General tab

Use this page to specify the appropriate information such as facility, company, accounting entity, company prefix, and time zone for the facility.

  1. Specify this appropriate information on the General tab:
    Facility
    Key to the facility record. This should match the enterprise identifier for this location. This is the only Required field on the this tab.
    Company
    Full name of the warehouse location or long description of the record type.
    Description
    Description of the facility.
    Accounting Entity
    The entity that maintains and tracks transactions for this facility.
    Company Prefix
    The company prefix, containing up to a maximum of nine digits, is used in the initial digits of a generated Bill of Lading number. The default value is empty (no value). If you do not have a company prefix, you can specify the value "04" into this field (with "04" being the default specified in the VICS Standard.) If you do not specify a company prefix, the Order Key or Load ID is instead used in generated BOL numbers.
    Note: You can specify the company prefix in this field within the Facility screen and also within the Owner screen (Configuration > Trading Partner > Owner > Labels tab) in the UCC Vendor # field. When generating a Bill of Lading number, the system first checks for data in the UCC Vendor # field and uses it for the initial digits in the number. If the UCC # field is empty or if there are multiple owners for the load, the system uses the data in the company prefix field for the generated Bill of Lading number.
    Time Zone
    The time zone in which this facility is located (with the GMT offset for this time zone).
    SCAC Code
    This field is only used for carriers. It is write-protected on this screen.
    Value Added Tax ID (VAT)
    Warehouse Value-Added Tax ID used primarily in Intra-European Community trade. It can also be used for a United States EIN (Employer Identification Number).
    Packing To ID Prefix
    This field is used by the Packing screen to generate new To IDs. This prefix, the PACKTOID counter, and the Packing To ID Length are used to build the new ID.
    Packing To ID Length
    This field defines the total length of new To IDs generated by the Packing screen.
  2. Click Save.