Purchase Orders > Landed Cost Tracking Query > Landed Cost Tracking Query

Landed Cost Tracking Query

You use this program to view current and completed shipment and element details for vessels carrying consignments of goods.

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Field Description
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Preferences  
Use supplier cross reference for expected merchandise cost

Select this to use the expected cost of a merchandise line based on the purchase order quantity multiplied by the LCT merchandise price defined against the supplier.

You assign the LCT merchandise price against the supplier using the Browse on Supplier Stock Code Cross Ref program. If you do not select this option, then the actual cost and GRN value displayed for a merchandise line equals the Expected cost.
Assume total receipt when calculating actual merchandise cost

Select this to display values in the Actual cost and GRN value columns against merchandise lines as if the total shipment quantity had been received into stock.

[Note]

The GRN value column is populated only if you indicated that the GRN system is required (Purchase Orders Setup).
Assume expected element value when actual element value is 0

Select this to display the expected value of the element in the Actual value column if no invoices have been processed against the element and the actual cost is zero.

Save Preferences Save these preferences against your operator code and use them for future runs of the program until next you change them.
Close Save the preferences for the current run of the program only.
Vessel Enter the vessel you want to query. If there is more than one expected date of departure for the vessel, select the relevant vessel from the Shipment Tracking Vessels pane (Shipment Tracking Entry).

Vessel Details

Field Description
Vessel Indicates the vessel number.
Vessel name Indicates the name of the vessel.
Date of departure Indicates the date when the vessel left its port of departure.
Estimated date of arrival Indicates the estimated arrival date of the vessel.
Actual date of arrival Indicates the date the vessel actually arrived.
Place of shipment Indicates the port of origin of the vessel.
Place of destination Indicates the port of destination of the vessel.

Route Information

Field Description
Route Indicates the code that represents the route.
Description Indicates a description of the route.
Days for eta Indicates the number of days it takes the vessel to reach port after leaving the destination port.
Days for demurrage Indicates the number of days required to offload the cargo and organize customs and excise documentation.
Days after demurrage Indicates the number of days it takes to arrive at the final destination after being offloaded.

Shipment Lines

All the shipment details attached to the vessel are displayed in a treeview in this pane.

The shipment details can be collapsed to view fewer details or expanded to view more shipment details.

Each collapsible section contains a merchandise line and a list of all the elements for the vessel, including received quantities and invoiced elements.

Shipment Totals

The shipment totals are an accumulated amount for each shipment of expected, actual, and GRN values.

Field Description
Calculated unit cost The calculated unit cost is calculated by dividing the Total expected by the Ship quantity.
Current inv. unit cost This cost is taken from the inventory warehouse file.

Vessel Totals

The vessel totals are an accumulation of all stock items and all elements on each shipment.

Inserting Application Help

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  2. Right-click any form field.

    You can also click the triangle menu icon that appears in the title area of a pane.

  3. Select Insert Application Help from the context-sensitive menu.

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Removing the Application Help pane

If you no longer want to display application help in a pane for your current program, you can simply remove it.

  1. Select the Close icon in the right-hand corner of the application help pane.

  2. Confirm that you want to delete the pane.