Assigning Customer Routes

From the DDMS Master Menu, double-click .
Double-click .
Double-click Warehouse then double-click Advanced Manifest.

Note: This feature is not included in all software packages and may require authorization. For more information, contact ECi sales.

Double-click Route Locations and the Route Inventory Locations window opens. The cursor moves to the Route box. Enter the code to assign this route, BLUE or UPS, for example.

Note: When changing route information, click the box to change and enter the new information. When you finish, close the Route Inventory Locations window and click .

In the G/L box, enter the corresponding general ledger location for the route you are setting up.
In the Primary box, enter the inventory location normally used for the specified general ledger location (profit center).
In the Secondary box, enter the inventory location normally used for the specified general ledger location (profit center).
In the Furniture box, enter the inventory location normally used for the specified general ledger location (profit center).
In the Same Day box, enter the inventory location normally used for the specified general ledger location (profit center). You can use this box to enter a secondary route for same day delivery service. For example, a delivery vehicle may act as a satellite location and deliver to the BLUE route. In this case, you could set up a secondary route with same day delivery service as BLU2. This expedites customers' orders.

Note: The same day route is also used when building a picking manifest. The program splits any orders that have a same day route to a separate manifest. In addition, the system also splits any orders that contain furniture items to a separate manifest.

When you finish, click to add the new route.
The cursor moves to a blank line in the Route column. You can continue to specify as many routes as necessary. When you finish, close the Route Inventory Locations window.
Click to save the changes you specified. Until you do, the changes you made are not saved. If you exit the Parameter Editor window without doing so, you are prompted to save your changes.

Note: To abandon all changes and display the most recently saved version of your route inventory locations, click . It lets you restore the previously saved version without exiting the Parameter Editor window.