Handling and Box Charges - Processing Overview

During the Invoicing/Order Completion process the system checks the Box and Handling Charge fields for the freight code being used, and the Handling Fee code for the customer being processed.   The system also determines the number of boxes being used for the shipment being processed.  The number of boxes is either determined by the freight processing program being used, or it can be manually input by the operator. 

Based on the number of boxes being processed, and the information in the Customer and Shipvia file, the system calculates the appropriate handling and box charges for the shipment, and it adds the total of these charges to the shipping field of the invoice.

The Valid Handling Fee Codes and how they are used by system are as follows. 

 

Customer Handling Fee Code	Invoicing/Order Completion Behavior
F	One handling charge per shipment.  No box charges are added to the shipment.
S	1 box charge is added to the shipment regardless of the number of boxes used.  No handling charge is added to shipment.
B	1 box charge is added for each box being used for the shipment.  No handling charge is added to shipment.
N	No box charge.  No handling charge.
G	1 box charge for each box being used for the shipment.  One handling charge per shipment.
BLANK	No box charge no handling charge (same as N)

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