Multiple suppliers in ONE shipment

In this article we will explain how to combine transport orders of multiple suppliers into 1 shipment and how to handle reception of goods, in this case as a carrier. 

We will start by explaining these 2 topics

• Create shipments with transport orders for more then 1 supplier
• Collaborate on reception of goods for a shipment with more then 1 supplier

1. Create shipments with transport orders for more then 1 supplier

1.1. Go to transport orders 

You can put transport orders that need to be delivered to the same location in the same basket, If you want to do this there are a few conditions:

• The transport orders have to go to the same location.
• The receiver must allow zones to be combined if the zones are different. 

You can see in this picture above that you can put different transport orders in the basket that have a different supplier and different pick up location.

There is no limit in the numbers of suppliers that you can combine.

1. 2. Pack

The details will show you all your transport orders. 

You can click on the arrow shown in the picture to show more details of your transport order. If you do this it will look like this.

You can also expand your order or transport order list, this is done the same way as the transport orders in the picture above. Order list or transport order list can be collapsed or expand, this is very useful if you have a lot of transport orders to show inside the shipment. 

All packaging units or all combined transport orders are presented as one total som. 

Selecting a slot behaves identical as a shipment for one supplier. 

2. Reception of goods

2.1. Overview shipments

A shipment with multiple suppliers will be shown as follows.

Even a shipment with multiple suppliers will be shown as one line in shipments overview. Instead of the name of the suppliers you will see a fix text "multiple suppliers"

In the example  below the starting hour is at 6:00, this means that you have to sign up/ register before 6:00. 

2.2. Open supplier list in the shipment.

If you click on the two arrows by the multiple supplier box, you will see a detailed list of all your suppliers. 

2.3. Issues, attachments or comments

The issues, attachments and comments can only be entered on the detailed line when you click on your shipment. The issues, attachment and comments are only visible to that single supplier.