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Last updated: 23.08.2024
Valid from: Opter 2024.06.00
Consignment types (window)
Settings > Consignment types
In the Consignment types window, it is possible to configure generally applicable settings for consignment orders and specify the criteria upon which the matching of shipments to be grouped into consignments is based.
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This tab allows the properties of the consignment orders created when grouping shipments into consignments to be defined. These settings apply to both the manual and automatic creation of consignments.
Function | Explanation |
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Name | The name of the type. Displayed in the list on the left and in the drop-down list in the Consignments window. |
Customer for new consignment |
Enter the name of a customer in the text field to find the customer from the customer registry that should be shown as the customer on the consignment order. If the field is left blank, the customer in the template is used (see templates for consignment orders below). If there is no template, the customer from the first shipment included in the consignment is used. |
Cost split for shipments grouped in a consignment (statistics) |
Choose how the cost of the consignment shipment is to be distributed between the original shipments. This also affects how the distance and fuel consumption of the consignment shipment is allocated to the original shipments in the statistics. Select one of the following:
For more information, see Distributing the costs of a consignment shipment. ![]() If you use an early version of the CO2 emissions calculation (in tonnes) described in Climate impact of CO2 emissions in tonnes, this checkbox (Cost split for shipments grouped in a consignment (statistics)) also affects how the CO2 emissions of the consignment shipment are allocated to the original shipments in the statistics. If you are using a later version of the CO2 emissions calculation (in grams), see the Assignment of CO2 emissions to original shipment checkbox below). |
Assignment of CO2 emissions to original shipment |
Applies to Opter versions 2024.06.00 and 2023.12-01.886, and later. Select how the CO2 emissions calculated for the consignment order are to be distributed between the original shipments:
For more information, see Climate impact of CO2 emissions in grams, pricing weight. |
Lowest cost consigned shipment cost | Specify a minimum cost for each shipment included in the consignment. The cost will be allocated according to the method chosen in the drop-down list above, but will not be lower than the value entered in this field (if possible). |
Order setting |
If the consignment is opened in order reception, the view selected here is used. [None]: the consignment order opens in the last used view. Create a special consignment view containing all the consignment information. For more information, see Arranging the sections in order reception. |
Freight bill design |
Select the freight bill template to be used for the consignment order. [Default]: the freight bill for the customer listed on the consignment order ( |
Freight bill number series |
The number series to be used for the freight bills of the consignment orders. If a specific number series is used for consignments, or for different types of consignments, consignment orders can be identified using the freight bill number. [None]: the consignment order is not automatically given a freight bill number. |
Package id number series |
The number series to be used for the package IDs of the consignment orders. [None]: The packages on the consignment order will not automatically be given a package ID. |
Template for new consignments (order #) |
Enter the order number of the order you want to use as a template. If the field is left blank, the first shipment in the consignment is used as a template. It may be appropriate for dispatching to be carried out on the original shipments and not on the consignment shipment. Create a schedule template and use it as a template for consignment orders. For more information, see Creating schedule templates. Select Do not autogenerate in step 3 so that the template does not create orders automatically. |
Automatically cancel if number of shipments grouped in consignment is fewer than |
If shipments are deleted from an existing consignment order, they can be automatically cancelled if the number of original shipments remaining in the consignment order is less than the number entered here. |
Credit |
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Invoice consignment order + Invoiced instead of the orders of shipments grouped in a consignment |
To prevent an original order from being invoiced, the following must apply:
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Create new addresses if no matching addresses when consigning + Update sender/rec. for consignment order if original shipment is changed |
See also All consignment shipments have the same resource below. |
Consignment status follows consigned shipment status + Consigned shipment status follows consignment status |
For more information, see Status of consignment shipments and original shipments. |
Unconsign shipment if status is changed |
Dimmed if Consignment status follows consigned shipment status above is selected.
Selecting Consignment status follows consigned shipment status above will deselect this checkbox. As the consignment shipment then acquires its status from the original shipments, the original shipments cannot be released when their status is changed. |
Use 100% of order price as resource price |
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Invoice consignment order + Summarize contained shipments' customer prices |
See also Invoiced instead of the orders of shipments grouped in a consignment above. |
All consignment shipments have the same resource |
If you change the resource on an original shipment, that shipment is released from the consignment order and receives the new resource. Other original shipments retain their current resources and remain in the consignment order. If the Create new addresses if no matching addresses when consigning checkbox (see above) is also checked, and a new consignment shipment is created when an original shipment is added to the consignment order, the new consignment shipment will have the same resource as the existing consignment shipments.
If you change the resource on an original shipment, that shipment is released from the consignment order and receives the new resource. Other original shipments retain their current resources and remain in the consignment order. |
Reset status when original shipments are released from consignment orders |
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Use this tab to choose the fields that should match one another in those shipments that are to be automatically grouped into a consignment. Shipments that have the same value for the fields in the Included list can be automatically grouped into a consignment in the Consignments window. Double-click on the fields to move them between the lists.
For more information about the automatic creation of consignments, see Automatic creation of consignments.