Freight terms
Freight terms designate whether the buyer or seller pays for shipping and where the responsibility for goods shipped is transferred. Freight terms are communicated on purchase orders.
Some typical freight terms include:
- FOB Destination, Freight Prepaid
- FOB Destination, Freight Collect
- FOB Destination, Freight Collect and Allowed
- FOB Destination, Freight Prepaid and Charged Back
- FOB Origin, Freight Prepaid
- FOB Origin, Freight Collect
- FOB Origin, Freight Prepaid and Charged Back
- No Shipment Involved
- Pick Up/Will Call
Create freight terms
- In the Navigation pane, highlight the Purchasing > Setup > Freight Terms folder.
- Click
. The New Freight Terms window opens.
- Enter a unique Name for the freight terms.
- Enter a Description of the freight terms.
- In the FOB field, indicate where the responsibility for goods is transferred. You can enter a generic term such as "Shipping Point", "Origin", or "Destination" or you can derive a specific location using location variables. The following variables are available in this field:
Variable Description <VendorCity> ActivityHD replaces this variable with the city of the vendor location that is selected as the default on the order. <VendorState> ActivityHD replaces this variable with the state of the vendor location that is selected as the default on the order. <VendorZip> ActivityHD replaces this variable with the Zip of the vendor location that is selected as the default on the order. <ShippingCity> ActivityHD replaces this variable with the city from the shipping address specified on the purchase order. <ShippingState> ActivityHD replaces this variable with the state from the shipping address specified on the purchase order. <ShippingZip> ActivityHD replaces this variable with the Zip from the shipping address specified on the purchase order. Example
If the value in the FOB field is <VendorCity>, <VendorState> and the vendor order address is 123 Main Street, Dallas, TX 75201, then the derived FOB for the purchase order would be Dallas, TX.
- In the Shipping Method field, select the default shipping method for the freight terms. The shipping method can be overridden on the purchase order.
- Save the new freight terms.
Purpose
The Freight Terms Listing provides a list of freight terms defined in Purchasing.
Content
For each freight terms code included on the report, the listing shows:
- description
- FOB
- shipping method.
In addition, you can include one or more of the following:
- timestamps
- memos
- custom fields.
The following total appears on the report:
- record count.
Print the report
- In the Navigation pane, highlight the Purchasing > Setup > Freight Terms folder.
- Start the report set-up wizard.
- To report on all or a filtered subset of freight terms:
- Right-click the Freight Terms folder and select Select and Report > Freight Terms Listing from the shortcut menu.
- On the Selection tab, define any filters to apply to the data.
- To report on specifically selected freight terms:
- In the HD view, select the freight terms to include on the report. You can use Ctrl and/or Shift selection to select multiple records.
- Click
.
- To report on a particular freight terms code from the Freight Terms window:
- In the HD view, locate and double-click the freight terms code to report on. The Freight Terms window opens with the freight terms code loaded.
- Click
.
- To report on all or a filtered subset of freight terms:
- Select the Options tab.
- To include a section at the end of the report with the report settings used to produce the report, leave the Include Report Options checkbox marked. To produce the report without this information, clear the checkbox.
- Mark the checkbox(es) for the additional information to include:
- Timestamps
- Memos
- Custom Fields (only visible if custom fields are set up)
- Select the Output tab.
- In the Design field, look up and select the report design to use.
- In the toolbar, click the icon for the type of output you want:
- Provides access to two preview options.
- Preview - Click the icon or click the drop-down arrow and select Preview from the drop-down menu to view the report in the Crystal Reports viewer.
- Preview to PDF - Click the drop-down arrow next to the icon and select Preview to PDF to view the report in the PDF reader.
- Opens the Print dialog so that you can select and configure a printer and then print a paper copy of the report.
- Opens the Report Email dialog so that you can address and compose an email that the report will be attached to. For best results, ensure your email client is running before you attempt to send a report via email.
- Opens the Export Report dialog so that you can save the report to a file. File types include Crystal Reports (.rpt), PDF (.pdf), Microsoft Excel (.xls), Microsoft Word (.doc), rich text (.rtf), and XML (.xml).
Data extensions
The following data extension is available for the report:
- Freight terms
Freight Terms Record ID
Freight Terms tab
Variable | Description |
---|---|
<VendorCity> | ActivityHD replaces this variable with the city of the vendor location that is selected as the default on the order. |
<VendorState> | ActivityHD replaces this variable with the state of the vendor location that is selected as the default on the order. |
<VendorZip> | ActivityHD replaces this variable with the Zip of the vendor location that is selected as the default on the order. |
<ShippingCity> | ActivityHD replaces this variable with the city from the shipping address specified on the purchase order. |
<ShippingState> | ActivityHD replaces this variable with the state from the shipping address specified on the purchase order. |
<ShippingZip> | ActivityHD replaces this variable with the Zip from the shipping address specified on the purchase order. |
Example
If the value in the FOB field is <VendorCity>, <VendorState> and the vendor order address is 123 Main Street, Dallas, TX 75201, then the derived FOB for the purchase order would be Dallas, TX.
Press F3 to look up the value.
If a value is already selected, you can press F4 to open the record in its native editor.
Custom tab
This tab is visible if custom fields exist for the entity. At a minimum, if there are custom fields, a Fields subtab will be present. One or more additional categories of subtabs may also be visible.
Fields subtab
This tab prompts for values for any custom fields set up for entity records of this entity type. Respond to the prompts as appropriate.
References subtab
This tab is visible if other records reference the current record.
Example
Suppose a custom field exists on PRCodes that references an ARCode. On the ARCode record, on the Custom > References subtab, you can view all the PRCodes which reference that ARCode.
Exchange Folder subtab
This tab is visible only if you set up a custom field with a data type of "Exchange Folder". The label on this tab is the name assigned to the custom field.
This tab shows the contents of the specified Exchange folder.
File subtab
This tab is visible only if you set up a custom field with a data type of "File". The label on the tab is the name assigned to the custom field.
This tab renders the contents of the specified file according to its file type.
Internet Address subtab
This tab is visible only if you set up a custom field with a data type of "Internet Address". The label on this tab is the name assigned to the custom field.
This tab shows the contents of the specified web page.
Network Folder subtab
This tab is visible only if you set up a custom field with a data type of "Network Folder". The label on this tab is the name assigned to the custom field.
This tab shows the contents of the specified network folder.
Attachments tab
The Attachments tab is visible if any record for a given entity has an attachment. If the Attachments tab is not visible, this implies that no record of the entity type has an attachment on it; however, once an attachment is added to any record of the entity type, the Attachments tab will become available.
Other tab
Freight terms security
Common accesses available on freight terms
Report Email dialog
- Windows user default account. Sends email using the user's Windows default email account. For most users, this is the account configured in Outlook or another email client application.
- Server personal. Sends email using the email configuration for the system or company server and the email address on the current user's authorized user record. The authorized user record must have a confirmed email address.
- Server generic. Sends email using the email configuration and "from" address for the system or company server. This option requires "Send generic" access to the Server Email resource.
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