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Entering a Service Order - Del Terms Card

Del. Terms
Paste Special    Delivery Terms setting, Sales Orders module
Default taken from    Customer (Sales Del. Terms)
Specify the Delivery Terms for this Service Order here. You will tend to use this field for international Customers: examples might be Cost, Insurance, Freight or Free On Board.

For each Delivery Term record you can specify an appropriate description in different Languages: the Language for the Service Order (below) will therefore determine the translation to be printed on any Delivery Notes produced from the Order.

Language
Paste Special    Languages setting, System module
Default taken from    Customer
The Language Code determines the text to be transferred from various registers and settings, for example the Item Name, text for Payment Terms and Payment Mode, the selection of document forms etc. Leave the field blank to use the base Language.

You can also use the Language to determine the Form that will be used when you print the Service Order, and the printer that will be used to print it. This can include sending the document to a fax machine, if your hardware can support this feature. Do this in the 'Define Document' window for the Service Order document, as described here. You can change the Language before printing the Service Order, to ensure it is printed on the correct printer or fax machine.

VAT No.
Default taken from    Customer
The Customer's VAT registration number. It is important that this field contains a value if the Customer is in the "Within EU" Zone as this information is then required for EU VAT reporting purposes.

Price List
Paste Special    Price List register, Pricing module
Default taken from    Customer or Customer Category
The Price List specified here will be copied to all Work Sheets related to this Service Order. There it will determine the pricing of labour and spare parts to be charged to the Customer.

Del. Mode
Paste Special    Delivery Modes setting, Sales Orders module
Default taken from    Customer (Sales Del. Mode)
Enter the mode of shipping used for this Order. Examples might be Post or Courier, or might specify the name of the courier that you will use to supply the goods on the Order.

For each Delivery Mode record you can specify an appropriate description in different Languages: the Language for the Service Order (above) will therefore determine the translation to be printed on any paperwork produced from the Service Order.

Invoice To
Paste Special    Customers in Customer register
Default taken from    Customer
If any Invoices arising from this Service Order are to be sent to another company, such as a leasing company or a parent company, enter the Customer Number for that company here. That company must have their own record in the Customer register. The default is taken from the Invoice To field on the 'Terms' card of the Customer record.

Object
Paste Special    Object register, Nominal Ledger/System module
Default taken from    Customer
You can assign up to 20 Objects, separated by commas, to a Service Order and all transactions generated from it. You might define separate Objects to represent different departments, cost centres or product types. This provides a flexible method of analysis that can be used in Nominal Ledger reports.

The Objects specified here will be copied to the Object field on the 'Terms' card of all Invoices raised from this Service Order. In any Nominal Ledger Transactions generated from those Invoices, these Objects will be assigned to the credit posting to the Sales Account, to the debit posting to the Cost Account (if you are using cost accounting) and to the debit posting to the Debtor Account (if you are using the Objects on Debtor Account option in the Account Usage S/L setting).

The Objects specified here will also be copied to the Objects field on the 'Contact' card of all Work Sheets created from this Service Order. In any Nominal Ledger Transactions generated from those Work Sheets, these Objects will be assigned to the debit posting to the Stock Cost Account.

Order Class
Paste Special    Order Classes setting, Service Orders/Sales Orders modules
Enter the Order Class for the Service Order (if any). Order Classes permit the analysis of Service Orders for reporting or prioritising.

Salesman
Paste Special    Person register, System module
Default taken from    Customer or current user
Enter the initials of the Salesman responsible for the Service Order here. These initials will appear in the Person field in any Activities generated from the Service Order using the 'Create Activity' Operations menu function.