3.10.2 Order Fulfillment Preferences
Jan/29/2009
These options will automate key
points during your ordering process. These options will automatically extend to
your Ecommerce solution or web services.

The Order Fulfillment preferences
for this article are in the right of the above image and enlarged in the image
below.

Minimum # of Items -
This option defaults at 1 item per box at a minimum for order
fulfillment.
Allow Direct Invoicing
from Orders - This option will automatically create a Invoice for
Orders that are successfully shipped at the point of shipment.
Allow Shipping Cost to
Change - This option will allow editing of shipping costs when orders
are being fulfilled with the shipping wizard.
Please Note - most often
shipping costs can be discounted without having to process a second
authorization on a customer's credit card. Most increased will require a second
authorization of a customer's credit card.
Select the Type of
Warehouse Assignment - Choose the type of Warehouse
Assignment.
One Warehouse Only
- For companies with a single location for Inventory and
fulfillment.
Multiple Warehouses - For companies with more
than one warehouse for Inventory.
Multiple Warehouses with Group
Availability - For companies with more than one warehouse for Inventory
and fulfillment.
Automatically Invoice
when Shipment Complete - Use this option to automatically generate an
Invoice once an Order has successfully been shipped.
Mark Order as 'In
Production' of Shipping Print - Use this option to display in Packing
slips and forms to the customer to display the Status as 'In Production'. This
option does not show a submitted status for the customer on documentation they
receive concerning their order.
Payments made from
Order Screen - This option will restrict CSR's from processing internal
orders within Tradepoint to only Authorizing the amount on credit card
transactions and will not permit a payment capture at the point
of processing an order.
Send Shipment
Information Email - This option will automatically send an email
confirmation when an order is shipped to the customer. A shipping
confirmation email must be set up and the customer must have an email address on
the main Contact Info screen for this to process
automatically.
Shipping Information
Email Template - Choose from existing email templates which one that
will be sent out at the point of successful shipment. Email Templates must be
set up to have options within this drop down box.
Shipping Information Sender Email -
This is the email address that will display as the Sender's email address to
customers when they receive their Shipping confirmation
emails.