Facilities
Multiple facilities, or warehouses, can exist on the Warehouse Management system. When you run the invoicing process, the system uses information from the facility in which the charge took place to help calculate invoice amounts.
- Required?
- You do not need create facility records, as they are downloaded from your interfaced Warehouse Management system. However, you will need to set billing-specific values for each facility you use.
- Prerequisites
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- Corporation. The corporation code configured on the facility record is used to identify xml file mapping for the facility.
- Remit Address. If you want to specify a remit address for the facility, you'll need to create a Remit Address record and then assign it on the Facility record.
General Fields
- Facility/Description
- The name and description that identify this facility.
- System
- The WMS integrated with the Billing application (WM or WM PV).
- ISO Country Code
- The Country in which this facility is located.
- Corp Code
- The corporation code to use for the invoice xml file mapping. You can use this value to override the default corporation code from the charge code record.
- Measurement System
- The standard measurement system, US Customary or Metric, used in the facility.
- Weight UOM/ Dimension UOM/ Cube UOM
- The standard unit of measure codes used for weight, dimension, and cube measurements in this facility.
- Currency
- The currency used in this facility.
- Remit
- The invoice remit address to use for this facility.
- Tax Group
- The tax group, if any, that identifies the taxes that apply to charges generated in this facility.
- Ambient Temperature
- The ambient temperature of this facility (for reference for cooling/freezing services).
- Time Zone/Name/ GMT Offset
- The time zone in which this facility is located, along with the GMT offset for this time zone. The offset value allows the system to adjust based on the time zone so that records are identified on the proper day.
- Comments
- Any additional comments about this facility.
Address tab
On this tab, you identify the full address and general contact information for the facility.