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The Setup menu contains the most comprehensive series of options and maintenance programs available for any shipping or receiving software suite.  They enable you to setup any carrier and taylor the system to accurately model your shipping and receiving procedures.

D/S Setup Menu programs

Distribution Service Options control the basic functions of the system; maintain the next sequential manifest, shipment, and package ID numbers; control the interface to the Sales Order module.
Carrier Maintenance stores the carrier descriptive information, account numbers, and codes necessary for electronic manifest reporting.
Container Code Maintenance catalogs your shipping containers' dimensions and weights, used to automate dimensional weight, oversize, and additional handling.
Rate Chart Maintenance maintains rate tables; including features for hundredweight and shipment freight rating (UPS rates are included).
Domestic Zone Chart Maintenance maintains zip to zone conversion tables for U.S. domestic shipments (UPS zone charts for your shipping locations are included).
Intnl Zone Chart Maintenance maintains zip to zone conversion tables for international shipments (international UPS zone charts are included).
Shipping Code Maintenance specifies the rate chart, additional services and surcharges, shipment and dimensional weight constraints, document selection and form codes for each shipping method (UPS shipping codes are included).
Freight Charge Maintenance controls how you bill freight to the customer, based on the actual freight cost, by default or using custom schedules by Customer Number or Shipping Code;  you can pass along the exact freight cost, discount or markup the cost, or establish tiered tables based on the order amount.
Customer Shipping Preferences maintains customer's carrier account numbers for consignee or freight collect billing; establishes forwarding consignee addresses for international customers who use forwarders in the U.S.
Item/Prod Shipping Preferences maintains NMFC codes and classes, and shipping charges by item or product line.
C O D Terms Codes Maintenance designates your A/R terms codes which automatically trigger C.O.D. processing.
F O B Point Maintenance tells the system where you ship from - any number of loading docks in any number of warehouses in any number of originating sectional centers, with any number of separate shipper accounts.
N M F C Maintenance establishes National Motor Freight Classification codes for freight and weight classes, used to print NMFC compliant Bills of Lading.
Thermal Label Format Maintenance create new shipping and/or item label formats to your exact requirements using any thermal transfer label printer.
Thermal Label Printer Preferences maintains printer specific setup information for thermal label printers.
Bill of Lading Text Maintenance create custom text blocks for your Bill of Lading form.
Bar Code Printer Maintenance for impact or laser printers, extends I/M Bar Code printer maintenance to 16 printers.
Workstation Preferences select the data entry options and form printers for each workstation, by workstation ID and/or User Code and/or Carrier.
Terminal Color Preferences lets each user select from over 200 text and background color combinations.
Setup Utilities Menu contains several published data import and utility programs:
  • Carrier Data Import - accessorial charges.
  • Rate Table Import - freight rate charts.
  • Dely Area Chart Import - rural area surcharge tables.
  • Routing Code File Import - UPS routing code detail.
  • Zone Chart Import - zip to zone conversion charts.
  • International Extended Area Chart Import - rural area surcharge tables.
  • International Zone Chart - charts by country, region, and province.
  • Label Format Import - default thermal label formats.
  • Digital Lookup Maintenance - customize any D/S list window or dropbox.
  • File Analysis and Repair - optimized for D/S multikeyed data files.
  • Rebuild Extended Zip Code Chart - with sorts and lookups by City and State.
  • Terminal Keyboard Preferences - for your terminal or workstation.