselected, you do not need to specify a postal or zip code for a customer address; however, if the country has the Perform ship via edit? flag selected, the system still validates the SCF/ship via combination for an order even when the address does not include a postal code. To do so, the system uses a default SCF code of # as a “wild card” SCF for SCF/ship via validation.
Example: You create an order for a customer from Ireland, where the postal code is optional. The customer’s address does not include a postal code. If you select the Perform ship via edit? flag for Ireland and enter a ship via code of 22, the system validates that there is an SCF/ship via record for an SCF of # and a ship via code of 22.
Setup: If you will create orders for customers in a country that does not require a postal code, use Working with SCF Codes (WSCF) to make sure that there is an SCF record for the country with an SCF code of #. You can then create SCF/ship via records for the # (wild card) SCF and each valid ship via for the country. It is not necessary to create a postal code record for the # SCF, or assign it to customer addresses.
See Setting Up the Country Table (WCTY) for more information about the address validation settings available for countries.
Work with SCF Ship Via Values Screen
How to display this screen: Enter WSHV in the Fast Path field at the top of any menu, or select this option from a menu.
Field |
Description |
SCF code (Sectional Center Facility) |
A code that represents the first 3 digits of a postal code. An SCF code of # serves as a “wild card” for countries where a postal code is optional. See If the Postal Code is Optional for a Country for more information. Alphanumeric, 3 positions; optional. |
Ship via |
A code that represents the shipper; see Working with Ship Via Codes (WVIA). Numeric, 2 positions; optional. |
Drop point |
A code that represents one of your shipping warehouses or a central location to ship merchandise for consolidation; see Working with Drop Points (WDPT). Numeric, 3 positions; optional. |
Ship zone |
The zone within the country where the package is being shipped in relation to the drop point. Numeric, 2 positions; optional. |
Shipping lead days |
The number of days it takes the shipper to deliver merchandise to this SCF. Calculation for pick slip preparation: The system uses this number in conjunction with your internal lead days to determine when to generate pick slips for an order. The calculation is: Arrival Date from Order Line (or Order Ship To) - (Pick Processing Days (B37) + Ship Via Lead Days in WSHV) < or = Today's Date The system does not exclude weekends/holidays in its calculation. See Selecting Order Lines for Pick Slip Preparation. Calculation for Alternate Shipping Charges by Via window: The system also uses this setting to calculate the Ship lead days and Expected delivery date to display at the Alternate Shipping Charges by Via Window in order entry, and this window uses a different calculation than the one described above. See the description of the Alternate Shipping Charges by Via Window for more information. Numeric, 3 positions; optional. |
Screen Option |
Procedure |
Create a new SCF ship via value |
Select Create to advance to the Create SCF Ship Via Screen. |
Change an SCF ship via value |
Select Change for an SCF/ship via value to advance to the Change SCF Ship Via screen. You can change only the Shipping zone and Shipping lead days fields on this screen. See Create SCF Ship Via Screen for field descriptions. |
Delete an SCF ship via value |
Select Delete for an SCF/ship via value to delete it. |
Display an SCF ship via value |
Select Display for an SCF/ship via value to advance to the Display SCF Ship Via screen. You cannot change any information on this screen. See Create SCF Ship Via Screen for field descriptions. |
To create an SCF ship via value: At the Work with SCF Ship Via Values Screen, select Create.
Field |
Description |
SCF code |
The first 3 positions of the destination postal code. An SCF code of # serves as a “wild card” for countries where a postal code is optional. See If the Postal Code is Optional for a Country for more information. Validated against the SCF table; see Working with SCF Codes (WSCF). Alphanumeric, 3 positions. Create screen: required. Change screen: display-only. |
Ship via code |
The shipper to deliver merchandise to the customer, such as 01 (UPS). Validated against the Ship Via table; see Working with Ship Via Codes (WVIA). Numeric, 2 position. Create screen: required. Change screen: display-only. |
Drop point |
A code that represents one of your shipping warehouses or a central location to which merchandise will be shipped for consolidation. Drop points are used in zone skipping, which enables you to ship a carton by one carrier to a drop point, where another carrier picks up the carton and delivers it to its final destination. Note: If you are using the freight by order weight freight method, the drop point you define here must match the drop point you define in the Warehouse table. See Working with Weight Tables for Order Weight (WFTB). Numeric, 3 positions. Create screen: required. Change screen: display-only. |
Shipping zone |
The zone within the country where the carton is being shipped in relation to the drop point. Shipping zones are sections of the country that are defined by UPS. See About Zones. Numeric, 2 positions; required. |
The number of days it takes the shipper to deliver merchandise to this SCF. Calculation for pick slip preparation: The system uses this number in conjunction with your internal lead days to determine when to generate pick slips for an order. The calculation is: Arrival Date from Order Line (or Order Ship To) - (Pick Processing Days (B37) + Ship Via Lead Days in WSHV) < or = Today's Date The system does not exclude weekends/holidays in its calculation. See Selecting Order Lines for Pick Slip Preparation. Calculation for Alternate Shipping Charges by Via window: The system also uses this setting to calculate the Ship lead days and Expected delivery date to display at the Alternate Shipping Charges by Via Window in order entry, and this window uses a different calculation than the one described above. See the description of the Alternate Shipping Charges by Via Window for more information. Numeric, 3 positions; optional. |
Creating additional SCF/ship vias: After creating an SCF/ship via combination, select Duplicate Create to create the next. To make creating the next SCF/ship via easier, the screen retains all of the values from the previous SCF/ship via except the Ship via code and the Drop point.
