Free On Board Point.
This field in Vendor File Maintenance indicates whether you or the vendor pays for freight expenses and merchandise damage.
D = Destination. The vendor pays for freight and insurance costs or shipping damage.
O = Origin. You pay for freight and insurance costs or shipping damage.
This field is a hyperlink, which means you can click on it to display the related function. Thus, if you need to enter minimums of dollars and weight for getting free freight, click the Freight Policy hyperlink and enter the minimums in the dialog that displays.
The ordering minimums you set up in this dialog affect the following applications:
RSO – the totals area of the RSO shows the free freight minimums and indicates if the PO has not yet met those minimums.
Purchasing and Receiving Header screen – the dialog that displays when you click the PO Header’s Minimums hyperlink (or Misc Menu 6 “Vendor Detail Information”) include the Freight Minimums and Ordering Minimums
Purchasing and Receiving Header screen – Not Met displays below the Minimums hyperlink if the PO doesn’t meet either the vendor’s Ordering Minimums or Freight Minimums. The minimums which haven’t yet been met display in red in the Vendor Detail Information dialog.
