Select this to be able to process releases and create dispatch notes for this contract, irrespective of whether the dispatch note for the previous release was invoiced.

You typically use this option if you confirm new releases on a daily or weekly basis, but want to produce a single consolidated dispatch invoice at the end of the month.

If you do not select this option, then dispatch notes for a blanket sales order must be invoiced before you can confirm subsequent releases for that order.

Indicate the contract number that you want to attach to this release master.

You can use the Browse icon to use the SO Contract Prices program to view details of contracts for specific customers and/or buying groups where you have negotiated the sale of inventory items at a fixed price over a specific period of time.

Enter up to three characters to indicate the manager or senior person responsible for the timeous execution of the releases.

This code is also used in the Release Review & Confirmation program to filter and allocate the various releases.

Enter the number of days it takes to deliver the item (i.e. how long it takes dispatched goods to reach the customer).

The entry made here is included in the calculation to determine the Ship date for the sales order lines.

Enter the expiry date for the release master.

You can enter 00/00/00 to indicate that there is no expiry date.

Expired releases can be purged using the Purge Expired Releases program.

This works together with the information entered in the Basis of Variance Details pane.

Enter the number of daily deliveries.

For example: An entry of 4 indicates that there will be 4 deliveries over four days - one delivery per day.

Enter the number of weekly deliveries.

For example: An entry of 4 indicates that there will be 4 deliveries over four weeks - one delivery per week.

Enter the number of monthly deliveries.

For example: An entry of 5 indicates that there will be 5 deliveries over five months - one delivery per month.

Enter the specific day of the month on which each delivery will take place.

For example: An entry of 1 indicates that the deliveries will take place on the first day of the month.

Indicate the variation allowed between releases as they were negotiated.

This works together with the Standard release times entries you made in the Contract Information and Release Details pane.

Therefore, if you entered 3 at the Monthly requests field and 1 at the Day in month field, then you will typically indicate the allowable variances for these 3 deliveries.

You use this field to enter the starting point of the first day range.

Day 000 (zero) is the first day in the life of a release, regardless of the actual start date.

You use this field to enter the end point of the first day range.

A day range ending in 999 indicates a day range where variations can be unlimited.

Select this to view the time fence for the stock code using the Time Fences program.

Enter a positive quantity indicating the permitted increase in requested call-off.

This applies if you selected Quantity at the Basis of variance field.

Enter a negative quantity indicating the permitted decrease in requested call-off.

This defaults to 9 999 999.999, which means that if the quantity variance is in the range of 1 to under 10 million, then the variance is within acceptable limits.

This applies if you selected Quantity at the Basis of variance field.

Enter a positive variance indicating the permitted increase in requested call-off.

This defaults to 99, which means that if the percentage variance is in the range of 1 to under 99%, then the variance is within acceptable limits.

Enter a negative variance indicating the permitted decrease in requested call-off.

Controls access to the Add function in the Contract Maintenance program.

Controls access to the Change function in the Contract Maintenance program.

Controls access to the Delete function in the Contract Maintenance program.