Orchid Freight SmartLink
For Sage 300
Streamline integration between Sage 300 and your freight carriers.
Freight SmartLink integration improves operational shipping efficiency
- Integration with your multi-carrier freight system can remove the need for duplicate data entry of shipping details
- Facilitate self-service order tracking via the carrier’s website
- Automate freight on-charging to customers, ensuring consistent cost recovery
- Record actual freight costs in Sage 300, allowing you to easily reconcile freight carrier invoices
- Record freight charged to customers, allowing for comparison and analysis
- Orchid Extender can facilitate integration with a variety of carrier systems
Key Features
Freight Cost Recovery
- Automatically add freight charges to orders or shipments
- Flexible rules for calculating freight charges
- Freight charge zones can be based on zip code/ship-via code
- Default dimensions per pack size per carrier can be stored to facilitate rapid and accurate data entry
Carrier Integration
- Seamless integration between Sage 300 and selected freight systems is supported by the base product
- Integration with other systems can be facilitated using Orchid Extender
Consignment Creation and Tracking
- Consignments can be created from a single order, shipment, invoice document, or multiple documents
- Uploads consignment note number and actual freight charge to Sage 300
- Upload can either occur on creation of the consignment or on production of the manifest from the carrier system
- Consignment details are automatically emailed to customers upon receipt from the carrier
Reporting, Analysis, etc.
- Analysis report of freight costs per carrier
- Both freight charged to customer and freight charged by carrier are recorded in Sage 300
- Reports can be customized through Crystal Reports
- Option to make customer PO Number mandatory on Sales Order