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.
Definition of terms
There are a number of terms used on this form which are important for you to understand what they mean
Term | Explanation |
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Pallet | To work out how many pallets, the system uses the CPP field for the product. |
PCases / Physical Cases | This is the number of actual cases on the consignment, a case is a case. Singles are rounded into cases of 12 singles. |
ICases / Invoice Cases | Used for calculation of the delivery charge. Cases are different sizes and for consistent charging the product transport discount / surcharge is used to work out the cost for transporting the case. e.g. Cases of 6 are provided a 50% discount, there 2 physical cases of 6 = 1 invoice case OR Keg of Beer is 5times larger than a case so has a 500% surcharge therefor 1 physical keg = 5 invoice cases |
Field Explanation
Field Name | Use |
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Area Code | A unique code for the delivery area or group of delivery areas. e.g. B for all postcodes beginning B; Area 2; Midlands All postcodes pointing to this area code have a common distribution matrix |
Area Description | A text description of what the area is used for. |
Delivery Category | Delivery Category is used to determine the cut off time for orders for the area. You can specify different times for EDI, VCIS and manual orders along with specific times for customers |
Notes | text field |
Archive | if no longer in use then you can archive the area. |
Delivery Area Options
Field Name | Use |
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Use Pallet Charge Band from | Determines the number of invoice cases ICases / Invoice Cases when this delivery uses either the case delivery charge or the pallet delivery charge. |
Use Pallet Delivery Depot from | Determines the number of invoice cases ICases / Invoice Cases when this delivery uses either the case delivery depot or the pallet delivery depot. |
Half Pallet Discount % | The standard discount from the full tariff when a customer has less than a pallet to send Definition of pallets - see https://visionsoftware.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VDIST/pages/2132901911/Delivery+Area#Pallet |
Quarter Pallet Discount % | The standard discount from the full tariff when a customer has less than a pallet to send Definition of pallets - see https://visionsoftware.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VDIST/pages/2132901911/Delivery+Area#Pallet |
SLA Lead Time | Only used for reporting purposes overall delivery within x days. |
Has Fixed Charging | This field is no longer in use |
Is Collection | This field is no longer in use |
POD Scan Required | Will a delivery to this area require a pod scan or epod to be present. Used in the report for outstanding. |
Delivery Confirmation not required | When the manifest is confirmed as despatched it will automatically be considered as delivered and will not require seperate confirmation. This tends to be used when you are moving goods to/from your own sites where assumption that you will not be loosing items is made. |
Delivery Area Depot fields
Field Name | Use |
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Source Depot | The |
Delivery Depot where the goods are coming from |
Case Band
Case Delivery Depot
Case Carrier
Pallet Band
Pallet Delivery Depot
Pallet Carrier
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Deadlines | Over ride the delivery category standard order deadlines, you can set different order deadlines for Manually entered through VW or through EDI or CIS. You are also able to over ride this further at customer level by entering that other time in the Delivery Category - Specific Customer deadlines.  See Delivery Category for more details about ordering deadlines. |
Charge Band | CASE and PALLET This is the Charge Band - Vision Distribution - Vision Wiki (atlassian.net) used for calculating the charge will use the ICase or the IPallet field |
Delivery Depot | CASE and PALLET You enter the case and pallet which Depot is being used for the consignment despatch |
External Carrier | Optional field for CASE and PALLET If you are using a linked carrier then this is the carrier and we will print the carrier labels along with transmission of data to the carrier using the parcel carrier module Only set this if you are using an external carrier to make the delivery |
Case Mo/Tu/We/Th/Fr/Sa/Su Pallet Mo/Tu/We/Th/Fr/Sa/Su | If deemed to be a case depot delivery, this is the days of the week you normally deliver If deemed to be a pallet depot delivery, this is the days of the week you normally deliver |
Day Lead Time |
CASE and PALLET Used for Pick day calculation, no of days prior to the delivery day when the picking needs to take place. e.g. 1 = pick day before delivery |