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Starship Server Interface for AccountMate
Overview
This fully integrated shipping solution will allow you to process shipments
from within the Ship Sales Orders and/or Create Invoice Screens.
You will be able to create multiple packages and automatically calculate the
weight of each box by using the weight field from the AccountMate Inventory.
In addition, it will accurately calculate the Insurance Value for each package
and will allow you to assign 3rd Party Billing from account numbers stored in
the AccountMate Customer Records, all seamlessly integrated.
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Features
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Package Definition - add items to individual or multiple packages and make changes on the fly, with simple drag and drop operations.
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Starship Interface (Click to enlarge)
Package Definition Screen (Click to enlarge)
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Prints carrier approved Shipping Labels after saving each Invoice or in batches.
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It writes back to the AccountMate Invoice a detail of the shipment including: package weight, value, freight amount, insurance amount, tracking number, etc. This info is maintained on a separate invoice child table for easy access.
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Amend shipments within the Amend Invoice function as long as the shipment has not been closed for the day.
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Build a Cross Reference Table for your shipping carriers to match the Starship available carriers.
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New Package Tracking and Information Screen allows viewing, printing or faxing Invoiced package information from within AccountMate.
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Details
This system allows you to create package definitions on the Ship Sales Order screen and to the Create/Amend Invoice screen. It also supports Auto-Invoice generation, so if this function is used, the boxes will automatically be assigned to their corresponding Invoice.
An additional box has been added in the Customer Maintenance form. This box defines the default for Freight Billing for each individual Customer and the account number to be billed if "Recipient" or "Third Party" is selected. Modification of packages after they are sent to Starship is allowed, as long as the "end of day" has not been processed.
The system provides a setup window for Term and Carrier mapping so existing items in VAM can be mapped to their corresponding items in Starship. For example: If you have set up "UPS" in VAM, you will want to map it to "UPS Ground" in Starship.
Operation
The process to create box definitions is almost the same for both the “Ship Sales Order Screen” and the Create/Ammend Invoice” Screen in order to maintain system and screen consistency:
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Open the Ship Sales Order/Create Invoice screen.
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Shipment Tracking Report (Click to enlarge)
Shipment Tracking Screen (Click to enlarge)
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Enter the quantities to be shipped.
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Open the box definition screen by clicking on the “Define Contents” button in the Starship Interface button set.
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Create the box definitions by creating boxes and assigning items to them.
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Close the definition screen and click the “Send to Starship” button in the Starship Interface button set.
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The information is sent to starship. At this point, the starship interface window will open. All the package information, including carrier and terms will be preloaded onto the form.
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Make any necessary adjustments (if any), and save the shipment. Focus is then returned to AccountMate. All the information generated by starship is returned to VAM and can be seen by opening the package definition screen.
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Save shipment/invoice in AccountMate.
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System Requirements:
Windows 2000 or XP Professional
Starship Server for VAM/AccountMate
AKA Starship Interface
VAM/AccountMate SQL ver 5 and above
VAM Lan 5
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