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Addresses in FMS

Introduction

In addition to the primary addresses stored on Customer and Vendor cards, FMS often requires managing specific locations or parties involved in the logistics chain. The Address Card allows you to register and maintain details for locations and parties such as shippers and consignees, ship-from/ship-to addresses, depots, terminals, or any other relevant site.

The Address Card

To manage addresses:

  1. Choose the Lightbulb that opens the Tell Me feature icon, enter Addresses, and then choose the related link.
  2. Open an existing address card or choose New to create one.

The Address Card contains several FastTabs to store relevant information:

  • General: Basic address details like Name, Address, City, Country/Region Code.

  • Type: Assign one or more types to classify the address and control where it can be selected.

    • Shipper Address: To identifiy the address can be used as a Shipper.
    • Sender address : To identifiy the address can be used as a Ship-from.
    • Consignee Address: To identifiy the address can be used as a Consignee.
    • Ship-to address: To identifiy the address can be used as a Ship-to.
    • Terminal Address: To identifiy the address can be used as a terminal.
    Tip

    When selecting an address on a document (e.g., in the Shipper field on a Shipment), the lookup list may be filtered based on the assigned Address Types.

  • Time Slot: Register opening hours or specific time slots for pickups or deliveries at this address.

  • Contacts: Link Contact persons associated with this specific address/location.

  • Communication: Store general communication details relevant to the address.

  • Attributes: Add custom fields using the Attribute framework if additional address-specific information is needed. Learn more about Attribute Setup.

Creating and Managing Addresses

  • Manual Creation: Use the New action on the Addresses list page.
  • Create from Customer/Vendor: Use the Create as (Address) action on the Customer or Vendor card, as described in Contacts, Customers, and Vendors.
  • Default Addresses: Set up default Shipper, Consignee, etc., addresses per Customer/Vendor via the Cust./Vendor Address Setup action on the respective card.
Note

If financial transactions need to be posted directly against a specific address location (beyond just using it as a pickup/delivery point), that location might also need to be set up as a Customer or Vendor.

See Also

Parties in Forwarding
Contacts, Customers, and Vendors in FMS
Shipments

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