Per Piece Delivery Charge Settings

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Use this routine to specify information required to calculate per-piece delivery charges for sales orders.  You specify a piece limit per delivery, over which the system applies an additional fixed charge per piece. The system applies this amount to all zip codes.  You can exclude selected products, product groups, or product categories from the piece limit count.

For example, assume you specify a piece limit of 10 and a fixed charge of 5$ per piece over the limit, and also choose to exclude Product Group A from per-piece delivery charges.  If you enter an order for 20 pieces, five of which are from Product Group A, then the system

• first applies any base delivery charges as per the Delivery Charge settings,

• then adds an additional 5$ per-piece delivery charge for 5 pieces, totaling 25$.  

That is, the piece count for the order exceeds the piece limit by 10, but 5 of the pieces belong to Product Group A which you excluded from per-piece delivery charges.  Thus, the over-the-limit count is 5, the additional charge per-piece is 5$, and the total per-piece delivery charge for the order is 25$.

Per-piece delivery charges apply a user-defined amount to each piece that exceeds a user-defined piece limit.

 To select "Per Piece Charge" as a delivery calculation method (via the Delivery Charge Settings field on the Delivery tab in the Point of Sale Control Settings), you must create a per-piece method in this routine.

Base Delivery ChargeSpecify the base delivery or stop charge.  The amount you enter here populates the delivery charge at the line level if not already populated using the Delivery Matrix method.  You can enter any positive amount up to 9,999.99.  Note that if you leave this field empty and the Delivery Matrix method obtains no charge for a line, the system assesses no charges.  

Base Piece LimitSpecify the number of qualified pieces allowed for the base delivery charge.  You can specify any integer between 1 and 9999.  If you leave this field blank, the system assesses a charge for each piece.  Note that if you enter a base piece limit here, you must also enter an additional piece charge below.

Additional Piece ChargeSpecify the amount over the base piece limit you want to charge for each additional piece.  You can enter any positive amount up to 9,999.99. Note that if you enter a base piece limit above, you must also enter an additional piece charge here.

Note that although none of the above settings is mandatory, at least one must be specified in order to Save this record.  The Clear button will discard any changes and return the screen to its original state.  The Delete button will only be active if Per Piece Charge is not selected as a Delivery Calculation Method.

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