Understanding Bills of Lading

You can print shipping documents, such as bills of lading and delivery reports, before you ship the order. Shipping documents accompany the order to its destination. Delivery personnel can use these documents to compare what they are supposed to deliver with what they are transporting.

A bill of lading lists this information about the order:

• Item

  Includes item description, quantity, weight, and volume.

• Billing

  Includes customer address and price.

• Shipping

  Includes shipping instructions, total weight, and total volume.

• Delivery

  Includes signature lines for the driver and the customer.

You can specify the heading that prints at the top of the document, such as Bill of Lading, when you run the program. Because a shipping document has signature lines for the delivery person and the customer, you can also use it as a receipt.

If you use JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Demand Scheduling, the report displays these fields on the report in a column labeled Date/Time:

• Requested Delivery Time (DRQT).

• Promised Delivery Time (RSDT).

• Promised Shipment Time (PMDT).

If you use taxed prices, the system prints the taxed unit price and taxed extended price, instead of the unit price and extended price, on the report. The system also displays a message in the report indicating that the prices include tax.

See Taxed Prices