Dispatch - Delivery

This function is used to load items onto a truck for delivery. You can create tally sheets for each customer that you will be delivering to. You may have just one tally sheet on a truck, or multiple tally sheets, depending on how the truck is loaded and how many deliveries the driver is able to make. Tally sheets are used to show the customer which items they are receiving from you and allows them to sign for the items. To do this:

1. Select the Dispatch menu.
2. Select Delivery.
3. Pick one or more Consignees (or delivery customers) from the list and select OK.
4. The Dispatch Date and Mark For are filled in for you. You may change the date if needed.
5. Enter the Truck # and Run # to uniquely identify this delivery.
6. You may enter the Storage Location and Forward To customer if needed. The Delivery Type will be filled in for you.
7. The Run Alternate Info field may be be filled in for you. This field is used to accommodate dispatches from prior versions of AMS.
8. You may also enter any Notes about this delivery that may be helpful later on.
9. Once you've established the details of your delivery, it is time to begin loading the truck. Select Load Piece to load items that you have received.
10. Select the items for this customer delivery and select OK. Items are listed by TCN, or Transportation Control Number.
11. You may also select Load Line Items if you have line items for this customer that are not associated with a TCN.
12. When you have finished loading items for this customer, select Save.
13. Select Print to print the tally sheet for this customer. The truck driver can take this along on delivery to obtain signatures.

Loaded Shipping Units and Loose Line Items Grids

These grids display the contents of this customer delivery for this tally sheet. You can have several tally sheets, each with a different customer, loaded onto a single truck for multiple deliveries. There is a search box just above the grids that you can use to find items quickly.

• The Loaded Shipping Units grid displays a list of all items on this tally sheet. You may change the sort order of the grid by clicking on a header. Click the details icon if you wish to view the details of an item.
• The Loose Line Items grid displays a list of all line items that are not associated with a TCN on this tally sheet. You may change the sort order of the grid by clicking on a header.

The buttons towards the bottom perform the following functions:

• Load Piece – This allows you to load items onto this tally sheet for delivery.
• Unload Piece - This allows you to remove items from this tally sheet, in case they were added by mistake or won't fit on the delivery truck.
• Load Line Items - This allows you load items onto this tally sheet for delivery. These are items that were not associated with a TCN when you received them.
• Unload Line Items - This allows you remove items from this tally sheet, in case they were added by mistake or won't fit on the delivery truck.
• Print - Allows you to view and print your tally sheet for this customer. Tally sheets are used to show the customer which items they are receiving from your delivery truck and sign for them.
• Save - Saves your changes to this tally sheet.

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