Management of Carriers

To manage deliveries in Odoo ERPOnline, you can install the delivery module from setting menu.

This module enables you to manage:

• the different carriers with whom you work,
• the different transport methods,
• cost calculation and invoicing of each delivery,
• the transport methods and their tariffs.

Once the delivery module has been installed, the first thing to do is to configure the different modes of delivery accepted by your company. Go to the menu Warehouse > Configuration > Delivery Method to create your company's delivery modes.

For each delivery mode, you should define the following elements:

• Name of the delivery mode,
• The partner associated with the transport (which can be your own company),
• The associated product.

Let's give you an example:

Information about the invoicing of transport (such as accounts, applicable taxes) is entered in the product linked to the delivery mode. Ideally the product should be configured with Product Type Service.

You can use the same product for several delivery modes. This simplifies the configuration, but it has the disadvantage that you will not be able to separate your sales figures by delivery mode.

Tariff Grids

Unlike ordinary products, delivery prices are not proposed through pricelists but through delivery grids, designed specifically for this purpose. For each delivery mode, you enter one or several tariff grids. Each grid is used for a given region/destination.

For example, for the postal tariffs for Priority Courier, you generally define the three tariff grids for Mail Office:

• National Courier,
• Courier in Europe,
• Courier Outside Europe.

To define a new delivery grid, use the menu Warehouse > Configuration > Delivery > Delivery Pricelist. Give a name to your delivery grid and define the region for which the tariffs in the grid will apply in the second tab Destination. There you can set:

• A list of countries (for UK or Europe, for example),
• A list of states,
• A range of postal codes (for Paris you might have 75000 – 75900).

Then you have to set the rules for calculating the transport price in the first tab Grid definition. First of all, give the rule a name. Then set the condition for which this rule is applicable, for example Weight < 0.5kg.

Weights are always expressed in kilograms. You can define a number with a decimal point or comma, so to set 500g you would put 0.5 in the weight rule.

Next you can set the sales price and the cost price. Prices can be expressed in various ways:

• a fixed price,
• a variable price, as a function of weight, volume, weight x volume or price.

For example, mailing within France using current tariffs would be defined as shown in the table below:

You can also define rules that depend on the total amount on the order. For example to offer fixed price delivery if the total order amount is greater than 150 USD, add the following rule:

Delivery Modes

Once the delivery modes and their corresponding tariffs have been defined, you can use them in a Sales Order. There are two methods for doing that in Odoo ERPOnline.

• Delivery based on Ordered Quantities,
• Delivery based on Shipped Quantities.

Delivery based on Shipped Quantities

To invoice the delivery according to the items shipped, you set the delivery mode in the Delivery Method field on the tab , Order Lines of Sales Order, to Invoice from Delivery.

You can then confirm the order, and when the goods are available you can also validate the delivery order.

The transport costs will not be added to the sales order, but only to the invoice. When the manager has generated the invoices corresponding to the deliveries carried out, Odoo ERPOnline automatically adds a line on each invoice corresponding to the delivery charge, calculated on the basis of the items actually sent.