This release allows Expedient to calculate the Storage Start Dates when Air and LCL cargo is checked in and available from a Bond Warehouse or Depot. Expedient can store the free storage time and opening hours for Bond Warehouses and Depots, and for specific clients that may have agreed extra free time.
For example, you can set up your Bond Warehouse with 24 hours free storage time. When Air Cargo is outturned and you are the forwarder the Storage Start Date/Time will be calculated and added to the Job to appear on Air Cargo Availability notifications and Delivery Dockets. If Air Cargo is outturned at 10:00 today and the Bond Warehouse is open from 08:00 to 18:00 daily, the calculated Storage Start Date/Time will be tomorrow at 18:00. If the client on the job has 48 free time Expedient will set the Storage Start Date/Time for the date after tomorrow at 18:00. A similar calculation is performed for LCL cargo on finalizing the outturn in the Sea Cargo Depot Unpacks screen.
If you do not charge your Brokerage clients for storage at your own Bond Warehouse or Depot, Expedient will leave the Storage Start Date/Time blank for these clients.
On printing the Warehouse Release, Expedient will warn users that the Storage Start Date/Time has passed.
In order to accurately calculate Storage Start Date/Time information the following steps are recommended
- Where your site is an OWN Depot add the Establishment ID to the Customer Masterfile for your Depot
- Where your site has OWN Bond Warehouses add the Air Cargo free storage time and Operating Days and Hours
- Where your site has OWN Depots add the LCL Free Storage Time and Operating Days and Hours
- Where you inform your clients of Storage Start Date/Time at other Bond Warehouses update the Customer Masterfiles for the Bond Warehouses with the Air Cargo free storage time and Operating Days and Hours
- Where you inform your clients of Storage Start Date/Time at other Depots update the Customer Masterfiles for the Depots with the Air Cargo free storage time and Operating Days and Hours
- Where you have clients with special Storage Terms at Bond Warehouses or Depots update the Customer Masterfile for the Client with the special terms for each Bond and Depot
Adding Storage Free Time information to Bond Warehouses
The Customer Masterfile has been updated to include additional fields in the Bond Warehouse tab.
Add the storage free time permitted by the Bond Warehouse. Where the Bond is OWN Bond select whether Brokerage clients are charged for storage.
Add the operating days and hours so that Expedient can calculate the Storage Start Date/Time from the Available Date. If no operating days and hours are entered Expedient will assume the Bond is open 24 hours daily.
Please note the Operating Hours text is the information that will print on the Delivery Docket
Add Storage Fee Time information for Depots
The Customer Masterfile has been updated to include additional fields in the Depot tab.
Add the storage free days permitted by the Depot. Where the Depot is OWN Depot select whether Brokerage clients are charged for storage.
Add the operating days and hours so that Expedient can calculate the Storage Start Date/Time from the Available Date. If no operating days and hours are entered Expedient will assume the Depot is open 24 hours daily.
Please note the Operating Hours text is the information that will print on the Delivery Docket
Adding special Free Storage terms for Importers
Where Importers have extended free storage terms with Bond Warehouses or Depots this information can be added in the Customer Masterfile, Importer tab.
Where the following special detention or storage terms flag is set to Yes,
a new tab will appear, Detention/Storage Terms
This tab shows special detention terms stored for the client for different shipping lines, and shows special storage terms with Bonded Warehouses and Depots. If a client has special terms with a specific Bond or Depot, Expedient will use the client’s terms to calculate the Storage Start Date/Time rather than the free time stored for the Bond or Depot.
Update to Air Cargo Outturn/Manifest Check In
This screen has been updated to calculate the Storage Start Date/Time for each Job on the Consol according to the workflow below. The Storage Start Date/Time will appear on the automated Air Cargo Availability notifications where your site is set up to send these.
Update to ACR Warehouse Bin Functions > Check Out
The Check Out screen has been updated to include the Storage Start Date/Time. These fields will show red text where the Date and/or Time has passed. On selecting Warehouse Release, Expedient will warn the user if the Storage Free time has ended. The user can continue to print the Warehouse Release.
Update to Sea Cargo Depot > Receipts > Manifest/Unpacks screen
This screen has been updated so that on Exiting the screen, where a House Bill is ticked as finalized, the Storage Start Date/Time will be calculated using the workflow below
Update to Air Import Consol Registration
This release includes an update to the Air Import Consol Registration screen to remove the Storage Date and add an Available Date and Time. Where the Available Date and Time is added or updated in the Consol screen the Storage Start Date/Time will automatically calculated for all the Jobs on the Consol based on the following workflow
Update to Import Job Registration screen
The Import Job Registration screen will now show a Time field after the Available Date for AIR jobs.
The Containers tab has been updated to show LCL Available Time and a Storage Start Time Column for LCL jobs.
Where a Job is linked to a new Consol number the following workflow is used to calculate the new Storage Start Date/Time on the Job
Where the Warehouse Release can be printed from the Job, Expedient will warn the user if the Storage Free time has ended. The user can continue to print the Warehouse Release.
Update the Enquire Only > Job Tracking > Import Jobs Enquiry screen
Where the screen shows Warehouse Bin information, the Storage Start Date and Time has been added.
Automatic Report – In Bond
The automatic report code INBOND has been updated to include the Storage Start Date/Time information
User Configured Automatic Reports – Import Jobs
The User Configured automatic reports for Import Jobs have been updated to provide Available Time at Job level and Container level, and Storage Start Time at Container level as new output columns.
Update to LCL Delivery Docket – Extra Container Details
The Extra Container Details version (container details over two rows) of the LCL Delivery Docket has been updated to include the Storage Start Date and Time for each LCL container