Delivery Management

The commodity business can be very fluid and changes often cannot be completely anticipated. That's why we are constantly striving to make CATS more responsive. The upcoming Delivery Management feature is a perfect example.

What are the benefits of Delivery Management:

• Loose allocation: Allocate purchased material to sales without commitment. Allocations can be changed at any time. Purchased material can be applied to multiple sales.
• Arbitrary amounts: Allocate and deliver arbitrary amounts of material to sale contracts. Just specify how much of what material and you're done. No extra steps!
• Delivery tracking: See all the material you've placed on the delivery. Create traffic documents and invoice your delivery all from one screen.
  

How does Delivery Management work?

1. Free Allocation: Allocation no longer need be a static process of connecting a purchase to a sale. Instead, you can make loose connections between purchases in sales which signify only that a particular set of purchased material is promised to the sale. The allocation can be for a whole container or just a portion, whatever your business needs are.
   
   
   The great thing about this system is that these allocations can be easily changed at any time. If you decide to use material from Warehouse A instead of Warehouse B, it's a simple matter to switch the allocation.
   


2. Deliveries: Now all this freedom is great, but once you are ready to deliver your material, that allocation between the purchase and the sale needs to be permanent. The new Delivery management system provides a quick and easy way to finalize your allocations.
   
   Once again, you can deliver a full shipment or only part (even portions of marks & containers!). Deliver half of a bag, the Delivery management system handles that easily. And the best part is, your allocations to determine the material available for delivery!
   
   
   
3. Delivery Traffic Screen: It may seem a little daunting to have to track half-bags of material applied to a dozen different sales, but the new Delivery Screen makes it easy. It displays summary information about the Delivery (Including total weight, units, and invoice information) and offers quick access to the following features:
   - Simply add/remove marks to an existing delivery.
   - Display material on the delivery by marks, sale or allocation.
   - Create Traffic Orders (Delivery, Sampling, etc...) and Sale Invoices directly from the Delivery screen.

And, as always, CATS respects your choices; you can use the new Delivery Management system alongside the traditional approach. Whichever works best for you!