EXPEDIENT SOFTWARE

In the release, Sub Master is added to the Import  Job. When the Sub Master is entered in the Import Consol, it will automatically populate to the Import Job when created. However, users are not able to edit the Sub Master via job, as the field is disabled. The change should be made via consol […]

In this release, the sea cargo report has been re-designed with the new layout and the field labels may be adjusted as below. Sea Cargo Report Screen Party Information Commodity Details Screen

In this release, the following new fields are added to Sea Cargo Report Screen. Consignment Value The field is an optional field for internal reference and will not be transmitted to ICS if entered. Currency The field is an optional field for internal reference and will specify the currency for consignment value. The value will […]

In the Customer Masterfile Transport tab, there is now the ability to select the Port when using the SFTP function for sending and receiving updates. In order to change the port, advanced options will need to be ticked in update mode. This will enable more secure connectivity for the following processes: Transport Provider for POD: […]

In this release, if a user is creating a house outturn via Import Air Consol>Master Outturn screen, when the House bill is selected in House Underbond Zoom, the process will look up the following fields on the ACR screen and populate to House Outturn Line screen. Also, the Master Destination will be populated as per […]

In the release, “Transhipment Port” is added to Import Sea Consol / Job Screen. When Transhipment Port is entered on the consol, it will populate to the job automatically. Transhipment Port will be used as “Original Port of Loading” in the Sea Cargo Report (AU Only). If Transhipment Port is null, the Load Port will […]

In order to prepare for our upcoming web portal, in this release we have made changes to the shipper field validation. Shippers are now required to be flagged as exporters within the customer masterfile to be valid and to be appear in the shipper field zoom. Please note that we have changed the title of […]

In this release we have made changes to the personnel screen. The First name and surname fields have been merged into a single “Full Name” field. We have also made this field mandatory. Going forward, we also require that either a phone number or email address is added for every personnel added to the system.

We have created a new type of XLS report which incorporates both job and financial information. This report is available under management > reports > finance > accounting report scheduling, to users who have purchased the accounting module. If you would like access to this new report please raise a support ticket. The financial analysis […]

In this release, users are able to print out Export Invoice in PDF format for a consignment line on Air Export job>Consignments/ lines tab when Low-value consolidation is Yes. Note: The function is only available for Customers with export eCommerce module. If you wish to have the function, please contact Expedient Support. How does it work? […]

In this release, we have made the following changes for TSW in Expedient as per NZCS TSW MIGs Addendum 9 requirement. ITP – Import Tobacco Permit  New code ITP is added to Import Declaration>Permit Authority Code. The code can be used as a header or line code. MFR – Manual Food Referral  New code MFR is added to […]

In this release, Expedient will release a solution to perform AEPCOMM Tariff validate check before entry submission. If any site is interested in getting the function, please contact with Expedient Support. The process will perform the validation check for the following: If a Non-AEPCOMM accredited broker is submitting an import declaration with an AEPCOMM Processing […]

Since the Supplier Masterfile was merged to Customer Masterfile, Expedient has revoked the function “Input Suppliers to Merge”. If users would like to merge a supplier/customer, you should use “Input Customer to Merge” function. The function is available via Administration -> Merge Menu -> Input Customers To Merge This is an existing function used to merge […]

In this release we are providing users the opportunity to check out our new profit analysis screen. This screen is designed to show the financial position of each job on a given day. It displays job information, along with the expected and actual revenue, cost and profit for each job. As this screen is still in Beta […]

Customer Masterfile Browse will now contain both the Billing and the Business Country Codes. This will default to be placed before Billing Country and Business Country columns

In the page for PRA Job Registration found in the menu at Forwarding->Export Sea->PRA Job Registration, the Verified Gross weight tab will now automatically populate fields when there is existing data across multiple containers. The first PRA registration will require data to be entered manually on the Verified Gross Weight. After the first PRA has […]

Creditor Payments – Creditors Invoice Report will now be found at the following location: Finance->Reports->Banking->Creditor Payments – Creditors Invoice report.

In line with TSW requirement, Expedient has made “Location of Goods” as a mandatory field for the following message types regardless of the mode of transport (Air/Sea/Mail). Import Declaration Inward Cargo Report Export Declaration Cargo Report Export If “Location of Goods” is missing on the entry, an error message will display on “Validate” or “Submit”.

The XERO outbound XML for Creditors Invoice will now include Creditors Due Date. This will be taken from the below field on the Creditors Invoice Screen: and will be listed as Invoice Due Date in the Metadata:

This release provides the ability to trigger documents to be generated and sent automatically following events, and to send the documents to an email, SFTP or server location In the current version of this feature, Final Invoices (FIV) and Disbursement Invoices DIV) can be triggered to send to a destination by Job events Use the […]

We have updated the Debtors Invoice to now include Place of Receipt. This will be done in the Shipment Information section of the Debtor Invoice: Charge Codes on the Debtors Invoice will roll over to a second page when the lines require it, we have updated all versions.

In this release we have added the ability to copy bookings from all booking screens. This is achieved by either clicking the copy bookings icon in the toolbar or going to options > create booking. The following prompt will then appear asking you to confirm that you would like to copy the booking. When you […]

We have updated the Arrival Notice to now include Place of Receipt. This will be done on the Port Line of the Arrival Notice, and won’t effect any other lines. The port line will now look like the below: T This is for Import Sea Arrival Notice 2 in Forms Maintenance.

Users will now be able to receive Vendor Order Number as part of the User Configured Import Order Reports. Go to Order Management->Reports->Import->Report Scheduling – User Configured When selected, the output will populate from this field on the Order Screen (when Selection Criteria is matched): It will be available in the Output selection when Orders […]

In this release, we have enhanced the Expedient Manifest XML to allow EDI trading partners to populate the Bill Type field on the Sea Master Holding, the Air House Holding and the Sea House Holding Screens. To populate the Bill Type field on the Sea Master Holding screen add a tag in the EDI file labelled <BillType> to […]

On this release, the Customer Masterfile Security Permissions have been ammended as a result of Suppliers being migrated to the Customer Masterfile. A new User option has ben created called “CMFSECCTRL” When activated against your site, a user that has the ability to Add/Update in the Customer Masterfile with this option turned on against their profile, […]

This release includes an update to the way the fields for the first flight in the Air Export Job Registration screen appear.  On ADD, Expedient will always show the following fields Origin Code ETD 1 Flight No 1 Airline Code 1 Via Code 1 If a port is entered in the Via Code 1 field, the […]

This release includes an update to the population of the XML file sent to IMPEX Docs from Export Sea Job Registration The XML has been updated as follows <ExporterRef> in the IMPEX Docs XML shows the Shipper Ref in the Job screen <CustomerRef> in the IMPEX Docs XML shows the Expedient Job Number Discharge Port […]

This release includes the ability for users to add their own User Roles & Milestone Categories Administration -> Milestones -> User Roles If your role is a manager role you can select ‘Manager’ for the role Administration -> Milestones -> Milestone Categories

As part of this release we decoupled bookings from orders. This provides users without the order tracking module, the ability to create bookings prior to creating jobs. If users do not have the order tracking module, these screens will allow users to enter a booking with container details. If users have the order tracking module, […]

On this release, the Supplier Masterfile Screen will be removed and all Supplier Masterfile data will be migrated into Customer Masterfile. After this Release, all Supplier’s will be stored in the Customer Masterfile, so any new Supplier’s or modifications to existing Suppliers will be performed in the Customer Masterfile. In order to migrate the historical […]

In this release, we have enhanced the Expedient Manifest XML to allow EDI trading partners to populate the Priority and Broker fields on the House Holding Screens. To populate the Priority field add a tag labelled <Priority> to the EDI file. Valid values are: High Medium Low To populate the Broker field add a tag labelled <BrokerCode> to the […]

In this release, users can now send the Discharge ETA date for Seafreight to their EDI trading partners. To help facilitate this for exports, we have added a new ETA Discharge field to the Forwarding -> Export Sea -> Consol Registration Screen

To be in line with industry standards, in this release we have replaced the word “shipment” with “booking” across the system. This has included renaming the below screens: 1. Import Shipments Screen -> Import Booking Screen 2. Export Shipments Screen -> Export Booking Screen 3. Import Shipment Workflow Milestone Setup -> Import Booking Workflow Milestone […]

In this release we have added new fields to both the import and export bookings screens.The screens now look the same for both import and export, allowing for more information to be stored at the booking level. Below is a screenshot of the new layout. We have also updated the Import Booking XML (previously called […]

Expedient has now made the Account Control on the Debtor page in Customer Masterfile available to all sites. This is to ensure Sites have better control over invoicing from the Customs and Forwarding Modules. When a Customer has a negative account, Sites can have a pop-up appear giving warning that the customer being used has […]

In this release we have made updates to the Import Booking lines tab. To be aligned with the export booking screen, we have added two new groupings: Packing Instructions and Packing Location. With the addition of these new groups, extra information can be entered for the batches that make up each Order Line on the booking and Packing […]

In this release, we have added the ability to copy documents from a booking to a linked order or job. This is achieved by clicking on one or multiple documents within the booking documents tab and selecting either Copy to Order or Copy to Job at the bottom of the screen. These buttons are only available when a […]

In this release, we have added the Vessel Lloyds Number and Voyage number to the Manifest EDI files sent from Expedient. These messages are triggered from Menu Options: 1. Forwarding -> Import Sea -> Job Registration -> Messaging -> Send EDI Manifest to Broker 2. Forwarding -> Import Sea -> Job Registration -> Messaging -> Send […]

In this release, the Stop Words Exclusion list has been added to Stop Word Screen. When the cargo Report is loaded via “Load Manifest Line” (Forwarding -> eCommerce -> Load Manifest Lines), if the declared value for the cargo report is not greater than 1,000, and the description on the cargo report match with “Stop […]

The Xero Outbound Debtors Interface will contain two new fields after the next update. The first is the External ID from the Customer Masterfile (a non-mandatory field) shown below: The second is the External code from the Job registration screen (a non-mandatory field) shown below:

In this release, there is a new column of days overdue to the ATB – General->Collections Summary by Due Date report. This is to allow for users to have a full perspective of all outstanding collections. The column will be listed as 1+ days, and will show all overdue Collections after the Due Date between […]

Automated Transport EDI with the Carrrier EDI, Air Forwarding and Bonded Warehouse Module system options on, will allow sites to send a Transport Booking EDI to their Transport Provider once a Job has been successfully Outturned. Setup the following programs: Importer Client Customer Masterfile Entry Importer Client Delivery Addresses Import Job Registration (Air Jobs) Carrier […]

In this release, we have made changes to the layout of the import order screen in order to accommodate two new fields. Place of Issue and Notify Party have been added and as a result, the Origin, discharge and destination ports have been moved to the right of the screen. These new fields have also […]

In this release, we have added the ability to copy documents from an order to a linked shipment or job. This is achieved by clicking on one or multiple documents within the order documents tab and selecting Copy at the bottom of the screen. This button is only available if a document has been selected […]

In this release, we have enhanced the Transport Booking EDI to group containers by delivery address. For Jobs with multiple Containers where either the containers have: Alternate Delivery Addresses Alternate Transport Providers Expedient will split the containers into groups and send 1 file(In their specified format) to each of the nominated Transport Providers per Delivery […]

In this release the User Configured Report Scheduling – Orders, will have two Container Output fields for your report. The first is “Containers – All” and the second is “Containers – Associated.” Containers – All will show all containers connected to the order Whereas Containers – Associated will show all containers with “Associate Order” ticked: […]

This release includes an update to the Import and Export Job Registration screens. You can now customise the spare field labels on the Import Job Registration, Export Sea Job and Export Air Job Registration screens If you would like these fields relabelled, please raise a Support Ticket providing the screen and original field labels that […]

In this release, we are updating Order Notifications to include an Email Event when an email is sent out. The event will now allow you to view email details, including seeing all recipients for the email.