8.12.3. Shipping Zones

8.12.3.1. Shipping Zone

Shipping Zones are used to define geographic regions into which sold Items are shipped. Sales Orders are linked to Shipping Zones through the Ship-To Address master. This assignment of Shipping Zones to Sales Order enables you to analyze sales activity by geographic region. To access the master list of Shipping Zones, select the "Shipping Zones" option. The following screen will appear:

Shipping Zones Master List

The Shipping Zones master list displays the name and description of all existing Shipping Zones.

To the far right of the screen, the following buttons are available:

CLOSE: Closes the screen, returning you to the application desktop.
PRINT: Runs the report associated with this screen.
NEW: Opens screen for creating a new Shipping Zone.
EDIT: Enables you to edit highlighted Shipping Zone. The edit screen is the same as that for creating a new Shipping Zone—except that when editing, the fields will contain Shipping Zone information. Double-clicking on a Shipping Zone will also bring you to the editing screen.
DELETE: Highlight a Shipping Zone and then select this button to remove the Shipping Zone from the master list.

8.12.3.1. Shipping Zone

To create a new Shipping Zone, select the NEW button. The following screen will appear:

Create New Shipping Zone

When creating a new Shipping Zone, you are presented with the following options:

Name: Enter the name of the Shipping Zone.
Description: Enter a description to identify the Shipping Zone.

To the far right of the screen, the following buttons are available:

CANCEL: Closes the screen without creating a Shipping Zone, returning you to the application desktop.
SAVE: Creates the Shipping Zone and adds it to the master list of Shipping Zones.