You may Force a Minimum Freight charge in "POS Order Entry" when the order is finalized if freight has not already been charged or waived. This function will occur if either of the force freight flags are set to <Y> in “Customer Ship Via Entry” in ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE (6.1.9.1) and the order value does not meet the Minimum Price to Force Freight value. The “Customer Ship Via Entry” includes the following: Force Freight and Force Freight on Haz Mat flags, Freight Charge per unit weight, Freight Surcharge per unit weight and Minimum Price to Force Freight values. If no flags or minimums have been set for a Customer Ship Via, then no minimum freight charges will be computed.

The Add Freight and Discount option, <A>, will pre-calculate the freight and freight surcharge values when the order is finalized. This will occur if either Force Freight or Force Freight on Haz Mat flags are set to <Y> and the minimum order value for the Customer Ship Via are not met, or the freight charge is not already present or the freight charge was not previously waived.

The total extended price is calculated on all items that have not been excluded from the minimum freight value calculation by either the Manufacturers Exclude From Minimum Force Frt Flag or the individual Part Excl Minimum Force Frt Flag being set to <Y>. This total extended price is compared to the Minimum Price to Force Freight from the Customer Ship Via record.

The Freight and Freight Surcharge values are calculated for all parts that were sold on the entire order regardless of the Flags. The calculation is:

(quantity shipped * part weight) * freight charge per unit weight

(quantity shipped * part weight) * freight surcharge per unit weight

The two resulting values are then totaled and displayed on the screen; the surcharge value is displayed separately.

The salesperson will then have the option to accept the pre-calculated freight charge, enter a different freight charge value or waive the freight charge entirely. If a lower freight value is entered by the salesperson, they must then enter their salesperson code, a valid reason code and, a freeform reason. If the freight value is cleared with <CTRL><C>, the program will recalculate the freight and surcharge values. If an override has been entered, the requested entry fields as well as the date, time and user logon values will be stored in the order record for reporting in the "Freight Charge Override Tracking Report" (1.7.12).

When using a Customer Ship Via code that utilizes the Force Freight option, the program will require an override for finalizing DIs, and COs (if the option for Posting Consignments is turned on in “POS Defaults and Comments” in SYSTEM MANAGEMENT (10.2.6.2 field 46 page 3). Freight will be displayed in Point of Sale with the "down counting ticker" for the following order types: DI, CO, QU, and SP. It displays the Freight Min, the minimum amount left or an "h" for Haz Mat, the freight amount and an "s" if there is a surcharge in effect.