A bill of lading is a shipping document used to move merchandise to its ultimate destination (typically, a customer/ship-to address). Multiple orders can be put on the same bill of lading only if specific customer data matches. The software checks if the EDI trading partner, EDI address code, first line of the ship-to address, and postal code are the same. The orders on a bill of a lading may impact invoice consolidation if a customer is set up to consolidate invoices. For more information on invoice consolidation, see Consolidate Invoices Options FAQ.
A bill of lading number is made up of three parts:
The GS1 company prefix is stored in the UCC Mfg.# field in System ID Maintenance. If the UCC Mfg.# field is left blank, Apprise will use 0400000 as the GS1 company prefix. The sequence number for the next bill of lading number can be updated in the Bill of Lading Sequence field in System ID Maintenance.