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The Shipping Orders feature of TabWare is designed to accommodate detailed shipping procedures and also to provide a tool that is useful in smaller environments where detailed procedures are not necessary. Your plant can generally determine what information is required and who provides that information. Two possible process flow scenarios are described below.
A person requesting that items be shipped from the plant accesses the Shipping Order Notebook and enters applicable information on the first seven tabs. The item may be a defective item being returned to the vendor; a broken item being shipped out for repair that will be returning to the plant; a sample to be tested; an obsolete item being discarded; or any other situation that causes an asset to leave the plant. The shipping order is then electronically forwarded to Purchasing where the assignment of a buyer is verified and entered into that buyer's backlog. The buyer completes the shipping information (the eighth tab), approves the shipping order, and prints the shipping order in the warehouse. The shipping order is then forwarded to the Traffic Department where the carrier information and any other relevant information is added. Finally, it is forwarded to the warehouse where the last tab is completed and the shipment is sent out.
A smaller location may choose to simplify the process as follows:
A person requesting that a shipment be made from the plant completes the first eight tabs. The shipping order is then forwarded to a designated approver who approves it and forwards it to the warehouse where the final tab is completed and the shipment is made.
Shipping Orders facilitates compliance with procedures for documenting items leaving your plant. TabWare requires that a shipping order be approved by an authorized approver, which authorizes the items for shipment. Additional information can be required depending on your site's setup.