Delivery Order form

Operations Cargo Delivery Orders Delivery Orders view Delivery Order form

You can use the Delivery Order form to add a new delivery order (on page 1) or edit an existing delivery order. A delivery order represents the cargo to be picked up by truck or placed on railcars for departure from the terminal for a single consignee.

To add or edit a delivery order:

The Delivery Order Number is an auto-generated number that you cannot edit.

From the Billing Party lookup field, select the organization responsible for paying for the delivery order. However, it may be optional if ARGOSERVICE_ORDER002 (BILLING_PARTY_AS_OPTIONAL_FIELD) is set to DELIVERY_ORDER.

The lookup field displays the organizations that exist in N4. To add a new organization, use the Configuration Organizations menu.

Enter any optional information for the delivery order.
Click Save.

After you save a delivery order, you can add delivery order items.

The table lists the optional fields in the Delivery Order form:

Field Label	Description
Carrier Mode	Select the inbound mode of transport for the cargo. N4 uses the selected carrier mode (Vessel, Truck, or Train) to determine the values for the Carrier Visit lookup field.
Carrier Visit	Select the carrier visit (vessel visit, truck visit, or the train visit) for the delivery order. N4 use the value selected in the Carrier Mode field above, to determine the values displayed in this list. The facility for the carrier visit must be the current facility and the carrier visit must not be in the Departed, Closed, Canceled or Archived phase.
Start By Date	Enter the date by when the work for the delivery order must begin. For more information on adding data and time data, see Entering dates and Entering time.
End By Date	Enter the date by when the work for the delivery order must finish.
Customer Reference	Enter the customer reference ID for the delivery order.
Contact Details	Click the Add/Edit Contact Details button to add contact information for the billing party or other organizations associated with the delivery order, such as a forwarding agent or a notify party.
PIN	Enter the PIN (on page 1) associated with the delivery order. You can enter up to 20 alphanumeric characters in this field. You can view the PIN assigned to a delivery order in the Delivery Orders view (on page 1) and on the Details area in the Delivery Order Inspector (on page 1). In addition, when you assign a PIN to a delivery order, N4 records the SERVICE_ORDER_PROPERTY_UPDATE event against the delivery order. You can view this event on the History, Events tab of the Delivery Order Inspector for the delivery order.
Notes	Enter any miscellaneous notes for the delivery order.

The PIN is a unique identification for a unit, bill of lading, or delivery order that a line operator can use to validate that a truck driver is picking up the correct container or break-bulk cargo.

For unit

In N4, you can use the Delivery Requirements form to assign or edit the PIN for a unit. These privileges control the ability to view and edit PIN associated with a unit:

Pin - Check: You can check whether a PIN is assigned to a unit but you cannot see the actual number.
Pin - View: You can view the PIN assigned to a unit, but you cannot edit the PIN.
Pin - Edit: You can view and edit the PIN assigned to a unit.
Deny access to Unit field PIN Number: You cannot view the PIN Number field or column on forms and list views.

If the user’s role excludes the privileges PIN - Check, PIN - Edit, and PIN – View, then on the Units view, the PIN Number column displays the data as "****".

A line operator can control:

Whether to use PINs for all units operated by the line operator
Whether to assign a PIN for each unit or allow N4 to generate a PIN automatically when the unit is first created, for example using a stow plan

Use the Line Operator form Booking Rules tab to specify these restrictions.

A line operator may receive the PIN from an EDI trading partner or it may be generated in N4. If the line operators assign a PIN to a unit they can specify an alphanumeric value. If N4 generates the PIN, it consists of only digits but the value is stored as a string value.

PIN is available as part of the Unit reporting entity and can be included in various reports.

You can configure the Pin Number field on a gate form at the outgate stage for a deliver gate transaction to force the truck driver to enter a PIN. You can include the RejectPinNbrMismatch (on page 1), RejectPinNbrNotAssigned (on page 1), and RejectPinNbrNotEntered (on page 1) business tasks in your gate configuration to control the delivery of a unit using the PIN.

For break-bulk cargo

You can use the Bill of Lading form (on page 1) to associate a PIN to a BL. To associate a PIN to a Delivery Order, you can use either the Delivery Order form (on page 1) or the Create Delivery Order form (on page 1).

If you have the privilege that allows you to edit a BL or a delivery order, you can edit the PIN assigned to the BL or the delivery order.

You can include the Pin Number field as part of your Deliver Break-Bulk gate transaction to force the truck driver to enter a PIN. You can include the RejectPinNbrMismatch (on page 1), RejectPinNbrNotAssigned (on page 1), and RejectPinNbrNotEntered (on page 1) business tasks in your gate configuration to control the delivery of break-bulk cargo using the PIN.