The Master Order system allows you to create an order for a customer
and then create multiple shipments (invoices) to fulfill this order. A master
order is frequently used when a broker reserves plant material and then
asks the grower to drop ship portions of the reserved material to many
different locations over a sales season. The system is also used by
Christmas tree growers or those who need to pre-schedule shipments for
all or part of a shipping season.
Like the single shipments feature described at the beginning of this
section, Master Orders opens to a searchable directory.
This screen allows the user to quickly find and open any Master Order
and / or browse the status of all orders. Each user on the network can
define which columns display on his / her workstation. Simply click new
to start a new order or double click any line to open an existing order for
review.
Shipments scheduled or previously shipped against the highlighted order in the top section of the form. Reports selected for use.
You may double click any order in the top section or shipment in the lower section to open the transaction detail screen.
The buttons along the bottom provide quick access to frequently used data entry screens.
The master order screen offers all the same ease and speed of data entry that the single shipment order screen offers.
Note the drop down list that displays as you begin typing an order line to display product availability and price information.
To create a shipment, simply enter item quantities in the “Ship Now” column and then click Ship Partial
As with most data review screens, an extensive reports list is found in the lower right corner of the form. Any of these reports may
be hidden if you decide not to use them. This helps to un-clutter a busy screen.
The individual shipment screens for the master order are identical to the single shipment order screen that you have already
reviewed. Like the single shipment order screen and all others, we can modify the data entry flow and data fields to exactly match
your operation.
