Understanding Transportation Preferences

A preference is a piece of information that you define for a customer, an item, or any combination of customer (Sold To, Ship To, or parent addresses), customer group, item, and item group. The system uses preferences as default customer and item setup information when you enter orders and shipments.

You can use preferences to configure the way that shipments are processed. The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne software includes standard preferences. You can use the standard preferences or you can create variations of each preference to meet the specific business requirements.

Typically, you create preferences when you have consistent business requirements that differ from the default values in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Transportation Management system. For example, you can create preferences to suit these needs:

• The customer's specific requirements

• The company's policies

• Regulatory agencies' rules

• Item-specific requirements

Careful planning is required to set up and use each preference. You must carefully consider the business purpose for using preferences with what is the most efficient use of the system's processing time. You should use preferences to save time and reduce errors for values that are consistent. Do not use preferences for occasional variances. In those instances, manually enter the exception information in the applicable fields.