Freight Write-Back

ShipGear’s default interface is set up to automatically write freight back to the Freight Amount field(Sales Order Entry > Totals tab) when you ship against Sales Orders and Invoices. ShipGear will update the Freight Amount field with the current freight for all shipments against an order. Freight Amount is calculated as: Total Shipper's Cost + Handling Fee (if applicable).

To customize how freight write-back occurs, edit the default write-back settings as shown in this topic. Write-back can work differently for Sales Orders and Invoices, because you modify the settings for each independently

Settings

Write-back settings can be modified in ShipGear Exchange > Customize Interface.

First, select the document (Sales Orders or Invoices) for which you want to modify write-back.
Click Write-Back Setup and then select the Freight node.
Make a selection from the 4 choices:
- Automatically write standard freight to Sales Orders/Invoices: When you save or void a shipment in the carrier system, ShipGear writes the freight amount to your source document. This is the default setting.
- Prompt shipper to write standard freight to Sales Orders/Invoices: When you save or void a shipment in the carrier system, the shipper receives a prompt asking if freight should be written back to the source document.
- Do not write freight to Sales Orders/Invoices: Freight will not be written back.
- Use custom freight rules to control freight write-back: If the Custom Freight Rules option is enabled in ShipGear, you can control how freight charges are written back to your Sales Orders/Invoices. You can use freight rules to modify the actual freight from the carrier system, or override that freight with a new amount. See the Freight Rules Help for more information.
Click the Apply button.

UPS WorldShip Results

This is an example of Shipment Cost write-back in UPS WorldShip :

This is an example of how freight is written back to Freight Amount field in Sage 100 ERP :