SALES ORDER

Use this screen to enter credit and shipping information for sales orders. It is used by Costpoint Sales Order Entry.

Set up this screen when adding the customer or before processing any customer invoices or sales orders.

Customer Account

These fields display the customer account and description from the main screen.

Pricing

Note: Neither the Project nor the Catalog field is required on this screen, but if you use one field, you cannot use the other.

Project

Enter, or use Lookup to select, the project ID for this customer. This is an alphanumeric field of up to 30 characters in length.

Catalog

Enter, or use Lookup to select, the default price catalog for this customer. This is an alphanumeric field of up to 10 characters in length.

Discounts

Discount Allowed

Select this checkbox if the customer is eligible for a volume discount. The default is unchecked, allowing no discount. This is not a required field when processing sales orders.

Discount

Enter the discount percentage rate. You must first select the Discount Allowed checkbox before you can enter a discount rate. This field is two decimals long and is not required when processing sales orders.

SO Defaults

This group box contains default information relating to this sales order.

Allow Overshipments

Select this checkbox if the customer will accept overshipments. If you do not select this checkbox, you cannot issue a quantity greater than the quantity ordered through the Enter Sales Orders screen in Costpoint Sales Order Entry.

Allow Partial Shipments

Select this checkbox if the customer allows partial shipments. Your selection can be overridden when a sales order is entered. If partial shipments are not accepted, you cannot issue a quantity less than the quantity ordered for a given sales order. This field is used by Costpoint Sales Order Entry.

Allow Substitutions

Select this checkbox if the customer allows substitutions. Your selection can be overridden when a sales order is entered. This field is used by Costpoint Sales Order Entry.

Acknowledgment Required

Select this checkbox if a sales acknowledgment is required for the customer.

Sales Group Abbrev

Enter, or use Lookup to select, the sales abbreviation for this customer. This is an alphanumeric field of up to six characters in length. This is not a required field when processing sales orders. When you enter a sales group abbreviation, the Sales Order screen validates the entry against data in the Sales Group Abbreviation table.

Ship Via

Enter, or use Lookup to select, the preferred shipping method for this customer. You must define company shipping methods in the Shipping Methods table before you can enter sales order information. You can override this default when entering sales orders. This is an optional field used by Costpoint Sales Order Entry.

Project To Charge

Enter, or use Lookup to select, a valid project to charge identification number for this customer. This is an alphanumeric field of up to six characters in length. This is not a required field when processing sales orders.

Delivery Terms

Enter, or use the drop-down box to select, the appropriate delivery terms. These terms were originally set up in the Shipping Methods screen (Customer Controls menu of Costpoint Accounts Receivable).

Tax Exemption ID

If this customer is exempt from taxes, enter the appropriate tax exemption ID. When you enter generic bills, the system will pull this number into the billing and will not calculate sales tax for the otherwise taxable line items for this customer. More information is available about generic bills in the Generic Billing Formats screen of Costpoint Billing.

Sales Contact Information

Last Name

Enter the last name of the contact. The last name can be up to 25 characters in length. This field is not required when processing sales orders.

First Name

Enter the first name of the contact. The first name can be up to 25 characters in length. This field is not required when processing sales orders.

Phone

Enter the primary phone number for this contact (e.g., 703-555-1212). The phone number is an alphanumeric field of up to 25 characters. This field is not required when processing sales orders.

Fax

Enter the fax number for this contact (e.g., 703-555-1212). The fax number is an alphanumeric field of up to 25 characters. This field is not required when processing sales orders.

Addresses

Payment Office

Enter, or use Lookup to select, the government payment address code of up to six characters in length for this customer. This field is not required when processing sales orders. When you enter a government payment code, the Sales Order screen validates the entry against data in the Bill Payment Address table.

Issued By

Enter, or use Lookup to select, the government issued by address code of up to six characters in length for this customer. This field is not required when processing sales orders. When you enter a government issued by address code, Costpoint Sales Order Entry validates the entry against data in the Issue By Addresses screen.

Related Customer Account

Enter, or use Lookup to select, the account number of a related customer. The field below displays the name of the selected customer.