Vision Update



|Vision Changes(Quick Reference Section |

|Vision has been changed to accommodate UPS Shipment Tracking: |

|Warehouse Maintenance, Logistics form on the Vision Configuration Tab has a new field: |

|Shipment Tracking Interface Path text box |

|Warehouse Special Routines Menu-9.7.4 has two new menu selections. The user must use Wintegrate to access options 9 & 10. |

|9. UPS Tracking Download |

|10. UPS Tracking Upload |

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Introduction

A new feature has been added to Vision which will allow the user to upload and download UPS tracking information. The tracking number can then be retrieved from Order Inquiry under the Order Activity listing.

Business Impact

With the tracking number loaded into the Order Activity, the user can lookup a tracking number for a particular order, then take that number and track the shipment using the UPS shipment tracking site on the Internet.

Vision User Impact

The following processes have been modified for the new interface.

1. Warehouse Maintenance, the Logistics form on the Vision Configuration Tab has been modified to add a new field for Shipment Tracking Interface Path.

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Table of Field Descriptions

|Shipment Tracking Interface Path |The purpose of this field is to allow the operator to enter the path |

| |of where the UPS file resides on the Warehouse PC. This should be a |

| |valid file. |

| |Note: This information would be provided with the software package |

| |from UPS. |

2. The following two processes have been added to the Special Routines menu in warehousing (menu-9.7.4). These processes will allow the user to download and upload the necessary information for UPS shipment tracking.

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3. UPS Tracking Download transfers the data from the host to the client to be utilized for tracking purposes.

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Table of Field Descriptions

|Enter Selection Date |The operator will be prompted to enter the date to be used for |

| |selecting the appropriate orders that are being shipped. |

|Enter Warehouse |Enter the warehouse doing the shipping. This must be a valid |

| |warehouse. |

|Enter Route |Enter the Ship Route(s) that have been designated for UPS shipping. |

| |One or many may be entered, but they will be validated against the |

| |Ship Route table file. |

Once the criteria have been entered, the process will select the records from the RELEASE file and generate items in the UPS_DOWNLOAD file. When that is complete, it will transfer all the items generated to the client in the file as specified in the associated warehouse.

4. The UPS Tracking Upload process will transfer information from the client down to the host updating the associated files with the tracking information from UPS.

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Table of Field Descriptions

|Enter Warehouse |Enter the warehouse you wish to pull the tracking information from. |

| |This must be a valid warehouse. |

Once the criteria have been entered, the process will retrieve the tracking information from client and update the Order Activity. When that is complete, the information may then be viewed in Order Inquiry.

The information will be displayed in Order Activity on the Order Inquiry screen. The tracking number will be displayed under the ‘Information’ heading.

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