Enter the Bill of Lading for a Shipment

A bill of lading is a contract or receipt issued by a transport company to a shipper that lists the quantity, type, and destination of the materials being despatched.

In MineMarket, the bill of lading date is specific to a despatch order and is used as a reference date for many snapshot and invoice calculations.

See Edit Despatch Order Details.

For other shipping notices, see Enter Shipment Document Delivery Details.

Security Note: You need the Allow the user to maintain despatch orders security right in the Contracts domain security rights group for this activity.

Activity Steps

  1. Open the Shipment.
  2. Select the Despatch Orders sub-tab of the Marketing tab.
  3. For each despatch order associated with the shipment, complete the following fields.
    • Bill Of Lading Date—Date on which the bill of lading was issued for the shipment. Used as a reference date for many snapshot and invoice calculations. If the bill of lading date is not available, the date is estimated by using the first available date out of the following dates: ATD at origin; ETD at origin; ATA at origin; ETA at origin; or Planned Despatch Date.
    • Bill Of Lading Number
  4. Click Save.