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Ship To Addresses describe where a supplier can deliver shipments of purchases. You can create or modify this information.

Before you can create a new Ship To Address, some information must already be in the Enterprise Buyer 2.0 Desktop Edition database: At least one address At least one contact

Creating New Ship To Addresses

1. In the tree menu, select Setup|Ship To Addresses.
   
   The browser displays the Ship To page, where you can create and edit Ship To addresses.
   
   
2. Click [New Ship To].
   
   The browser displays the New Ship To page.
   
   
3. Click [Select Contact].
   
   The browser displays the Select Contact page.
   
   
4. Click in the Contact Name text box, or the Contact Location text box, and type:
   

   • all or part of the text appearing in the name or location (city) of a contact, or
   • A wildcard character (*) to see all contacts in the database
     

5. Click [Search]  
   
   The browser displays all contacts matching your query.
   
   
6. Click an underlined column header to sort the table by that column.
   
   For example, click Company Name 1, to sort the table so that the Company Name 1 column is in (in alpha-numeric order.
   
   
7. If there are too many contacts to be viewed in a single page, use the browser scroll bar, at the right of the window, to move the display up and down.
   
   
8. Click Select next to the contact you want to use for your Ship To address.
   
   The browser re-displays the New Ship To page.
   
   
9. Click [Select Address].
   
   
10. The browser displays the Select Address page.
    
    
11. Click in the Company Name 1 text box, and type:
    

    • all or part of the text appearing in the first Company Name line, or
    • A wildcard character (*) to see all Addresses in the database
      

12. Click [Search]  
    
    The browser displays all addresses matching your query.
    
    
13. Click an underlined column header to sort the table by that column.
    
    For example, click Company Name 1, to sort the table so that the Company Name 1 column is in (in alpha-numeric order.
    
    
14. If there are too many addresses to be viewed in a single page, use the browser scroll bar, at the right of the window, to move the display up and down.
    
    
    
15. Click Select next to the address you want to use for your Ship To address.
    
    The browser re- displays the New Ship To page containing your selected Contact and Address.
    
    
16. If you have privilege to administer tax information, additional text boxes are displayed for you to enter:

• Taxable status
• Tax Rate Percentage
• Direct Pay status
  

17. Click in the FOB and Shipping text boxes and type any special instructions for shipments tgo this location.
    
    
18. Click in the Notes text box, and type  any additional comments about the selected contact and location.

Do not try to assign a Home organization until you have  created your Buying Organizations. Only after you have done this will the Home Organization drop-down menu be populated with a list of available organizations. If necessary, you can return later and assign a Home Organization.

17. In the Home Organization drop-down menu, select from a list of Buying Organizations to assign to this Ship To address.
    
    
18. Click: 
    • [Save] to save the description, or 
    • [Cancel] to leave the New Address page without making any changes.

Modifying Existing Ship To Addresses

1. In the tree menu, select Setup|Ship To Addresses.
   
   The browser displays the Ship To page, where you can create and edit Ship To addresses.
   
   
2. Click in the Contact Name text box, or the Contact Location text box, and type:
   

   • all or part of the text appearing in the name or location (city) of a contact, or
   • A wildcard character (*) to see all contacts in the database
     

3. Click [Search]  
   
   The browser displays all contacts matching your query.
   
   
4. Click:

• The Contact Name hyperlink to sort the list in Contact Name order, or
• The Company Name 1 hyperlink to sort the list in Company Name order
  

5. If there are too many contacts to be viewed in a single page, use the browser scroll bar, at the right of the window, to move the display up and down.
   

6. Click:

• Edit to change address information
  
  The browser displays the Edit Ship To page. Enter the same contact and address information you entered for a New Ship To.
  
  
  
• Delete to remove the Ship To address from the database.

Before removing a Ship To address, you must first remove its association. If the Ship To address is associated with a Buying Organization, the system cannot remove the Ship To address, and the browser displays an error message. Select a replacement Ship To address for the organizations use. Only then, can you delete the Ship To address.

7.  Click: 
   • [Save] to save the description, or 
   • [Cancel] to leave the Address page without making any changes.

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