Freight Invoices
Freight Invoicing by Despatch Order
Freight invoices are raised when costs or service charges for freight are specified in a sales or purchase contract. See Enter Costs for a Set of Contract Terms and Enter a Service Charge for a Set of Contract Terms. Service charges may be invoiced to the buyer (in a sales contract) or the seller (in a purchase contract), or may be invoiced separately. Costs are always invoiced separately.
In this situation, the despatch order creates the link between the despatch and the freight contract, via the sales or purchase contract. When creating the freight invoice, the despatch order is searched for and the applicable rate is selected.
If the despatch associated with the despatch order has not been loaded (or unloaded, depending on the fulfilment location), the overridden values on the invoice are used as the loaded quantity to create the freight invoice.
Freight Invoicing by Despatch
Alternatively, a cost or service charge for freight can be added to a despatch. See Enter Costs for a Despatch and Enter a Service Charge for a Despatch. Using a service charge links the despatch directly to a freight contract. When creating the freight invoice, the despatch is searched for and the applicable freight rate is selected.
Freight Invoice Inclusions
Any rate detail line item from the applicable freight rate can be included in the freight invoice. Dynamic invoice line items can also be added on the invoice preview.
Journal Entries for Freight Invoices
Creation of journal entries requires a chart of accounts to be configured for the Freight Invoice document type. See Charts of Accounts.
