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Advanced Shipment Costing System.

The RM6000 Advanced Shipment costing system is a separate module within the RM6000 system. The module is used to apportion and apply costs incurred in the importation process to the individual cost price of each product.

When products are ordered from overseas suppliers then additional costs are incurred over and above the original purchase cost. These additional costs include such items as freight, insurance, storage, packing, taxes etc.

The costs may apply to the shipment as a whole, to a Purchase Order within the shipment, or to an individual product. The RM6000 Advanced Shipment costing system allows all of these costs to be applied and calculates the new product cost.

Features of the module include:

  • A Container (or alternative shipping process) can contain many RM6000 Purchase Orders and also goods not covered by known Purchase Orders.

  • The Container can contain a mixture of products, which may be very heavy, or very large. Depending upon the mixture of products held within the Container, costs can be adjusted to bias costs by volume or weight.

  • The additional costs can be identified as applicable to the overall and / or to a specific single purchase order only.

  • Costs can be fixed, or percentage based.

  • Shipment costs can attract duty if required.

  • Duty rates for products can be defined and applied.

  • A trial costings can be created to determine the cost uplift effect at product level.

  • Authorisation of the cost uplift prepares the shipment for the goods received process.

  • As importation costs many vary by shipment it is possible to set a Standard Cost for the product which represents a normal uplifted cost price. This Standard Cost can be used for determining selling prices for the products within RM6000.

  • At the Good Received point the selected Purchase Order can be uplift by the Shipment costs thereby creating new average costs within RM6000.

  • A number of reports are available to monitor uplifted costs and for use with Customs Authorities.

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