The delivery area is used to control many aspects of the delivery of the consignment.
You add and maintain the delivery area on the form below.
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The delivery area is a key setup point in Distribution and is the main driver for the allocation of depot and charging for every consignment in the system. |
How it works
When a consignment is entered the postcode is used to determine the delivery area for the goods.
e.g. B6 7AX is identified as being a “B” postcode and those use the “B” Delivery Area
We then look at the source deliver depot where the consignment is coming from (all VW sites are allocated into a source delivery depot) and we then derive the line to use on the table above.
Based on whether it is a case or a pallet delivery the charging, depot and potential external carrier can be calculated.
What can you over ride
You can be very specific with the postcode and you can use any length including the full postcode to determine the delivery area e.g. You want to have your own warehouse separated, or you delivery to a RDC for supermarket and want to charge or treat it differently.
Customers can have their own charge band for a specific delivery area, you setup if the customer uses delivery are “B” then use the following case / pallet charges for them.
Nonsense to validate…………
The Delivery Area is linked to the Country and to the Postal Area on a Delivery.
VD validates against the Country and the Postcode fields to determine how goods will move and the costs of any charges.
It is possible to have multiple Country Codes or Postal Areas associated with a single Delivery Area.
For example, Delivery Area: ZONE1 could contain Postal Areas: N, NW, E, SE, SW and W.
This would allow a single delivery charge for ZONE1 to be applied to all of those Postal Areas.
The Charges set up on this screen will then be used when using this Delivery Area, providing there are no other Charges which can overwrite these.
By entering the number of Cases into the ‘Use Pallet Delivery Depot From field’, you can set the Delivery Area Depots (below) to use different Charge Bands, Delivery Depots, and Carriers depending on the number of Cases to be delivered.
Once you have set your limit, add the correct Case Band, Case Delivery Depot, and Case Carrier for any delivery less than the set cases. Do the same for Pallets when equal to or greater than the limit you have set.
If you want to use the same Case Band, Delivery Depot, or Carrier for Cases and Pallets, just enter the same value in each.
If there a specific Lead Time for all deliveries to this Depot, enter the number of Days for Cases in the Day Lead Time field and the for Pallets in the Pallet Lead Time field.
Field Explanation
Field Name | Use |
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Area Code | |
Area Description | |
Delivery Category | |
Notes | |
Archive |
Delivery Area Options
Field Name | Use |
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Use Pallet Charge Band from | |
Use Pallet Delivery Depot from | Determines the number of cases when this delivery uses either the case delivery depot or the pallet delivery depot. |
Half Pallet Discount % | |
Quarter Pallet Discount % | |
SLA Lead Time | |
Has Fixed Charging | |
Is Collection | This field is no longer in use |
POD Scan Required | |
Delivery Confirmation not required |
Delivery Area Depot fields
Field Name | Use | |
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Source Depot | The depot Delivery Depot where the goods are coming from. Sites are associated to a delivery depot for the site | |
Case Band | ||
Case Delivery Depot | If this is a case delivery which Depot is being used for the consignment despatch | |
Case Carrier | ||
Pallet Band | ||
Pallet Delivery Depot | If this is a Pallet delivery which Depot is being used for the consignment despatch | |
Pallet Carrier | ||
Mo/Tu/We/Th/Fr/Sa/Su | ||
Day Lead Time | ||
Pallet Lead Time |