Consignor

Select the “Consignor” activity under the “Logistics Administration” business component.

The “Consignor” page appears.

- Clicking this icon available near certain fields takes you to the help page of the respective field.

To create a new consignor

Click “+Consignor” button in the right hand side corner of the page to refresh and clear the existing data in the fields.
Enter the following header details in the right hand side of the page:

Consignor ID	The unique code or identification number of the consignor. (Alphanumeric, 18). Mandatory.
Consignor Description	The name of the consignor associated with the consignor ID. (Alphanumeric, 150). Mandatory.
Status	Use the drop-down list box to specify the status of the consignor. The combo is loaded with the values as “Active” or “Inactive”. The system displays “Active” by default on the launch of the page. Mandatory.
Currency	Use the drop down list box to select the default currency used by the consignor.
Pay Term	The code or identification number of the pay term. (Alphanumeric, 15). Mandatory.
Reason Code	The code identifying the reason for which the status has to be changed. (Alphanumeric, 20). This field is mandatory if the status is “Inactive”.
Reason Description	On enter of reason code, the system displays the description of the reason.

Note: You can also create a consignor ID if the status of the consignor is “Inactive”.

This page consists of the following tabs:

v General Information

v Operational Hours

v Attribute

Tab – General Information

Address Line 1	The first line address of the consignor. (Alphanumeric, 100). Mandatory
Address Line 2	The second line address of the consignor. (Alphanumeric, 100).
Address Line 3	The third line address of the consignor. (Alphanumeric, 100).
Postal Code	The postal code of the address in which the consignor resides. (Alphanumeric, 10). Mandatory
Subzone	The subzone in which the consignor resides. (Alphanumeric, 40).
City	The city in which the consignor resides. (Alphanumeric, 40). Mandatory
Zone	The zone in which the consignor resides. (Alphanumeric, 40).
State	The state in which the consignor resides. (Alphanumeric, 40). Mandatory
Region	The region in which the consignor resides. (Alphanumeric, 40).
Country	The country in which the consignor resides. (Alphanumeric, 40). Mandatory
Latitude & Longitude	Indicates the latitude and longitude of the location.
Geo Fence Range	The range to set predefined geographic boundaries. Use the drop-down list box to specify the units of geo fence.
Geo Fence Name	The name of the geo fence.
Time Zone	Use the drop-down list box to specify the time zone of the location. The combo is preloaded during implementation.

Contact Person	The name of the person who has to be contacted in that address. (Alphanumeric, 20).
Phone 1	The first phone number of the consignor. (Alphanumeric, 20). Mandatory
Phone 2	The second phone number of the consignor. (Alphanumeric, 20).
Fax	The fax number of the consignor. (Alphanumeric, 20).
Email	The email ID of the consignor. (Alphanumeric, 20). Mandatory
URL	The URL details of the consignor. (Alphanumeric, 20).

Customer ID	The code or identification number of the customer created in the customer master with which this consignor is associated. (Alphanumeric, 18).
Description	The name of the customer. (Alphanumeric, 40).

Tab – Operational Hours

The system displays the following in the “Operating Hours” multiline:

Day

The weekdays are defaulted. Ex. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

From Time

The start time of the period to define the operating hours of the consignor. This field is mandatory if the “To Time” is specified.

Ensure that the “From Time” must be greater than the “To Time’, else the system throws an error message. (Time format)

To Time

The end time of the period to define the operating hours of the consignor. This field is mandatory if the “From Time” is specified. (Time format).

Holidays	The reason for holiday. For example: Independence Day. (Alphanumeric, 255).
Date	The date on which the holiday falls in the year. (Date format).
Day	The day on which the holiday falls in the year.

Tab – Attribute

Attribute Type	Use the drop-down list box to select the attribute type. The combo is loaded with “10 Hours Billing”, “5 Hours Billing”, “Billing Methodology”, “Email”, “Mile Definition”, “Preferred”, “Region”, “Template Route” and Vertical”.
Attribute Applicability	Use the drop-down list box to select the attribute applicability. The combo is loaded with “Alert”, “Execution”, “Financial Dimension”, “Planning” and “Report”.
Attribute Value	Enter the attribute value.

The system saves the consignor ID successfully and the status is updated as “Active”. On save, the system retrieves and displays the day.

The system displays the following:

Created By	The login ID of the user along with the date and time at which the consignor details was created.
Modified By	The login ID of the user along with the date and time at which the consignor details was last modified.

To modify an existing consignor details

From the left section of the consignor masters, select an option from the drop-down list box and enter the keyword for a specific search.
Click “Get” button to retrieve the consignor details in the multiline.

Click help icon near “Search” to search the consignee ID for which you want to display the details in the multiline.

The following details are displayed in the multiline:

Consignor ID	The unique code that identifies the consignor. (Alphanumeric, 10).
Description	The description of the consignor.

Click on any “Consignor ID” Data Hyperlink to display the respective consignor details in the right hand side of the page.

The system displays the corresponding consignor details in the right hand side header and tabs. You can modify the required fields.