A company product distribution system has always been important and complex because transport is an important cost element in the industrial and business activity.

The importance of material distribution can be easily noted: a well structured system enables more possibilities of placing a product on different markets. However, using distribution systems not only signifies an additional cost for the company, but also a relevant factor in forming the final price of the product.

Hence, three types of freight can be identified:

• Freight on purchases
• Freight among industrial establishments
• Freight on sales

Inventory/Costs, besides controlling and managing materials, calculates the cost of these materials. Certainly, the distribution of them generates some kind of cost.

This routine aims at making the entry of freight invoices easier.

The most frequent conditions are:

• FOB - the transport from the supplier to the customer is not included in the price; or
• CIF - the delivery price is already included in the price.

The bill of lading is issued when transport is made by a carrier and is of type FOB. Several deliveries are made and at the end of a period defined by the company, an invoice is issued to pay the carrier services.

Thus, to generate the invoice, the carrier must be registered as a supplier so that a bill payable is generated in Financials (when the company has the integrated Financials module).

By configuring the parameter MV_RMFREF1 with 1, an option is displayed on the screen Inflow Invoice (Bill of Lading - Add).  This Option enables you to see supplier's packing slips and link them to the Bill of Lading.