<AS> = Alternate Shipto: An Alternate Ship To is another location that you want to ship this Order. This will print on the Order in the Ship To section of the Customer’s Invoice. This entry is unique for this Order. The entry may be a valid Customer in “Customer Entry” in ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE (6.1.1) or a Not on File Customer.

If an Alternate Ship To has already been entered for this Order it will be displayed.

NOTE: If there is an Alternate Ship To, an asterisk (*) will be displayed next to the “<AS> = Alternate Shipto” help message when the cursor is at the <ENTER SELECTION> prompt.

If it is an existing Customer from “Customer Entry” in ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE (6.1.1), press <ENTER> and then type a Y and press <ENTER> to accept the Customer. Type in the Customer Number of the Existing Customer, and press <ENTER>. The name and address of the Customer will be displayed.

If a Not On File Alternate Ship To, you will see the letters NOF. Type <NOF> and press <ENTER>.

At NOF, just press <ENTER> to go to the NOF Lookup.

Not on File Ship To’s are stored for each Customer. They are not added to “Customer Entry” in ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE (6.1.1) but simply kept in a file unique for each Customer. To enter in a Not on File Customer, type NOF and press <ENTER>. You must <ENTER> through all four lines. If you have already entered in a NOF Alternate ShipTo, you will be at the Lookup Screen. Type in the Selection Number of the NOF Alternate Ship To and press <ENTER>. –OR- Press the <\> key and press <ENTER> to enter a new NOF Alternate Ship To or to view/edit existing NOF address for this Order.

Simply type over existing NOF Alternate Ship To change. The changed NOF Alternate Ship To will create a new item, and not Delete the old item. You must <ENTER> through all four lines to accept the item.

To Delete an Existing NOF Ship To in a list: Select the NOF Ship To that you wish to Delete from the Lookup list by entering the Selection Number and pressing <ENTER>. Press the <CTRL> key and the <C> key at the same time and then press <ENTER>. Continue until all lines are cleared. You will be prompter with the following message:  Delete address from NOF List? To Delete type a Y and press <ENTER>.

If you chose not to Delete but have cleared all lines, the NOF will be removed from that Order only but remain on the list. You will now be back at the lookup list.

You may have a mandatory Alternate Ship To prompt appear whenever you place an Order for a particular Customer. The Alternate Ship To prompt will automatically be displayed when the cursor first goes to the “Enter Selection” prompt. This feature is set up in “Customer Entry” in ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE (6.1.1 field 45).