Transport Order

Transport Order

Transport Order is the customer-facing order document for transport. It captures origin, destination, load type, packages, charges, and documents. Transport Jobs are created from Transport Orders.

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1. Prerequisites

• Transport Settings
• Transport Template, Load Type
• Shipper, Consignee, locations

2. Key Fields

• Load Type – FCL, LCL, Palletized, etc.
• Origin / Destination – Locations, pick/drop mode
• Packages – Weight, volume
• Contains Dangerous Goods – When set, dangerous-goods detail fields apply (compliance and documentation). Renamed from the earlier “hazardous” flag; existing data is migrated on upgrade.
• Charges – Selling and cost charges; supports quantity breaks (unified calculation engine; revenue and cost calculation methods)
• Documents – Job Document child table; Populate from Template

2.1 Charges from Sales Quote

When the order is created from a Sales Quote, charge lines copy charge category, Bill To, Pay To, description, Item Tax Template, and Invoice Type (from the Item where applicable) together with item and rate fields.

2.2 Inter-module field copy

Fields may be pre-filled when the order is created from linked sea/air/transport customs documents. See Transport Order — Inter-module Field Copy.

3. Workflow

1. Create Transport Order from Sales Quote or manually.
2. Add packages, charges.
3. Submit when ready.
4. Create Transport Job from the order.

4. Related Topics

• Recent Platform Updates
• Transport Job
• Transport Consolidation
• Transport Module
• Document Management