How to: Create Pickup Loads
You can create a pickup load to streamline the retrieval of purchase orders at vendor locations. Multiple purchase orders can be assigned to a single pickup load, which can then be printed and distributed to a driver to provide instruction as to where these orders can be retrieved.
To create a pickup load
- In the Search box, enter Pickup Loads, and then choose the related link.
- On the Home tab, in the New group, choose New.
- In the No. field, you can press the Enter key to select the next available number.
- Fill in the Location Code field.
- Fill in the other fields on the header. Create a link between the Pickup Load and the Delivery Trip by selecting the DT-code here. This will put up a flag on the Delivery Trip Header that a Pickup Load is linked to the Delivery Trip. A report can then be created to integrate the Delivery Sheet and the Pickup Sheet if this is needed.
Also note that the carrier field cannot be changed once a Delivery Trip is linked. It's value is derived from the Delivery Trip header, from the field "Shipping Agent Code". - Select the first line on the Lines FastTab and open the a list of purchase orders from the Purchase Order No. field.
The Purchase List window displays any purchase orders that have the same location as the pickup load.
- Select the desired purchase order, and then choose the OK button to copy it to the pickup load line.
You can not copy a purchase order if it does not have an assigned pickup location code.
- Assign additional purchase orders on subsequent lines.
- Determine the sequence in which purchase orders should be picked up by entering values in the Sequence No. field.