Configuring Regions for Automatic Location Assignment
A region determines a geographical area to which goods can be shipped from one or more fulfillment locations. You use regions when you want to assign fulfillment locations automatically by location ranking. You can define a region according to any of the following criteria:
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Country – The highest level at which you can create a region. NetSuite provides a default list of countries.
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County, state, or province – Counties, states, and provinces are smaller administrative areas in a country. In NetSuite, the counties of some countries are predefined. In countries without a predefined list, you can create your own list – see Setting Up States, Provinces, and Counties.
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Postal code – The lowest level at which you can create a region. In regions that use numerical postal codes, you can specify a range of postal codes by entering the start and end codes. Creating regions based on postal codes might be useful when you deliver to addresses in large population centers or when you have several stores or warehouses that are located close together.
To create a region:
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Go to Setup > Company > Regions.
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Enter a name to identify the region.
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In the Region subtab, define the region by adding countries, states, or postal codes to the region detail entry. (Some regions might use provinces or counties instead of states.) You must add at least one entry.
To create a region at the state or postal code level, first select the country and then specify the state or postal code. To specify a single postal code, enter it in the Zip Code Start field – it is copied automatically to the Zip Code End field. To specify a range of postal codes, change the Zip Code End field to the last value in the range.
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Click Save.
After you've set up regions, you can configure location records and specify the regions to which each location is allowed to ship goods. See Configuring Locations for Automatic Location Assignment.
To delete a region, go to Setup > Company > Setup Tasks > Regions and click View next to the region you want to delete. In the Actions menu, select Delete. If the region record is linked with other records, such as a location record, you need to unlink the records before deleting the region record.