Other Organization form

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The Other Organization form enables you to add and edit a business entity such as surveyors, stevedores, government agencies, and freight forwarders and associate agents with it. To add a line operator, trucking company, shipper and consignee, agent, or railroad operator use the respective option from the Organizations menu.

To add or edit an organization:

From the Role lookup field, select a role for the organization.

After you save an organization, you cannot change the role for the organization.

In the Id field, enter an ID that uniquely identifies the organization.
Specify any optional information for the organization.
Click Save.

You must save a new organization before you can add an agent for the organization.

The following table lists the various optional fields in the Other Organization form:

Field Label	Description
Master Organization	Select a master organization for the selected master organization. You can only select a master organization that exists at the current scope level. Use the Master Organization form (on page 1) to add a new master organization.
Name	Enter the name of the master organization.
Credit Status	Select one of the following credit status for the business entity: Cash Only Cash or check only On account credit customer The Credit Status determines whether the business entity can provide storage guarantee. In N4, only business entities with the On account credit customer credit status can provide storage guarantees.
SCAC Code	Enter the Standard Carrier Alpha Code for the master organization.
BIC Code	Enter the Bureau International des Containers et du Transport Code for the master organization. The SCAC and BIC codes are used to identify the master organization in EDI messages.
Contact Name	Enter the name of the contact person for the master organization.
Is Operator	Select the check box if the master organization is also an equipment operator.
Is Owner	Select the check box if the master organization is also an equipment owner.
Guarantee Limit	Enter the maximum amount the master organization can guarantee for a unit.
Contact Email Address	Enter the e-mail address for the master organization. N4 validates the email address format and accepts only the email addresses that are entered in the '[email protected]' format (for example: [email protected]). N4 does not accept an email address that: Does not contain the '@' symbol. Contains more than one '@' symbols. Contains a period (.) either at the start or at the end of the user name, or immediately following the '@' symbol. Contains any other letters or symbols except a-z, A-Z, 0-9, period (.), or underscore (_) in the user name. Contains any other letters or symbols except a-z, A-Z, or 0-9 in the company name (the string that follows the '@' symbol). Has a Domain name shorter than two characters (for example: [email protected]). Has a Domain name ending with a numeric domain identifier (for example: [email protected]). N4 allows you to use an apostrophe anywhere in the recipient's name in an email address, such as O'[email protected].
Contact Address Line1	Enter the first line of the mailing address.
Contact Address Line2	Enter the second line of the mailing address.
Contact Address Line3	Enter the third line of the mailing address.
Contact City	Enter the mailing address city.
Contact Country	Select the country for the mailing address.
Contact State	Select the state for the mailing address. The lookup list displays the states defined for the selected country. To add a state, use the States tab (on page 1) in the Country form (on page 1) for the selected country.
Contact Mail Code	Enter the Mail/Zip code.
Contact Telephone	Enter the telephone number.
Contact Fax	Enter the Fax number.
Contact SMS	Enter the SMS number.
Contact Website URL	Enter the URL for the website of the master organization.
Notes	Enter any miscellaneous notes for the master organization.