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2 Client Related Rates

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

 

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IC.23: Activity Reports by Lot Seq.

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits On occasion, you wish to see all the transactions (Shipments, Receipts, Adjustments, Open Orders, In-Transit Receipts) that have occurred during the month for each Product (or Lot, if applicable). This program produce

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IC.18: Product Status Report

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits This report provides summary information concerning the status of a product so you may quickly determine (amongst other things) the on-hand, and available quantity of stock without the need to view extraneous details;

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IP.92: Daily Sales - Report

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Business Benefits Periodically, a report may be required to show a summary of sales and tonnage activity for a specific date range. This program allows you to print this information as required, providing a management snapshot of the state of the business, by printing the totals for tonnage and revenue for the requested period. Note: For related doc

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3 Radio Frequency Receiving

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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MR.32: Revenue - Unbilled and Billed

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Business Benefits For Cash Flow purposes, you may wish to determine the Revenue that has been generated and those items that are forthcoming (Recurring Charges, etc.) but are as yet unbilled. This program produces such a report of Billed and unbilled Revenue. Note: For related documentation and workflows, see  MR - Management Reporting. Usage Use th

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TU.01: Display Turns

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note: You can click the button (or press F5) to invoke specific field help from within the job panel. Business Benefits Turns are normally monitored to determine if a Client's rate is accurate, and if the Client's stock is moving as quoted. When monitoring Turns, you may wish to review the statistics for particular Clients, Products, Sales Groups, e

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IP.31: Recurring Storage - Generate

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Periodically (e.g., once a week or once a month) you may wish to automatically generate Recurring Storage Charges for all your Customers, based on information that is stored in the system. This program generates the i

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IC.25: Lot Balances by Lot Number

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Occasionally you may wish to have a report of the balances of a particular Lot (eg. in response to an inquiry from a Client). This program produces such a report for your review. Note: For related documentation and wo

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IP.90: Register - Shipments

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits With a variety of activities going on and numerous transactions being processed during the day, it is critical that you produce an Invoice Register that reflects what happened. This program prints this information for

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FZ.90: Annual Report Date Setup

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note: You can click the  button (or press F5) to invoke specific field help from within the job panel. Business Benefits Since the Annual Report is not necessarily based on a Calendar year (January 1st to December 31st) you may specify the Beginning/Ending Date ranges for the Report. Note: For related documentation and workflows, see FZ - Foreign Tr

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Conveyance Contents

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Conveyances and their contents. This query-based action grid retrieves details about the products contained in each conveyance that is stored in the warehouse. Records displayed in this action grid are usually invoked automatically as a hyperlink (drill-down) from a record selected in the Product Balances action grid. However, you can also use the Q

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5 Radio Frequency Queries

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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Liquor Control Set Ups 1

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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4 Radio Frequency Picking & Shipping

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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Conveyance Activity

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Conveyance information associated with products that are currently available in the warehouse. This query-based action grid retrieves further information on conveyances; e.g., details on status, quantities, and other client-specific data (see Extensible Data). Records displayed in this action grid are usually invoked automatically as a hyperlink (dr

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MR.43: Budget Worksheets

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Besides regular Orders, you may have a variety of different types of Orders (or events) that you wish to track and compare to Budget. This program allows you to print these Revenue types, with unique Budgets for each

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Inbounds Menu

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Workflow diagrams are fully integrated within ViewPoint Logistics. Operators who open e-Z Learn from within an active VL session will be able to click on the diagram to invoke the associated job. (You must be logged into ViewPoint Logistics and you must have menu access to the sub-system in the diagram.)

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1. Inbounds Set Ups

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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WP.47: Lot Set Change Definition

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits In the Logistic industry, Lot Set identification for an existing product is subjected to customer or manufacture requirements which may change from time to time. Lotting Data Set Assignment are attached in WP.46 [Lott

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Unit IDs List

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

List of Unit IDs that are currently active in the warehouse. This query-based action grid retrieves product information based on unit IDs (if stock is organized into units, serial numbers, etc.). Records displayed in this action grid are usually invoked automatically as a hyperlink (drill-down) from a record selected in the Product Balances action g

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HM.25: OSHA Only C.A.S. Numbers

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits OSHA C.A.S. numbers are required by the system whenever a United Nations (UN) number is not available. This program allows you to maintain a valid list of technical descriptions. In order to save entering a large amou

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LI.76: Print Client Product Labels

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Occassionaly a product label's text or barcode may become damaged or un-readable. In this event you may request the generation of a replacement label to identify the stock more readily and easily through-out the suppl

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RE.02: Outstanding Appointments-Print

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Most Warehouses book delivery appointments for inbound and outbound traffic. This program allows you to print outstanding Appointments from the on-line Appointments Log, for a particular Warehouse and specific date(s)

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TU - Stock Turnover

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

TU applications are used in the Warehouse Management System for the setup and operation of procedures for monitoring inventory turnover to determine if a client's rate is accurate and if the client's stock is moving as quoted. Note: For an explanation of how Turns are calculated in ViewPoint Logistics see Turns Calculation Formula.       To walk thr

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Order Entry Introduction

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

OE applications are used in the Warehouse Management System for entering and maintaining customer orders.  For further information on how order entry processes are handled under ViewPoint Logistics, see Order Entry Overview. Core Applications Click on the following links for documentation on each of the OE applications (based on their job codes). Ou

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2 Sales Enhanced Management Reporting

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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OE.85: Open Master Document Report

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits If you wish to determine which/how many Master Bills of Lading are in the system, you may print a report. This program allows you to print this report, showing the open Bills of Lading in the computer. Note: For relat

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Inbounds WIP (Work in Process)

Published August 21st, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Advance Shipment Notifications (in-transits of stock that has not arrived and is not part of inventory) and Receipts (stock received into Inventory). This preloaded action grid shows inbound records that are currently in process. Each record displays either a single ASN or receipt, which includes hyperlinks to associated stock, unit, and conveyance

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Recurring Summary

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Invoices Recurring Summary Action Grid Summary information for invoices that have been generated for recurring charges. This preloaded action grid lists the basic header information of invoices that have been generated for recurring charges; i.e., storage charges that have been established for subsequent periods after the initial storage and handlin

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HM.70: Sara Title III Report

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits The imported SARA Title III file has information identifying which materials must be reported, how much Weight you must store before having to report, etc. (all the rules required for program HM.70 [Sara Title III Rep

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2 Locations Space Management

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

3. Locations Space Management (Set-Ups)

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XML Control HighView

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

The XML Control HighView provides the means to see a list of generated XML Files, combine different XML files into a single transmission, transmit the combined files, and monitor the status of what has been transmitted or may be pending transmission. The following Action Grids provide various information and functionality associated with files that

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OE.83: Master BOL Document

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Rather than process and then ship each Order individually, it may be advantageous to consolidate a number of Orders, to make your shipping operation more efficient (ie. load several Orders on the same truck). This pro

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IC.11: Life-to-Date Expired Lots Rept

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Periodically you may have Lots in the system which have become inactive or expired. When you are ready to delete them from the system, it is important to have a printed record of which Lots have expired. This program

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RE.22: Receipts - Print

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits In order to maintain control over procedures being carried out in the Warehouse, it is important to have audit reports that show what transactions have occurred. This program provides an audit (verification of input)

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LI.82: MH10 - Client Ranges

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Clients may request that you use a specific serial number start/end range to identify their shipped stock that "bears" a Serialized Shipping Container Code (SSCC) label. It is also possible that they may require a uni

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1. Pallet Control Set Ups

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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1 Assembly/Disassembly 1 Set Ups

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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IC.03: Activity Reports - On Request

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits On occasion, you wish to see all the transactions (Shipments, Receipts, Adjustments, Open Orders, In-Transit Receipts) that have occurred during the month for each Product (or Lot, if applicable). This program produce

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MR.53: Order Monitoring Report

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits With Orders coming into the system at various times during the day, week, and month, it may be important to monitor the Orders in process for particular Clients, to ensure that the activity is meeting your expectation

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6. Outbounds Purging

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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IP - Invoice Processing

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

IC applications are used in the Warehouse Management System to provide the means for entering and accumulating charges for a client and printing invoices. They are also used to generate and print invoices for recurring storage charges, ancillary charges, and specially set-up charges for specific clients, date ranges, or charge types. Cyclical Charge

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1 Locations Passive Put Away

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

1. Locations Passive Put Away (Set-Ups)

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3 Client Related Billing Profiles

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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FZ.95: FTZ Stock Rotation Group

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note: You can click the  button (or press F5) to invoke specific field help from within the job panel. Business Benefits In addition to performing automatic stock rotation (i.e. shipping the oldest stock first) the Foreign Trade Zone system may also be defined to select stock in a hierarchical Zone Status seqeunce for each Order type. Example: An FT

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What is a Foreign Trade Zone?

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

In the U.S., a foreign trade zone is a site where foreign and domestic goods are held until they ready to be released into international commerce. FTZ designation includes several benefits: Foreign goods admitted to an FTZ are not subject to duties and excise taxes Payment of duties are deferred until goods enter into commerce of the U.S. Goods may

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3. Outbound Pick and Ship Non RF

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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2 Label Interface Processes 1

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

 

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HM.01: Product Code Setup

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits The Hazardous Materials system satisfies basic shipping and material handling requirements, providing a legal shipping document. Before Hazardous Materials can be processed in the Warehouse, the necessary Hazardous in

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CR.13: Conveyance ID Validation

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Business Benefits If multiple barcode labels are attached to stock then a user may inadvertently scan the wrong information (e.g., a product code) for the Conveyance ID. Unless there is some type of validation then the system may accept an incorrect value. This job allows a user to specify a prefix for a Client's Conveyance/Reference IDs. The system

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MR.21: Month-to-Date Sales Inquiry

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Throughout any given month, the amount of Sales activity varies from day to day and week to week. It may be necessary to review the month-to-date results in summary rather than produce a complete (and detailed) Sales

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OE.91: Batch Commit Orders

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Though individual Orders may be committed for Shipment in program OE.01 [Enter Orders (Shipping)] (the Deferred Orders option) or OE.20 [Confirm or Modify Shipments], you may instead wish to commit a series of Orders

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OE.08: Identify Labels for Reprint

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Once an Order is in the system, it is essential that the processing of that Order start as quickly as possible. The first part of that process is typically the printing of Shipping Documents and Labels so that the Ord

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FZ.91: Maintain Opening Balance Value

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note: You can click the button (or press F5) to invoke specific field help from within the job panel. Business Benefits Since not all operations will commence using the FZ system at the beginning of their reporting period this Job allows the entry of the current/opening balance values for Domestic and Foreign Statuses. Note: For related documentatio

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HM.97: SARA Rprt Facility Information

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits The SARA Title III information identifies which materials must be reported, how much Weight you must store before having to report, etc. (all the rules required for program HM.70 [Sara Title III Report]). This program

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CR.15: Client-Specific Data

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Business Benefits If you need to have any additional information in the Order and/or Receipt Header or about Lots (e.g., production run, miscellaneous text, color, etc.) you may wish to define these attributes and use them when receiving and/or shipping goods, and to search for relevant information set up in the client-defined data. This program all

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WP.44: Lotting Data Sets

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits For entry and/or reporting purposes, perhaps you wish to subdivide your Lot code into components. For example, the first part may be a Receipt date, the second part a Manufacturer's code, the third part a distinguishi

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MR.88: Adjust Sales

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Before you start to use the Sales Analysis system, you may wish to enter the historical Sales statistics into the system, so that you may have meaningful reports immediately. When the Sales Analysis system is operatio

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IP.13: Access'l Chg/Credit -Immediate

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits On any given day, there may be some Accessorial Charges and/or Credit Notes that need to be generated immediately (ie. they cannot wait for the normal week-end or month-end Invoicing. The details of these Charges/Cred

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Inventory Turns

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Workflow diagrams are fully integrated within ViewPoint Logistics. Operators who open e-Z Learn from within an active VL session will be able to click on the diagram to invoke the associated job. (You must be logged into ViewPoint Logistics and you must have menu access to the sub-system in the diagram.)  

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Daily Tonnage

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Daily Tonnage Action Grid Daily tonnage for Inbound, Outbound, and combined activities. This preloaded action grid reports the total quantities and weight of goods (orders and receipts) being handled by the 3PL service provider on a daily basis. Summary information for this action grid is set up in WP.92 [Invoicing Profiles] and generated via IP.33 

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MR.92: Warehouse/Sub-division Setup

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Management staff (e.g. Regional Managers, Warehouse Managers) will undoubtedly wish to monitor Revenues and Profitability of Warehouses that reside within the same Sub-Division (Campus, City, Region, etc.). This Job a

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OE.92: Deferred Orders - Audit

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Deferred Orders may be entered into the system at any time throughout the day by various people. In order to control these Orders, it is important to know what they are and the associated details. This program produce

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TU.99: System Start-Up

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note: You can click the button (or press F5) to invoke specific field help from within the job panel. Business Benefits Before starting-up the Turns Calculation system, there are various files and a parameter that must be defined so that the system can function properly. This program allows you to define the first Period-ending date and automaticall

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OE.03: Print Shipping Documents

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Once an Order is in the system, it is essential that the processing of that Order start as quickly as possible. The first part of that process is typically the production of Shipping Documents so that the Order can be

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1 Inventory Count

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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IP.33: Shipment Register - Generate

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits With a variety of activities going on and numerous transactions being processed during the day, it is critical that you produce an Invoice Register that reflects what happened. This information is generated by this pr

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OE.07: Print Shipping Labels

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Once an Order is ready for shipment, it may be necessary to print Labels for that Order. This program prints these Labels for Clients and Products designated as requiring Labels. Usage Use this job to print Shipping L

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HF.05: Receipt

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Once a Receipt has been archived, you may re- display the details as required, and print a copy of it if necessary. This program allows you to do this, selecting Receipts in a variety of different ways (by Order numbe

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IC.16: Products / Rates Report

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Periodically, you may want a printout of Client Rates in the computer To review the information you have, or To provide to someone who may not have access to a screen When you need the information in a location where

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5. Outbounds Queries and Reports

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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LC - Liquor Control

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

LC applications are used in the Warehouse Management System for monitoring and performing tasks related to the receiving, storage and distribution of (government-regulated) alcohol inventory. 3PL warehouse operations that receive and ship alcohol products are required by the government to report on the status of these products. Government agencies i

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MR.42: Enter Next Year's Budgets

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the   button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Besides regular Orders, you may have a variety of different types of Orders (or events) that you wish to track and compare to Budget. This program allows you to identify these Revenue types, with unique Budgets for

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MR.99: Track Revenue-Activity Setup

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits The automatic collection of Enhanced Management Reporting data is activated by this Job. Note: For related documentation and workflows, see  MR - Management Reporting. Usage Activating the Tracking of Enhanced Managem

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MR.97: LOB Grouping Definition

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits A Line of Business (LOB) is a user-defined group that identifies Revenues earned by providing specific services for stock with specific attributes. Services and Stock belonging to a LOB are identified by transaction t

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TU.50: Generate Turns Calculation

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note: You can click the button (or press F5) to invoke specific field help from within the job panel. Business Benefits At the end of each month/Period, you may wish to review the most recent Turns figures. This program allows you to generate these statistics based on the activity during the (just closed) month, and the statistics from the previous

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4. Inbound Processes Continued

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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WMS Invoicing HighView

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

The Invoicing HighView contains action grids for viewing and monitoring invoices for various types of warehouse services. This includes hyperlinks/drill-downs from summary to more detailed information as well as PDF copies of the printed invoices (when available). The following Action Grids are used to view and monitor invoices covering various type

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WMS Inventory HighView

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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Daily Sales

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Daily Sales Action Grid Sales activity for each day in summary form. This preloaded action grid reports daily sales figures showing revenue, number of receipts, number of cases, etc. Summary information is setup in WP.92 [Invoicing Profiles] and generated via IP.33 [Shipment Register - Generate]. Using standard Action Grid Functionality, the data ma

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HF.99: Setup Program

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Before starting up the History Files subsystem, there are various parameters that must be defined so that the system can function properly. These parameters relate to a variety of history files that you may (or may no

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1 Foreign Trade Zone Set Ups

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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HM.23: Labels

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits The setup of Hazardous Materials includes the maintenance of Labels. These Labels conform to standard regulatory definitions for Hazardous Products. Note: For related documentation and workflows, see HM - Hazardous Ma

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Warehouse Management - Administration

Published August 21st, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

If the Administration  Menu Chain is selected, ViewPoint Logistics will display menus for configuring and maintaining system components; i.e., setup parameters, master tables, purging routines, job streams and other administrative tasks. Each menu item provides access to a set of jobs related to the sub-system selected. Note that some operators may

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IC.48: Aged Lots Report

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits For Products with a Date (Lot Component *LED* or *LAG*) characteristic, you may wish to produce one of two reports: 1) to see the age of Products, based on the manufacturer date; or 2) to see which Products are nearin

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2 Foreign Trade Zone Receiving

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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IC.04: Activity Reports - Period-End

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits At the end of a month/Period, you will want to see all the transactions (Shipments, Receipts, Adjustments, In-Transit Receipts) that have occurred during the month for each Product (or Lot, if applicable). Note: For r

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IP.29: Preview Batches -Delete Unused

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Periodically you will want to delete old unfinished Batches. This program will perform this function for you when required. Note: For related documentation and workflows, see IP - Invoice Processing. Usage Use this jo

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6 Radio Frequency Others

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

 

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1. VL Menu Administration

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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MR.50: Distribution Analysis Report

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits In many cases, a Client may be sending his Products to a variety of Customers. Periodically, it may be important to know where (and in what quantities) these Products are being shipped for each Client. This program pr

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RE.04: Appointment Activity Report

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits It may be necessary to print a report that will list all appointments entered that are at a specific stage (not yet arrived, etc.). This program produces such a report. Note: For related documentation and workflows, s

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MR.06: Warehouse Volume Analysis

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits In managing one or more Warehouses, it is important to monitor periodically the volumes that are being processed in each (Receipts, Shipments, Adjustments). This program summarizes the activities by Warehouse, showing

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MR.71: Sales Activities Inquiry

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Various Management staff will undoubtedly require the ability to view Enhanced Management Reporting data at different levels of detail. For example, a CEO might view Revenues for the entire Company while a Division Ma

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Inbound Invoices Details

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Inbound Invoices Details Action Grid Detailed information about specific invoices that have been generated for incoming receipts. This query-based action grid will retrieve detailed information of invoices that have been generated for various receiving charges; i.e., charges that have been established for the initial storage and handling of goods co

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3 Locations Verified Passive Put Away

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

4. Locations Verified Passive Put Away (Set-Ups)

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Monthly Sales

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Monthly Sales Action Grid Monthly sales figures for multiple clients. This preloaded action grid lists monthly sales figures by client, revenue type, warehouse, year, and month. Revenue codes are set up in WP.31 [Revenue Analysis Codes] or CR.36 [Revenue Analysis Codes]. Using standard Action Grid Functionality, the data may be sorted, filtered, and

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MR.91: Sub-division Set Up

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits A Sub-Division (also known as a "Campus") is used to identify a group of Warehouses (that are typically in close proximity to each other) for Revenue query/reporting purposes for interested/responsible Management staf

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AS.79: Assembly Definition

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits The components that make up an Assembly/Kit must be defined. This could also include billing and inventory adjustments. This program allows you to set up the Assembly/ Kit, with its related components and other inform

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HF.04: Shipped Order

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Once a shipped Order has been archived, you may re-display the details as required, and print a copy of it if necessary. This program allows you to do this, selecting shipped Orders in a variety of different ways (by

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6 Client Related Lots

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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OE - Order Entry > OE.01: Enter Orders (Shipping)

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits As Orders are received from your Customers, it is essential that they be recorded as soon as possible so that the processing of the Orders can begin. This program allows you to do so. Because the system interfaces wit

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WP - Warehousing Profiles

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

WP applications are used in the VL Warehouse Management System to define warehouses, default warehousing rules, and client-related attributes. Some of the tasks performed under warehousing profiles include: Setting up each warehouse that is to be handled by the system, Establishing default values for Client and Inventory file building (e.g., Charge

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MR.40: Enter Current Year Budgets

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Besides regular Orders, you may have a variety of different types of Orders (or events) that you wish to track and compare to Budget. This program allows you to identify these Revenue types, with unique Budgets for ea

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OE.21: Enter Shipped Orders

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Though the preferred procedure is to enter Orders in program OE.01 [Enter Orders (Shipping)] and confirm the Shipment of goods in program OE.20 [Confirm or Modify Shipments] or OE.06 [Pick Confirmation], there may be

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Liquor Control Menu

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

WMS Liquor Control Sub-System Workflow diagrams are fully integrated within ViewPoint Logistics. Operators who open e-Z Learn from within an active VL session will be able to click on the diagram to invoke the associated job. (You must be logged into ViewPoint Logistics and you must have menu access to the sub-system in the diagram.)    

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WMS Sales HighView

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

The WMS Sales HighView provides daily and monthly snapshots of the state of the business from the management/sales perspective. Note: The items that are visible in VL will depend on your operator profile (Login ID); i.e., your system permissions may not allow access to certain applications and/or data. Contact your company's system administrator if

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Inbound Invoices Summary

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Inbound Invoices Summary Action Grid Summary information for invoices that have been generated for incoming receipts. This preloaded action grid lists the basic header information of invoices that have been generated for various receiving charges; i.e., charges that have been established for the initial storage and handling of goods coming into the

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2 Inventory Count

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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CR.57: Hold Codes-copy-579

Published September 12th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits In managing your inventory, you may wish to identify certain categories of stock that is on Hold. Within these categories, you may wish to further define stock status (e.g., damaged by Carrier, damaged by Customer, da

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OE.82: Master Pick Document - Print

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Once a Master Pick Document has been defined, the Document needs to be printed for the Warehouse to be used in picking. This program produces this Document. Note: For related documentation and workflows, see OE - Orde

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MR.13: Client Analysis Report

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits In managing one or more Warehouses, it is important to monitor periodically the volumes that are being processed in each (ie. Receipts, Shipments, Adjustments). This program summarizes the activities by Client and/or

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IP.14: Cyclical Charges - Enter

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits There are some Charges that occur on a regular/ cyclical basis. For each cycle the amount of the Charge is the same; e.g., monthly rent. Rather than enter the details of these Charges each time they are due, it would

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1 Client Related Names

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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IP.12: Access'l Chg/Credit-Accumulate

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits During the week/month, there are various Accessorial Charges and/or Credit Notes that occur. The details of these Charges/Credit Notes need to be identified, so that the computer can generate the corresponding Invoice

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Inventory Adjustments

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

WMS Inventory Adjustments The WMS Inventory Adjustments sub system represents a collection of tools used for setting up, creating, and monitoring adjustments to various types of warehouse entities and activities. Administration Hover and click on each of the menu items below for documentation on the associated job/activity: Configuration Inventory A

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OE.20: Confirm or Modify Shipments

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits The Orders that have been entered into the system (in program OE.01 [Enter Orders (Shipping)]), must eventually be processed for Shipment. This program allows you to confirm those Orders, or make adjustments to them p

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Welcome

Published August 11th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

MyLogistics extends the power of HighViews and Action Grids to the 3PL Client (Trading Partner) so they can review their own stock levels, track inbound and outbound orders, and generate reports. Plus, they can access the same analytic tools to optimize inventories, reduce costs, and satisfy their own customer objectives. Refer to the MyLogistics to

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OE.11: Release Orders On-Hold

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the  button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Individual Clients can have their Hold status removed in Field 14 of program CR.06 [Client Names and Addresses]. However, any Orders that were entered for these Clients just before the Client was put on Hold are kept

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OE.28: Modify Shipments

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Orders that have been entered into the system (in program OE.01 [Enter Orders (Shipping)]), may need to be modified prior to shipment. This program differs from OE.20 since it allows you to perform these tasks: withou

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IP.21: Recurring Storage -Gen.Preview

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Periodically (e.g., once a week or once a month) you may wish to automatically generate Recurring Storage Charges for all your Clients, based on information that is stored in the system. On a preview basis, this progr

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1 Label Interface Set Ups

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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Unit Activity

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Unit information associated with products that are currently available in the warehouse. This query-based action grid retrieves further information on units (if stock is organized into units, serial numbers, etc.) ; e.g., details on how unit balances are derived and client-specific data (see Extensible Data). Records displayed in this action grid ar

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OE.84: Master BOL Document - Print

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Once a Master Bill of Lading has been defined, it can be printed in this program. Note: For related documentation and workflows, see OE - Order Entry. Usage Use this job to send Master Bills of Lading to the printer.

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IP.91: Register - G/L by Invoice No.

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Sometimes it is required that you determine how a specific Invoice affects the General Ledger accounts. This program gives you this capability, enabling you to retain this information for up to 99 Work Registers. Note

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IC.31: Product Transaction Analysis

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits On occasion, you may wish to see the total of all the transactions (Shipments, Receipts, etc.) that have occurred during the month for each Product. This program produces a report that shows you a summary of this info

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HM.27: Container Types

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits To prepare the U.S. SARA Title III Tier II report 49CFR370.41 requires that the Storage codes be properly listed. This program allows input of those codes. This program should only be used if you are using SARA Title

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MR.52: Product NMFC by Client

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Most (if not all) of your Products may have a National Motor Freight Code (NMFC) associated with them. With the volume of Products that you may have in your Warehouse(s), it may be useful periodically to have an up-to

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MR.57: Unearned Outbound Handling

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits For Cash Flow purposes, you may wish to determine the Revenue that will be generated through Future Handling Charges. This program produces such a report of Future Handling Revenue. Note: For related documentation and

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2 Assembly/Disassembly 2 Processes

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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IC - Inventory Control

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

IC applications are used in the Warehouse Management System to monitor each customer’s inventory with screen inquiries, a range of inventory reports, and direct inventory adjustments (logged in an audit trail). For a list of the terms associated with client related and other applications in the Warehouse Management System, see Warehouse Terminology.

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OE.93: Committed Orders Report

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Individual Orders may be committed for Shipment or a series of Orders may be committed at once in program OE.91 [Batch Commit Orders]. Periodically, it is important to know which Orders have been committed, so that yo

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PC.89: Account Parameters Report

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits The Pallet Control system draws its information from a data base of Client information (name, address, etc.). This program allows you to print the information from this file of Accounts. Note: For related documentatio

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HM.99: System Defaults

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Prior to beginning the setup of the Hazardous Materials system, some key overall definitions need to be made.These must be performed in this program. Note: For related documentation and workflows, see HM - Hazardous M

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4. Outbounds Pick & Ship

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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Accessorial Details

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Invoices Accessorial Details Action Grid Detailed information about specific invoices that have been generated for accessorial charge s. This query-based action grid will retrieve detailed information of invoices that have been generated for accessorials; i.e., various charges that would not be contained by a warehouse receipt or recurring charge. T

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Assembly/Disassembly Menu

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Workflow diagrams are fully integrated within ViewPoint Logistics. Operators who open e-Z Learn from within an active VL session will be able to click on the diagram to invoke the associated job. (You must be logged into ViewPoint Logistics and you must have menu access to the sub-system in the diagram.)  

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Recurring Details

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Invoices Recurring Details Action Grid Detailed information about specific invoices that have been generated for recurring charges. This query-based action grid will retrieve detailed information of invoices that have been generated for recurring charges; i.e., storage charges that have been established for subsequent periods after the initial stora

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OE.94: Deferred Orders - Report

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Individual Orders may be entered for Deferred Shipment in program OE.01 [Enter Orders (Shipping)]. Periodically, it is important to know which Deferred Orders that are awaiting stock may now be filled, so that you can

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OE.95: Client Fill Report

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits The basic function of the report is to compile a list of deferred orders by Date To Ship. The order demand on a product by product basis is calculated and compared to the available inventory in that product and any al

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PC.01: Enter Pallet Adj/Shp/Rct

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits With Pallets coming into (and going out of) the Warehouse on a regular basis, it is important to record the arrival (and shipment) of Pallets, in order to monitor the status of your (Clients') Pallets. This program al

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IC.30: Product Summary Activity

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits On occasion, you may wish to see the total of all the transactions (Shipments, Receipts, Adjustments, Open Orders, In-Transit Receipts) that have occurred during the month for each Product (or Lot, if applicable). Thi

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PC.20: Activity Report

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits With a variety of Pallets that you may have in your operation, it is important to keep track of the movement/activity of each kind. This program allows you to produce a report that shows you this information, from whi

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1. Outbounds Set Ups

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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3 Inbounds Processes

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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Product Balances

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Quantities and other details associated with all products that are currently available in the warehouse. This preloaded action grid shows details about the products (description, location, quantities, etc.) that are currently in stock. Product records may be invoked as a hyperlink (drill-down) from records in some Inbounds/Outbounds action grids. Ea

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Inbound Stock

Published August 21st, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Product information for stock being received into the warehouse. The Inbound Stock action grid provides details about the products (description, location, quantities, etc.) specified in an incoming transaction. Inbound stock records are usually invoked as a hyperlink (drill-down) from records in the Inbounds - WIP action grid. However, you can also

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Warehouse Profiles Set Ups 2

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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Lot Balances

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Lot balances for products that are currently available in the warehouse. This query-based action grid will retrieve current lots (for a selected product) showing balances of products within each lot. Records displayed in this action grid are usually invoked automatically as a hyperlink (drill-down) from a record selected in the Product Balances acti

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3. Pallet Control Queries and Reports

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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Radio Frequency Menu

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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WMS Outbounds HighView

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

The WMS Outbounds HighView contains action grids for tracking and reporting on orders that are shipping out of the warehouse. Includes drilldown links for order details by Stock, Conveyance, and Unit ID. Note: The items that are visible in VL will depend on your operator profile (Login ID); i.e., your system permissions may not allow access to certa

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3 Sales Queries and Reports

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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AS.04: Disassembly Work Order - Print

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the   button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits You will occasionally wish to print some or all of your Disassembly Work Orders, for review or to distribute to Warehouse staff. This program allows you to print the details of Disassembly Work Orders. Note: For rel

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Pallet Control Menu

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Workflow diagrams are fully integrated within ViewPoint Logistics. Operators who open e-Z Learn from within an active VL session will be able to click on the diagram to invoke the associated job. (You must be logged into ViewPoint Logistics and you must have menu access to the sub-system in the diagram.)  

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Outbound Stock

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Product information for stock shipping from the warehouse. The Outbound Stock action grid provides details about the products (description, location, quantities, etc.) specified in an outgoing order. These stock records are usually invoked as a hyperlink (drill-down) from records in the Outbounds - WIP action grid. However, you can also use the Quer

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PC.22: Pallet Exception Report

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits With the number of Pallets that you may have in your operation, you may periodically need to see a list of the Pallet exceptions. This program allows you to produce a report that shows you these exceptions. Note: For

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Conveyances

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

WMS Conveyances Workflow diagrams are fully integrated within ViewPoint Logistics. Operators who open e-Z Learn from within an active VL session will be able to click on the diagram to invoke the associated job. (You must be logged into ViewPoint Logistics and you must have menu access to the sub-system in the diagram.)    

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Accessorial Summary

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Invoices Accessorial Summary Action Grid Summary information for invoices that have been generated for accessorial charges . This preloaded action grid lists the basic header information of invoices that have been generated for accessorials; i.e., various charges that would not be contained by a warehouse receipt or recurring charge. Using standard 

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PC.30: Month-End Report and Clearing

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits At the end of a fiscal month/Period, you will want to close off the activity for that Period, so that you can produce Financial Statements. This program allows you to close the Pallet Control system, so that you can s

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PC.50: Account Code Listing

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits It is necessary to get a listing of pallet balances based on the pallet types. This report gives you such a listing. Note: For related documentation and workflows, see PC - Pallet Control. Usage This report gives a li

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4 Locations Active Directed Put Away

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

5. Locations Active Put Away (Set-Ups)  

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Outbounds Menu

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Workflow diagrams are fully integrated within ViewPoint Logistics. Operators who open e-Z Learn from within an active VL session will be able to click on the diagram to invoke the associated job. (You must be logged into ViewPoint Logistics and you must have menu access to the sub-system in the diagram.)  

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Combined XML

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

List of Combined XML files. The XML files action grid provides details about each combined file (file name, date/time created, transmission status, etc.) that has been created and is ready for transmission. For further information on the functionality for mapping and exporting data to XML in ViewPoint Logistics, see Export to XML. Drill-Downs From C

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2. Pallet Control Processes

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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2. Inbounds Set Ups Continued

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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PC.81: Pallet Types

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the  button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits In any Pallet Control system, the core of the system is the entry and maintenance of Pallet Type information. This program allows you to create new Pallet records, as well as change information as required. Note: For

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WP.50: Commit Lot Set Change

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits This program is to perform the actual updates to the lot data according to the Lot Set Change definition defined in WP.47 [Lot Set Change Definition]. Note: For related documentation and workflows, see WP - Warehouse

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PC.99: System Parameters

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Before starting-up the Pallet Control system, the 'Internal Balance Client' must be defined so that the system can function properly. The Internal Balance Client is needed in case there is no Invoice account to which

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WP.46: Lotting Assignments

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits You may wish to assign particular Lotting Data Sets generally or to particular Clients and Products. This program allows you to define your Lotting assignments. Note: For related documentation and workflows, see WP -

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6 Foreign Trade Zone Holds

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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5. Inbounds Queries and Reports

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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IC.08: On-Hand Unit ID Report

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Occasionally, you may wish to produce a report of all activity by Unit ID; i.e., if Field 11 (Product Type) of program CR.62 [Client's Inventory Products] is IS (Unit ID). This program produces such a report for your

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IC.02: Inventory Product List

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Occasionally, you may wish to print all the Inventory information, rather than have parts of the data available on various screens. This program allows you to produce such a report, showing all the information relatin

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Label Interface Menu

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Workflow diagrams are fully integrated within ViewPoint Logistics. Operators who open e-Z Learn from within an active VL session will be able to click on the diagram to invoke the associated job. (You must be logged into ViewPoint Logistics and you must have menu access to the sub-system in the diagram.)  

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FZ.96: Transaction Types & Bus Rules

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note: You can click the button (or press F5) to invoke specific field help from within the job panel. Business Benefits After linking transaction types (i.e. receipt type, order type, adjustment code, hold code) to FTZ business rules, you may enter a transaction type to "trigger" the system to prompt you to enter appropriate customs' form informatio

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MR.96: Line of Business Set Up

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Logistic providers are often involved in several Lines of Business (General Warehousing, Foreign Trade Zone, Repackaging, Freight Forwarding, Reverse Logistics, etc.) and require the ability to monitor their Revenues

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IC.15: Products / Rates Display

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits In any operation, it is important to have information at your fingertips relating to current Rates for Storage, Handling, and Recurring Storage. This program provides you with the ability to look-up these Rates for on

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7 Foreign Trade Zone Queries and Reports

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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IC.35: Lot Holds Report

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits In any operation, it is important to put a Hold on the shipment of some Stock when necessary. Once this is done, you must have an audit trail of the Products that were put on Hold. This program provides you with a rep

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RE.15: Returned Goods BOL - Print

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Instructions to have goods picked up for return to the Warehouse usually come in the form of an Order. Whether received manually or via EDI, this information is treated as goods in transit and an In-Transit Receipt op

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PC.88: Account Parameters

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits The Pallet Control system draws its information from a data base of Client information (name, address, etc.). This program allows you to set up this file of Accounts so that it can be used when processing Pallet trans

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FZ.98: HTSUS Maintenance Table

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note: You can click the button (or press F5) to invoke specific field help from within the job panel. Business Benefits The linking of the Harmonized Tariff System - United States (HTSUS) numbers to defined Inventory Product codes enables the system to automatically display the HTSUS number at various entry points. This reduces data entry time and t

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HM.30: Import SARA ASCII File

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits This program allows the importing of CAS numbers for SARA Title III reporting. Note: For related documentation and workflows, see HM - Hazardous Materials. Usage This program will look for an ASCII file with the name

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MR.54: Client Activity Recap Report

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits With Orders coming into the system at various times during the day, week, and month, it may be important to have a recap of the activity for particular Clients, to ensure that they are meeting your expectations. This

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OE.90: Cut Items Report

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits There are occasions when there may not be enough stock to fill a Deferred Order. It may be important to know what Items will be short- shipped (so that you can contact the Client and take the appropriate steps to repl

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HF.03: Accessorial Invoice

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Once an Accessorial Invoice has been archived, you may re-display the details as required, and print a copy of it if necessary. This program allows you to do this, selecting Accessorial Invoices in a variety of differ

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AS.99: System Setup

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Before starting up the Assembly system, there are various parameters that must be defined so that the system can function properly. These parameters relate to a variety of features that you may (or may not) be using.

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IC.01: Purge Life-to-Date Activity

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Periodically you will wish to purge life-to-date Activity history from the file, when it is no longer necessary. This program allows you to identify the range of Activity history to be deleted.\ Note: For related docu

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OE.80: Generate Master Bill of Lading

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits If you wish to group Orders together into one Master document, you may want to do so based on various criteria; e.g., rush Orders only, specific Carrier only. This program allows you to generate these Master documents

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RE.23: Putaway Tally Receipts - Print

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits In order to maintain control over procedures being carried out in the Warehouse, it is important to have audit reports that show what transactions have occurred. This program allows you to print Receipt putaway tally

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OE.09: Order Splitting

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits There may be occasions when you wish to split an Order prior to printing the Pick Document in program OE.03 [Print Shipping Documents (at the request of the Client, or because of the stock situation, or because of the

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IC.09: Purge Archived Unit IDs

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Periodically you may wish to delete information about Unit IDs that have passed through the system and been archived. This program allows you to do this, as well as printing a report (as in program OR.52 [Archived Uni

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OE.12: Order Status - Update

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits In the process of preparing an Order for shipment, there may be many steps. For example, when an Order is created, it may be necessary to label the Product with store-specific Labels. This may require reporting to the

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IP.93: Cyclical and Access'l Charges

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits With a variety of activities going on and numerous transactions being processed during the week/month, it is critical that you produce a Cyclical and Accessorial Charge Report that reflects what happened. This program

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HM.20: Manufacturer File

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the   button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Part of the Hazardous Materials setup procedure includes maintaining a database of Manufacturers of Hazardous Products. This program provides this functionality. Note: For related documentation and workflows, see HM

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IC.07: Product / Lot Stock Balances

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Occasionally you may wish to have a report of Available and On-Hand balances by Lot and Location. This program produces such a report for your review. Note: For related documentation and workflows, see IC - Inventory

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SF.56: Order Status Display/Report

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note: You can click the button (or press F5) to invoke specific field help from within the job panel. Business Benefits There may be occasions when you wish to review (or print) the status of an Order (eg. in response to a Customer inquiry). This program allows you to display the status(es) of a particular Order (eg. printed on a certain date, confi

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WP.23: Billing and Inventory Dates

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits There are potentially two sets of dates the system may need to properly invoice a Client's Inventory and keep track of month-end Stock balances. While often one Date table would be sufficient for both of these functio

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IC.12: Below Minimum Levels Report

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits One of the areas that requires constant monitoring is that of Stock-Outs. If you do not have Stock available to fill Orders, you may have problems with your Clients. This program allows you to identify which Products

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IC.47: Shelf Life Critical Report

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Some Clients may require a Shelf Life report to be printed on a regular basis. The purpose of this report is to identify Lots that are approaching their expiry date. As the expiry date gets closer, the system places t

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OE.79: Shipping Schedule

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits On any given day, you may have a variety of Orders that must be shipped out, some at specific times, others at your discretion. For more effective scheduling (and because some Orders are time-sensitive), it is to your

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IP.94: Invoices - Delete Completed

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Once Invoices have been generated, printed, and sent to your Clients, the information has updated the required files once you run program IP.90 [Regi ster - Shipments]. The Invoice detail information is no longer requ

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OE.02: Master Orders - Allocate Stock

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits To minimize order picking time/costs a warehouse needs to select as many "full pallets" as possible (i.e., take a Pallet and all of its stock). The practice of "breaking pallets" during picking (i.e., taking a partial

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WP.71: Measuring Units

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits In most operations, there is a variety of Products which may be measured in different ways (cases, drums, rolls, etc.). This program allows you to define these different Measuring Units for use in the system. Note: Fo

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IC.26: Activity by Source/Destination

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits As part of monitoring your Inventory, it is important periodically to review the Receipt activity for all or particular Clients and/or Products. This program produces such a report for your review. Note: For related d

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Liquor Control Processes 2

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

 

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5 Foreign Trade Zone Adjustments

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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IP.53: Accessorial Charges - Invoices

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits The information required for Accessorial Charges (or Credit Notes) is generated in program IP.32 [Accessorial Charges - Generate]. These details must eventually be transferred onto Invoices to be sent to your Clients.

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FZ.99: Zone Record Maintenance

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note: You can click the button (or press F5) to invoke specific field help from within the job panel. Business Benefits The information contained within the Zone record is used by the system to automatically enforce various Foreign Trade Zone business rules; e.g., allowable Zone Statuses. It is also printed on forms and reports. Note: For related do

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RE.14: In-Transit Receipt Status Rept

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits You may wish to check the status of In-Transit Receipts, (eg.) to determine which ones need to be assigned to Locations. This program allows you to produce such a status report. Note: For related documentation and wor

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IP.22: Recurring Storage -Inv.Preview

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits The information required for Recurring Storage Charges is generated in program IP.31 [Recurring Storage - Generate]. These details must eventually be transferred onto Invoices to be sent to your Clients. On a trial ba

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1 Radio Frequency Set Ups

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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IC.50: Physical Stock-Taking Report

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Business Benefits The whole purpose of taking a Physical Count periodically is to reconcile the accounting records with the actual Inventory that is available. This program produces the report that compares the results of the Physical Count and the computer records, so that you can see which discrepancies exist (if any), in order to follow- up on th

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IP.24: Accessorials -Invoices Preview

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits The information required for Accessorial Charges (or Credit Notes) is generated in program IP.32 [Ac cessorial Charges - Generate]. These details must eventually be transferred onto Invoices to be sent to your Clients

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3 Inventory Count

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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HM - Hazardous Materials

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

HM applications are used in the Warehouse Management System to record and information representing stock that is classified as hazardous materials (HAZMAT). For instructions on how to use the HM module in ViewPoint Logistics, see HM Setups and Procedures. Core Applications Click on the following links for documentation on each of the HF applications

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RE.03: Appointment Booking Table

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits At any given time of day, there is a limited capacity to process new receipts, dependent on the type of load. In order to prevent overbooking of appointments, the system needs to warn Operators if they attempt to over

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Transmitted XML

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

List of Transmitted files. The XML files action grid provides details about files that have been transmitted (file name, date/time transmitted, transmission status, etc.). For further information on the functionality for mapping and exporting data to XML in ViewPoint Logistics, see Export to XML. Drill-Downs From Transmit XML The following data elem

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2. Outbounds Create Orders

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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PC.21: Display Activity

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits With a variety of Pallets that you may have in your operation, it is important to keep track of the movement/activity of each kind. This program allows you to display the up-to-date information, from which you can mak

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Order Entry Overview

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

The functionality provided by the order entry applications in (Undefined variable: Primary.Product1) covers several warehouse activities, such as entering of Customer Orders (Receiving and Shipping), printing of Shipping Documents, automatic Addressing, verification of Order information, automatic Stock Control, including control of Reserves (i.e.,

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LI.72: Intransit Receipt Labels

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Some expected inbound stock may arrive without labels describing its contents (e.g., via text and/or barcodes on the label). As a result the processing time and costs for various tasks (e.g., put-away, picking, moves,

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3 Foreign Trade Zone Shipping

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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LI.80: MH10 - Extension Digit

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits An extension digit is used to increase the capacity of a Serial Reference within the Serial Shipping Container Code (SSCC). Previously the Uniform Code Council (UCC) used the first digit within the SSCC as a packaging

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IP.23: Accessorials -Generate Preview

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Periodically (e.g. once a week or once a month), you may wish to automatically generate Accessorial Charges (or Credit Notes) for all your Clients, based on information that is stored in the system. On a trial basis,

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IP.52: Recurring Storage - Invoices

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits The information required for Recurring Storage Charges is generated in program IP.31 [Recurring Storage - Generate]. These details must eventually be transferred onto Invoices to be sent to your Clients. This program

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LI.83: Rcpt Labels Client Parameters

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Some expected inbound stock may arrive without labels describing its contents (e.g., via text and/or barcodes on the label). As a result the processing time and costs for various tasks (put-away, picking, moves, etc.)

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LI.84: MH10 - Client/Customer Setup

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the  button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Your Clients' Customers may require different presentations/formats of Serialized Shipping Container Code (SSCC) labels so they may expedite the receiving/tracking of stock. This Job allows you to assign the correct

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LI.85: MH10 Label Entry - Orders

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Customers (Consignees) are requesting (even demanding) that your Clients pack and ship their stock with an attached Serialized Shipping Container Code label (SSCC-18) that links to/identifies the Container/Pallet's co

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LI.86: MH10 Label Print/Audit Report

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Customers (Consignees) are requesting (even demanding) that your Clients pack and ship their stock with an attached Serialized Shipping Container Code label (SSCC-18) that links to/identifies the Container/Pallet's co

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LI.87: MH10 Select Label Reprint

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Occasionally, printed shipping labels might be misplaced, damaged during printed, etc. This option allows you to re-print these labels. Note: For related documentation and workflows, see LI - Label System. Usage Use t

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LI.91: Label Format Codes

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Labels may vary from Client to Client or from Customer to Customer. This program allows you to identify the different Label formats. Note: For related documentation and workflows, see LI - Label System. Usage Use this

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MR.72: Enhanced MR Reporting Inquiry

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits The Enhanced MR Reporting Inquiry allow users to review the Revenue data base upon the following: Divisions Sub-Divisions Warehouses Line of Business (LOB) Line of Business (LOB) Type Note: For related documentation a

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IP.61: Conveyance Billing Inquiry

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Inquiries may be performed to view charges relating to conveyances that appear on the following types of invoices: Warehouse Receipt Invoices (RE.32) Recurring Storage Invoices (IP.52) Many Clients are interested in b

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LI.92: Directory To Drop Labels Into

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits The Maves system creates "Label print" records (identifying which Label, how many Labels, etc.) for the "Label print" software. This program allows you to identify where these records are to be placed, so that the "La

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HF.01: Receipt Invoice

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Once a Receipt Invoice has been archived, you may re-display the details as required, and print a copy of it if necessary. This program allows you to do this, selecting Documents in a variety of different ways (by Ord

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FZ.94: FTZ Rotation Zone Status

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note: You can click the   button (or press F5) to invoke specific field help from within the job panel. Business Benefits In addition to performing automatic stock rotation (shipping the oldest stock first) the Foreign Trade Zone system may also be defined to select stock in a hierarchical sequence by Zone Status for each Order type. Example: An FTZ

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WMS Work in Process HighView

Published August 21st, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

The WMS WiP HighView provides various action grids that may be used to monitor and perform tasks for WMS transactions (inbound, outbound, counts, etc.) that are still "in process"; i.e., not yet complete. Note: The items that are visible in VL will depend on your operator profile (Login ID); i.e., your system permissions may not allow access to cert

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WP.42: Location History Setup/Client

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits With Products sometimes moving from Location to Location within the Warehouse, it may occasionally be important to track the movement of particular stock for a certain Client. This program allows you to identify the P

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2 Radio Frequency Set Ups Continued

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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OneClick Controls

Published August 20th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

OneClicks are user-defined controls that launch selected action grids automatically with pre-loaded settings directly from the ViewPoint Logistics main menu. Access the OneClicks accordion tab via the Navigation Pane on the main Menu Page. Saving Time and Effort 3PL operations may require you to access different data in different ways, perhaps sever

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Foreign Trade Zone

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Workflow diagrams are fully integrated within ViewPoint Logistics. Operators who open e-Z Learn from within an active VL session will be able to click on the diagram to invoke the associated job. (You must be logged into ViewPoint Logistics and you must have menu access to the sub-system in the diagram.)  

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IC.46: Product Availability/Warehouse

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits In any operation, it is important to have information at your fingertips relating to availability of Stock within each Warehouse Location. This program prints a report showing where the Products are located, and the q

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FZ.71: FTZ Annual Report

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Business Benefits The Annual Report provides you with the following information regarding your Foreign Trade Zone for submission to Third Parties and as a tool to answer queries and formulate Management decisions. Opening and Ending Balances Movement from/to your FTZ and other Countries Variances between Domestic and Foreign Status Goods for Adjustm

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IP.32: Accessorial Charges - Generate

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Periodically (e.g., once a week or once a month), you may wish to automatically generate Accessorial Charges (or Credit Notes) for all your Clients, based on information that is stored in the system. This program gene

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Contact Us

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

About ViewPoint Logistics Software Solutions For more than fift years our focus has been the development of software solutions for third-party logistics service providers who serve multiple clients. Currently, ViewPoint Logistics Software Solution's products are being used in hundreds of warehousing / transportation operations worldwide and we remai

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PC.51: Transaction Listing

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits It is necessary to be able to provide your clients or for internal use, a listing of all pallet transactions to determine how the current balance was arrived at. This reports lists all transactions for an Account code

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SF.15: Order Status Codes

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note: You can click the button (or press F5) to invoke specific field help from within the job panel. Business Benefits As it works it way through the operation, an Order changes status at various times. It may be important to track an Order through these phases (eg. on behalf of the Customer or to answer an inquiry). This program allows you to set

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OE.10: Orders On-Hold Report

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Since Orders can be put on Hold (or released) at various times, it is important to know, periodically, which Orders are still being held back, so that a followup can be instituted on the Client status. This program pr

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SF.16: Receipt Status Codes

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note: You can click the button (or press F5) to invoke specific field help from within the job panel. Business Benefits As it works it way through the operation, a Receipt changes status at various times. It may be important to track a Receipt through these phases; e.g., on behalf of the Customer or to answer an inquiry. This program allows you to s

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SF.81: Order Status History

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note: You can click the button (or press F5) to invoke specific field help from within the job panel. Business Benefits There may be occasions when you wish to review the status of an Order (eg. in response to a Customer inquiry). This program allows you to display the status(es) of a particular Order (eg. printed on a certain date, confirmed at a c

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TU.02: Enter Turns Budgets

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note: You can click the button (or press F5) to invoke specific field help from within the job panel. Business Benefits When monitoring Turns, you may wish to compare the statistics to a monthly Budget. This program allows you to set up these Budget figures. Note: For related documentation and workflows, see TU - Turns System. Usage Use this job to

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WMS Workflows

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Inbound logistics and putaway, order processing and picking, and inventory control under the Warehouse Management System. Click on the sub-system icon to launch the associated workflow page. For more information on the functionality associated with workflow diagrams, see What are Workflows?. Inbounds Radio Frequency Time Stamping   Outbounds   Palle

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IC.27: Stock Balances by Lot Sequence

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Occasionally you may wish to have a report of all the contents of a Warehouse; e.g., in preparation for a Physical Inventory or for insurance purposes. This program produces such a report for your review, in Lot seque

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Preferences Tab

Published August 12th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

These controls provide the functionality for setting and applying your preferences for how you want data to appear as it is loaded into the action grid. Changes are applied immediately but they can also be saved as settings in MyViews. Launches the Query console for retrieving data from the database. (Query-based action grids only) More Query-based

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WP.11: Warehouses

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Each Warehouse in your operation must be defined to the system for the storage of Products and subsequent movement. This program allows you to set up Warehouse locations. Note: For related documentation and workflows,

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WP.12: Assign Printers for Ghost

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits If you have multiple Printers and/or multiple Warehouses, you may wish to assign a printer to a specific Warehouse; e.g., for printing of Bills of Lading or Picking Documents. This program allows you to set up the Pri

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WP.21: Terms Codes

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits For each Customer whom you bill, you may have Payment Terms different from other Customers with whom you deal: For some you may require payment on delivery(C.O.D.) Others you may allow a month to pay (net 30) For stil

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FZ - Foreign Trade Zone

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

The FTZ applications in ViewPoint Logistics provide functionality for recording, modifying, querying, and reporting FTZ-related information. For general background information on the US FTZ (concepts, definitions, terminology, etc.) see What is a Foreign Trade Zone? For instructions on how to use the FTZ module in ViewPoint Logistics, see FTZ Setups

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WP.22: Account Managers

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits When you print certain Sales reports, or sequence Inventory Stock reports, or generate Invoices, etc., you may wish to segregate the figures according to various criteria, including Account Managers. If your Account M

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WP.48: Lot Set Change Pre-check

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits For each Lot Set Change process, changes will be made to the existing lot data. It is important to have a pre-view of these changes before the actual information gets updated with a Lot Set. This program performs a Lo

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CR.06: Client Names and Addresses

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits With the number of Clients that you have, it is normal to find that some of them will have different Payment Terms and other details. On the other hand, some may have a similar name and can be distinguished only by ot

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WP.49: Commit Pre-check Report

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Commit Pre-check Report is generated in program WP.48 [Lot Set Change Pre-check]. WP.49 [Commit Pre-check Report] produces a report based on the commit pre-check in WP.48. Note: For related documentation and workflows

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HM.24: Special Provisions

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits The setup of Hazardous Materials includes the maintenance of Special Provisions. Special Provisions conform to standard regulatory definitions. Note: For related documentation and workflows, see HM - Hazardous Materia

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Workflow: WMS Inbounds HighView

Published August 21st, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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Inbounds WIP (Work in Process)

Published August 21st, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Advance Shipment Notifications (in-transits of stock that has not arrived and is not part of inventory) and Receipts (stock received into Inventory). This preloaded action grid shows inbound records that are currently in process. Each record displays either a single ASN or receipt, which includes hyperlinks to associated stock, unit, and conveyance

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LI - Label Interface

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

LI applications are used in the Warehouse Management System for setting up and printing various types of labels. For a list of the terms associated with invoice related and other applications in the Warehouse Management System, see Warehouse Terminology.       To walk through a series of integrated workflows relating to LI- Label Interface applicati

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PC - Pallet Control

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

PC applications are used in the Warehouse Management System to maintain Pallet Inventories for Clients, Carriers, and Customers. This functionality allows WMS operators to: Maintain different Pallet sizes Inquire on Pallet activity by Client, Customer, and Carrier Print Pallet Exchange documents. For a list of the terms associated with pallet-relate

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Workflow: Warehouse Profiles Menu

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Workflow diagrams are fully integrated within ViewPoint Logistics. Operators who open e-Z Learn from within an active VL session will be able to click on the diagram to invoke the associated job. (You must be logged into ViewPoint Logistics and you must have menu access to the sub-system in the diagram.)  

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WP.41: Location History Setup/System

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits With Products sometimes moving from Location to Location within the Warehouse, it may occasionally be important to track the movement of stock. This program allows you to control the length of time this Location 'hist

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HF - History File

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

HF applications are used to access historical/archived information related to the Warehouse Management System. For a list of the terms associated with client related and other applications in the Warehouse Management System, see Warehouse Terminology. Core Applications Click on the following links for documentation on each of the HF applications (ba

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IC.05: Client / Product Inquiry

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits In the course of running your business, Inventory will be moving all the time. On occasion, questions may arise as to where the Stock is located and where it is going to/coming from. For example: Why are only 10 in st

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SF - Warehouse Floor Management

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

SF applications are used in the Warehouse Management System to track and report on the status of warehouse activities while in process; e.g., in response to a customer inquiry. For a list of the terms associated with order analysis and other applications in the Warehouse Management System, see Warehouse Terminology. Core Applications Click on the fo

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RF Operators Action Grid

Published August 21st, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

List of operators who may be assigned to handle inbound/outbound transactions via radio frequency equipment This action grid works in conjunction with the Orders and ASN/Receipts action grids to assign work to RF operators. From this grid, you can create new RF operators. It also allows you to change assignments and/or de-assign work on the fly. Dat

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WMS Locations

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Workflow diagrams are fully integrated within ViewPoint Logistics. Operators who open e-Z Learn from within an active VL session will be able to click on the diagram to invoke the associated job. (You must be logged into ViewPoint Logistics and you must have menu access to the sub-system in the diagram.)  

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MR - Management Reporting

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

MR applications are used in the Warehouse Management System for tracking, reporting, analyzing and updating sales information.  For a list of the terms associated with invoice related and other applications in the Warehouse Management System, see Warehouse Terminology.       To walk through a series of integrated workflows relating to MR - Managemen

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1 Sales Set Ups and Updates

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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MyFavorites

Published August 20th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Use the MyFavorites feature to create and invoke personal workflows, menus or wizards that can be defined by you (or any user) to help simplify the navigation of VL HighViews (action grids) and Jobs (applications) Access s via the Navigation Pane on the main Menu Page. User-Defined Menus ViewPoint Logistics comprises hundreds of difference action gr

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HM.22: Placards

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits The setup of Hazardous Materials includes the maintenance of a list of Placard codes. Placard codes are used during the maintenance of United Nations (UN) numbers and follow standard regulatory definitions. Note: For

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Inbound Unit IDs

Published August 21st, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Unit IDs associated with stock being received into the warehouse. The Inbound Unit IDs action grid provides information about the units (if stock is organized into units, serial numbers, etc.) specified in an incoming transaction. These Unit ID records are usually invoked as a hyperlink (drill-down) from records in the Inbounds - WIP action grid. Ho

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WP.51: Closing Dates

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits When producing Sales reports, it is essential that the Sales Periods remain fixed (equivalent to the General Ledger fiscal Periods). Also, you may wish to prevent inventory transactions after either the Client's or th

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AS.03: Assembly Work Order - Print

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits You will occasionally wish to print some or all of your Assembly Work Orders, for review or to distribute to Warehouse staff. This program allows you to print the details of Assembly/Kit Work Orders. Note: For related

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Lot Activity

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Lot information associated with products that are currently available in the warehouse. This query-based action grid retrieves further information on lots; e.g., details on how lot balances are derived and client-specific data (see Extensible Data). Records displayed in this action grid are usually invoked automatically as a hyperlink (drill-down) f

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HM.33: SARA Report Diagnostics

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Were there are problems when running the SARA report? This program identifies any diagnostics that may have been detected by the computer. Note: For related documentation and workflows, see HM - Hazardous Materials. U

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MR.09: Transfer Cur. Budget to Future

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the   button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits In setting up future Budgets, you may wish to expedite the process by copying the Budget figures from the current year. This program allows you to do so for one or more types of Budget. Note: For related documentati

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Outbound Unit IDs

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Unit IDs associated with stock shipping from the warehouse. The Outbound Unit IDs action grid provides information about the units (if stock is organized into units, serial numbers, etc.) associated with an outgoing order. These Unit ID records are usually invoked as a hyperlink (drill-down) from records in the Outbounds - WIP action grid. However,

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CR.15: Client-Specific Data

Published August 12th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Business Benefits If you need to have any additional information in the Order and/or Receipt Header or about Lots (e.g., production run, miscellaneous text, color, etc.) you may wish to define these attributes and use them when receiving and/or shipping goods, and to search for relevant information set up in the client-defined data. This program all

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AS.02: Disassembly Work Order - Enter

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Once Assembly/Kit definitions have been set up, there may occasions when you wish to disassemble the Kit as part of a Work Order. This program allows you to do this, with the option of putting the Components back into

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4 Foreign Trade Zone Shipping Continued

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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Invoice Processing 2

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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HM.02: Print Product Code Setup

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Occasionally, you may wish to print the Hazardous Product information that has been set up in the system. This program allows you to produce such a report, showing all the information relating to Hazardous Stock. Note

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Invoice Processing 1

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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4 Client Related Arrangements

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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AS.78: Assembly Definition - Print

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

AS applications are used in the VL Warehouse Management System to assemble/disassemble products from/into components. The main features are as follows: Items to be assembled are predefined. You may specify which components make up the assembly. These can include Products belonging to other Clients. A Charge can be assessed for billing purposes. An A

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5 Client Related Products

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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LI.90: Printer Names

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits The Label Printing software prints the Labels on designated Printers. This program allows you to identify these special Printers. Note: For related documentation and workflows, see LI - Label System. Usage Use this jo

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Warehouse Profiles Set Ups 1

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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6. Inbounds Purging

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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HM.31: Stock Balance

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Occasionally you may wish to have a report of Hazardous Products with On-Hand balances by Lot and Location. This program produces such a report for your review. Note: For related documentation and workflows, see HM -

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MR.89: Sales Report

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits There may be occasions when you need to look back at the history of activity for your Clients, perhaps as much as two years; e.g., to see if there is a pattern or trend developing. This program makes this information

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3 Label Interface Processes 2

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

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OE.04: Identify Documents for Reprint

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Once an Order is in the system, it is essential that the processing of that Order start as quickly as possible. The first part of that process is typically the printing of Shipping Documents so that the Order can be f

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Workflow: Warehouse Profiles Menu

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Workflow diagrams are fully integrated within ViewPoint Logistics. Operators who open e-Z Learn from within an active VL session will be able to click on the diagram to invoke the associated job. (You must be logged into ViewPoint Logistics and you must have menu access to the sub-system in the diagram.)  

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MR.90: Division Set-up

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits With some organizations (e.g., some smaller companies), there may not be significant Divisions such as departments, branches, etc. With many companies, however, there are clearly identifiable Divisions for which you m

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FZ.81: Modify CF Information

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note: You can click the button (or press F5) to invoke specific field help from within the job panel. Business Benefits Rather than searching for "hardcopies" of Customs' forms (e.g., CF214, CF216, CF7512) to answer queries you may use this job to quickly recall and view FTZ information attached to specific receipts, orders, and Lots. Note: For rela

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IC.06: Product Activity Reporting

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Program OR.43 [Stock - Inquiry] contains an option (#10) to display Product-level activity. This program allows you to print this information in the form of a report. Note: For related documentation and workflows, see

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IC.10: Stock Balances by Location

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Occasionally you may wish to have a report of all the contents of a Warehouse; e.g., in preparation for a Physical Inventory or for insurance purposes. This program produces such a report for your review. Note: For re

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MR.55: Client Product Analysis

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Periodically, or in response to a specific request for a particular Client, you may wish to know which Products are being sent to which Clients. This program provides you with that information, for your analysis. Note

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OE.81: Master Pick Document

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Rather than process and then pick each Order individually, it may be advantageous to consolidate a number of Orders, to make your picking operation more efficient (ie. make one pass through the Warehouse rather than s

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FZ.97: Country Codes Maintenance

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note: You can click the button (or press F5) to invoke specific field help from within the job panel. Business Benefits After country codes are defined the system will automatically display (at various points in the system) the entered country code's details (e.g., name, other associated codes). This feature reduces data entry time and possible "key

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4. Pallet Control Month End

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

 

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Warehouse Management - Operations

Published August 21st, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

If the Operations  Menu Chain is selected, ViewPoint Logistics will display menus for the jobs and data required to perform various day-to-day business operations. Each menu item provides access to a set of jobs related to the sub-system selected. Note that some operators may not have access to specific sub-systems depending on the permissions assoc

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Warehouse Terminology

Published August 21st, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Below are some definitions for the various terms, acronyms, and abbreviations that may be used when working with WMS applications in ViewPoint Logistics. Note: For further details on WMS, see What is the Warehouse Management System? Account Manager Person responsible for a particular account/client. This is often referred to as the Control Desk. See

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OE.06: Pick Confirmation

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits After an Order has been designated for picking, you may wish to confirm when that Order (or details relating to that Order) has been completed/picked. This program allows you to confirm all or parts of an Order, or to

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HF.02: Recurring Invoice

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Once a Recurring Invoice has been archived, you may re-display the details as required, and print a copy of it if necessary. This program allows you to do this, displaying Recurring Invoices by Client, Invoice, and da

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RE.17: In-Transit Lots - Incomplete

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits In the course of entering In-Transit information, most of the information is optional, and may be left blank until the information becomes available. Some of this information, though optional, may nevertheless be impo

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MR.44: Actuals vs. Budgets

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits The most obvious reason for maintaining Budgets is to be able to compare them with the actual figures as they become available. Based on the comparison, you are in a good position to take corrective action where there

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WP.43: Global Lot Components

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits A global list of Components is primarily required during lookups in which a Client and Product have not been specified (therefore the system does not know which Lotting Set to use). This program allows you to set up t

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Getting Help

Published August 20th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Welcome to e-Z Learn, your online education library for the ViewPoint Logistics / MyLogistics software suite. There are several options available for you to access documentation, screenshots, workflows, and video resources in e-Z Learn: e-Z Learn (Topics List) To access information about a subject in the e-Z Learn library, simply click on a topic na

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XML Tab

Published August 12th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

These controls are used for defining data maps, creating XML from selected records, and transmitting the generated XML files. Invokes the XML Data Mapper console. The mapping tool is used for creating / modifying the data maps that will be used to identify which elements are placed in an XML file. For more information on this topic, see XML Mapping.

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XML Files

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

List of generated XML files. The XML files action grid provides details about each XML file (associated data map, description, combined status, etc.) that has been generated and is ready to be combined and transmitted. For further information on the functionality for mapping and exporting data to XML from ViewPoint Logistics, see Export to XML. Dril

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TU.10: Print Turns Report

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note: You can click the button (or press F5) to invoke specific field help from within the job panel. Business Benefits When monitoring Turns, you may wish to review the statistics for particular Clients or Products or Sales Groups, etc. or for a combination of two or more of these. This program allows you to print this information for any of these

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LI.89: Picking Label Client Setups

Published August 24th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Part of the order picking process is to validate that the correct stock has been selected for shipment. The moment that stock is validated is also the optimal time to apply required shipping labels, as opposed to some

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Conveyance IDs List

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

List of Conveyance IDs that are currently active in the warehouse. This query-based action grid retrieves details about the available conveyances (pallet IDs) that contain stock in the warehouse. Records displayed in this action grid are usually invoked automatically as a hyperlink (drill-down) from a record selected in the Conveyance Contents actio

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Outbound Conveyances

Published August 22nd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Conveyance records for stock shipping from the warehouse. The Outbound Conveyances action grid provides information about the conveyances (e.g., pallet IDs) associated with an outgoing order. These conveyance records are usually invoked as a hyperlink (drill-down) from records in the Outbounds - WIP action grid. However, you can also use the Query c

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Commands Tab

Published August 12th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

These controls are used to invoke action commands using records selected from the current action grid. In HighViews, the variety of commands available will depend on the type of data being retrieved. Frequently-used commands are listed directly on the tab bar for convenience. To access the complete list of commands, select the List CMD's option. Use

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Actions Tab

Published August 12th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

These controls are used to manipulate the appearance of records after they have been loaded into an action grid. Some of this functionality (along with Columns , Filter and Sort criteria) can also be saved as settings in MyViews. Launches the Simultaneous Multiple Filter console so that different filters may be applied to different columns at the sa

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Panels Tab

Published August 12th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

The buttons listed under this tab are used to select which panel is displayed in the viewable area of the action grid. Panel buttons represent groups of columns in the action grid that are organized logically according to the information they provide. These buttons are used to assist with navigation, particularly when the number of columns extends b

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HM.21: UN/NA Numbers

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Part of the setup of the Hazardous Materials system includes maintaining a current list of United Nations (UN) / North American (NA) numbers. These numbers and their definitions are available from government regulator

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WMS Inbounds HighView

Published August 21st, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

The Inbounds HighView contains action grids for tracking and reporting on stock deliveries that are either in-transit or have been received and processed into the warehouse. Includes drill-down links for order details by Stock, Conveyance, and Unit ID. Note: The items that are visible in VL will depend on your operator profile (Login ID); i.e., your

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HM.26: MSDS Hazard Classes

Published August 23rd, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits The setup of Hazardous Materials includes the maintenance of Hazard Class or Division. Hazard Class or Division must conform to standard regulatory definitions. Note: For related documentation and workflows, see HM -

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Spreadsheet Tab

Published August 12th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

These controls are used for exporting selected records and their data elements into a spreadsheet file from the current action grid. Captures grid data to generate an Excel spreadsheet using all columns as well as current filter settings (if any). Once loaded into Excel, the data can be further formatted, incorporated into a report, chart, printed a

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Inbound Conveyances

Published August 21st, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Conveyance records for stock being received into the warehouse. The Inbound Conveyances action grid provides information about the conveyances (e.g., pallet IDs) specified in an incoming transaction. These conveyance records are usually invoked as a hyperlink (drill-down) from records in the Inbounds - WIP action grid. However, you can also use the

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Liquor Control Action Grid

Published August 21st, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Inbound or Outbound transactions that require specialized handling as (government-regulated) alcohol inventory. Data Elements in the Liquor Control Action Grid Each row (record) in this action grid represents a unique Liquor Control transaction. Click on one of the column titles for a definition of the data element it represents: Document # Transact

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MR.12: Display Client Analysis

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits In managing one or more Warehouses, it is important to monitor periodically the volumes that are being processed in each (ie. Receipts, Shipments, Adjustments). This program summarizes the activities by Client and/or

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MR.11: Tonnage In and Out Report

Published August 25th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits In a Warehouse operation in which Weight is a significant factor, it may be important to know the Inbound and Outbound Tonnage for various Periods of time (week-, month-, year-to-date). This program produces a report

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Outbounds QRY (Query/History)

Published August 21st, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Outgoing orders (both historical and WIP) retrieved from the database. QRY style action grids are designed so that you can view both historical and work-in-process data together in the same place. However, they are not pre-loaded with data from the database. Instead, you must compose and submit a query to populate the grid. For more information on t

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CR.29: Order Types

Published August 12th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits With a variety of different Orders being processed in the system, it is necessary to distinguish various "types", to address the specific differences. This program allows you to set up the "type"codes that will be ass

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CR.48: Client Rates Report

Published August 12th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits Periodically, you may want a printout of Client Rates in the computer: to review the information you have to provide to someone who may not have access to a screen, when you need the information in a location where a

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CR.55: Date Code Conversion Methods

Published August 12th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Note that you can click the button (or press F5) to invoke field help at any time from within the job panel itself. Business Benefits The ability to translate Manufacturer's Date code dates may be required in order to allow the Warehouse to rotate stock according to a release or expiry date. This program allows you to set up a variety of code date f

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Action Grid Controls

Published August 12th, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

The functionality for viewing your data (and for changing how it is displayed) is invoked using action grid controls, most of which can be invoked using buttons on the action grid's Tab Bar. Information about the contents of the currently displayed action grid is provided in the Information Bar at the bottom of the page. These controls perform a var

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Warehouse Management System

Published August 21st, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Comprehensive inbound/receiving, outbound/shipping and inventory control platform designed to maximize efficiency, control logistics costs, and improve customer service. Overview The WMS covers all aspects of your warehousing operation (receiving, put-away, order processing, picking, inventory, etc.). For complete details on what our WMS has to offe

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Outbounds WIP (Work in Process)

Published August 21st, 2025 by Anthony Hodge

Orders that have been recorded into the warehouse system but are not yet shipped to a destination. This preloaded action grid shows details on orders that are currently in process. Each row in the grid will display a single order which may be of any type (deferred, regular, etc.) and status (created, picked, bill of lading printed, etc.). Other data

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