The basic components of a shipment are the:
Originating address, or Sender;
Destination address, or Recipient;
Shipment contents: what items you ship (including descriptions and class), how they are packaged, and their weight;
Method of transportation (carrier, service) and shipment details like COD and Billing.
StarShip processes this information into shipment documentation, such as bill of lading, labels, reports, and so on. If you have an account set up with a carrier, StarShip can use this data to rate shipments and book the carrier pickup.
Shipment information can come from:
Data entry: You type shipment data into the shipment entry screen.
Source Interface documents: You populate the shipment automatically from your source interface records, such as orders, invoices, receipts, or customers.
From the StarShip database: You ship against a customer you added in Maintain > Customers or against inventory from Maintain > Inventory.
StarShip allows you to combine multiple orders in order to consolidate your shipments. Related orders are orders where the "Ship To" address information is the same as the order you selected. They are automatically populated under the "Related Orders" section in the Shipping Assistant.
You can also add orders that are not related. In the Add Orders field, type in the order number or click the magnifying glass to browse for and select an order. When the "Ship To" address information does not match that of the first order, the address information from the first order will be used. You can also press the Add Order button in the shipment tree view to add orders.
After you have selected the orders to be shipped and clicked Next in the Shipping Assistant, the next step is to define the quantities you want to ship and enter any information that might be missing.
After setting up your packaging dimensions and weights in Maintain > Packaging, you can simply drag and drop your items to ship into packages. StarShip automatically adds the weight of the packaging to the item weight.
More about Item Packing
After packaging your items into boxes, you can drop them onto handling units (freight only), such as pallets. You also set up handling unit dimensions and weight in Maintain > Packaging.
Enter any shipment or package options (parcel) not mapped to the source interface.
Under Shipment status, select the date the shipment will be ready, and the organized pickup time, in the "Ready Date" and "Pickup between" fields.
When the shipment information is complete, click the rate button to retrieve a list of competitive rates.
If the shipment is complete, you can Save or Ship/Process. Save is a draft that does not update the source interface. Ship/Process processes the shipment.
The shipment is tendered to the carrier. If you set up the bill of lading and/or labels to print automatically, they are now generated.