Manage shipping routes for a production control job

You can view and modify the shipping routes used for load tracking in the current production control job. You can also create new job-specific shipping routes or delete existing ones.

Shipping routes can be used to send items within a job to multiple shipping destinations, including intermediate destinations, such as sending material to an external galvanizer. Items that are returned from one destination can then be shipped to another destination.

Open the shipping routes dialog box

To open the Shipping Route Maintenance dialog box, do either of the following:

In the Select Production Control Job dialog box,
1. Double-click to open an existing job.
2. Click the Production Control ribbon tab.
3. On the menu, select Review > Shipping Routes.
In the Select Production Control Job dialog box,
1. Either add a new job by clicking Add or modify an existing job by selecting it and clicking Edit.
  The Production Control Job Edit dialog box open.
2. Click Shipping Routes.

The Shipping Route Maintenance dialog box opens, displaying all shipping routes created for an existing production control job.

Create a shipping route

You are in the Shipping Route Maintenance dialog box.

Click New.

The Shipping Route dialog box opens.
Shipping Route Description: Type a description for the shipping route.
Join with Assembly Option: Select if and when the weight of an accessory part is included in the shipping weight of the assembly.
- None: The weight of the accessory is not included in the shipping weight of the assembly. If the Jobsite destination is in the shipping route, select the None option.
- Join with assembly for first destination: The weight of the accessory is joined to the shipping weight of the assembly for all of its destinations except for the first one.
- Join with assembly for...: The weight of the accessory is included in the shipping weight of the assembly for the destination that you select in the Join with Assembly For list, and for any other destinations after that one.
- Join with assembly after...: The weight of the accessory is included in the shipping weight of the assembly for all destinations after the destination you select in the Join With Assembly After list.
To add, modify, or remove destinations, see Manage shipping destinations.

Note: The shipping route can have any number of destinations, or no destinations at all. If the Jobsite destination is present, it is always the last destination on the shipping route. The Jobsite destination is the Ship To address defined for each production control job in the Production Control Job Edit dialog box.
To change the order of destinations in the shipping route, do the following:
1. Select the destination that you want to move to an earlier or later position on the shipping route.
2. Click the Move Up and Move Down buttons as needed..
Click Save Route.

Copy a shipping route

You are in the Shipping Route Maintenance dialog box.

In the list, select the shipping route that you want to use as the basis of a new shipping route.
Click Copy.

The Shipping Route dialog box opens.
In Shipping Route Description dialog box, type a description for the new shipping route.
Modify the shipping route properties as needed.
Click Save Route.

Modify a shipping route

You are in the Shipping Route Maintenance dialog box.

Select the shipping route that you want to modify.
Click Properties.
Modify the shipping route properties as needed.
Click Save Route to save the changes.

Delete a shipping route

You are in the Shipping Route Maintenance dialog box.

Note:

Deleting a shipping route is permanent and cannot be undone.

Job-specific shipping routes cannot be deleted if any parts are assigned to them.

Select the shipping route that you want to delete.
Click Delete.
Click Yes to permanently delete the shipping route.