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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Delivery notes</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Delivery note</Level1>
			<Level2>introduction</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Introduction</Level1>
			<Level2>delivery note</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Shipping document</Level1>
			<Level2>delivery note</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Shipment</Level1>
			<Level2>delivery note</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Activity</Level1>
			<Level2>delivery note</Level2>
		</Keyword>
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	<AimSection><Paragraph>A delivery note is a transport document that provides information on a consignment contained in one truck (or other vehicle) and refers to an order or a set of orders for one consignee at a delivery address. If the truck load contains shipments for various business partners, the load includes more than one delivery note.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>The information on a delivery note includes the delivery date and address, the customer's name, the contents of the consignment, and so on. In Italy, a delivery note is a legally required document, where it used to be called BAM (Bolla Accompagnamento Merci). Currently it is called DDT (Documento di Trasporto). In Portugal and Spain delivery notes are also used, but there they do not have the same legal status as in Italy.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>A <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000453" role="glossary">delivery note</Link> is one of the shipping documents that can be part of a <Link href="/baanerp/fm/glossary/glossary#000030" role="glossary">shipment procedure</Link>. Various parameter settings control if and how the delivery note functionality is used.</Paragraph>
	</AimSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000419" role="manual">How to set up delivery notes</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000413" role="manual">How SSA ERP LN creates delivery notes</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000414" role="manual">Delivery note data and preliminary/definite ID numbers</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000415" role="manual">How SSA ERP LN links shipments to existing delivery notes</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000416" role="manual">How SSA ERP LN combines shipments into loads</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000417" role="manual">Move a shipment to another load</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000412" role="manual">Manually created shipments</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000420" role="manual">To maintain delivery notes</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000418" role="manual">To print delivery notes</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>
