FMS Document Journal
Forwarding teams may receive equipment updates for several shipments at once. Entering each update directly on its shipment can be time-consuming, and the information needs to be matched to the correct container and movement before it is applied.
The FMS Document Journal is a staging area for preparing and reviewing these updates in batches. Equipment journals handle equipment information, while Verified Gross Mass (VGM) journals handle the verified total weight of a packed container. The journal lets you match the incoming information to existing documents before processing the changes.
This is an operational journal, not the financial invoicing journal. Entering a journal line does not itself update the forwarding document; review the match and process the line to apply the change.
Configuration and use
- Set up a document journal template of the required type and a batch for the work.
- Open Document Journal Equipment (Fms) or Document Journal Verified Gross Mass (Fms) and select the template and batch.
- Enter the updates, or use Edit in Excel to prepare the journal data.
- Choose Match Lines and review the matched documents. VGM matching uses the equipment identification number and voyage number.
- Use Show Document to check the source and Process Lines to apply the changes.
Review the journal status after processing. Set as Completed marks selected journal lines as completed; do not use it as a substitute for applying changes with Process Lines.