This guide explains the different types of shipments and how to enter a new shipment from the shipping log. It is intended for general users.
Shipment Types
Shipment types are referred to differently, based on whether they're related to purchase orders to vendors or sales/production/service orders for customers:
- Purchase Orders
- Incoming — Logs items coming in from your vendors
- Outgoing Return — Logs items you are returning to your vendors
- Orders
- Outgoing — Logs items going out to your customers
- Incoming Return — Logs item your customers are returning to you
Generating a Shipment
aACE can generate shipments automatically if your system administrator has configured your system preferences accordingly. You can also manually create shipments from the Shipping tab of the POs module or the Orders module. From the PO or order detail view, navigate to Management > Shipping & Receiving. Then click the Actions icon (
) or the Shipment section Add icon (
or 
) to create a shipment record.
Note: You can manually create shipments from the Shipping Log module. However, generating a shipment from this module creates a record with no link to existing POs or sales / production / service orders (e.g. unit and total price are not auto-populated). This can cause difficulties when aACE validates the new record.
Marking a Shipment as Shipped
After outgoing LICs have been picked, packed, and handed off to the carrier, your team members can mark the Pending shipment as Shipped. In the header bar of the shipment record, click Actions > Ship.
