This field displays the method of shipment for this sales transaction.  The default value is provided from the parameters you entered in the Address Maintenance record designated as the Shipping Address or if the Shipping Address field is blank, from the parameters you entered in the Information page of the Customer Maintenance record. Accept or amend the default value in this field. You may click the List box button to display a list of available ship via codes; then, click the ship via code to select.

This field displays the point at which the ownership of the goods is transferred to the customer. The default value is provided from the parameters you entered in the customer's Address Maintenance record designated as the Shipping Address or from the parameters you entered in the Information page of the Customer Maintenance record, if the Shipping Address field is blank. Accept or amend the value in this field. Alternatively, you may click the List box button to display a list of available F.O.B. codes; then, click the F.O.B. code to select.

If you track revenue by salesperson, you must enter a salesperson number in this field. This is the number of the salesperson who will be credited with a commission, if there is any, from this sale.

Enter in this field the corresponding customer’s purchase order number for this blanket sales order.

Enter in this field the name of the person who is placing the order for your customer. The default value is from the last order from the same customer.

Enter in this field the order date that will be used by the system for the sales order that will be created once the line items in this blanket sales order are released. You must enter a date that is not later than the date you enter in the Valid Until field.

Enter in this field the date until when the blanket sales order will remain valid in the system. Blanket sales orders which are not released beyond this date can no longer be released. If you leave this field blank, this blanket sales order will have no expiration.

The warehouse that you enter in this field will be the default warehouse for the inventory items that you will enter in the Line Items page. You may change the warehouse for each line item in the Line Item grid in the Line Items page. If you have activated the Inventory Control module, you can enter a different warehouse in this field or you may click the List box button to display a list of warehouses available; then, click the warehouse code to select.

If you selected the Commission Based on SO/Invoice option in the SO Module Setup function, this field will be enabled. Accept or amend the default commission code for this blanket sales order or click the List box button to display a list of commission codes available; then, click the appropriate code to select a commission plan. The default commission code comes from the customer record.

Enter in this field a discount rate for the line items in this blanket sales order. The system will compare this discount rate to the maximum discount rate that you have entered in the inventory item’s record and it will use the lower discount rate as default value in the Discount % field in the Line Items page.

Enter in this field a system remark that is appropriate for this blanket sales order. You may click the List box button to display a list of system remarks available; then, click the appropriate system remark code to select. Once a system remark code is entered in this field, the corresponding remark will be displayed in the area below this field. Alternatively, you may also enter your remark directly in the area below this field. This remark will appear in your blanket sales order document.

Enter in this field the system remark for the invoice that will be created for this sales order once this blanket sales order is released. You may select the invoice remark from the list displayed when you click the List box button or you may directly enter a remark in the area below this field.