<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/fmfoc" xml:lang="en" TopicType="Overview">
   <Header>
      <Title>Freight Order Control</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e503547">
         <Level1>Freight Order Control</Level1>
         <Level2>introduction</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <Paragraph>
         <Link href="/baanerp/fm/glossary/glossary#000009" role="glossary">Freight orders</Link> provide information about
		goods that are to be transported, and as such provide major input to transport
		planning and subcontracting. The main purpose of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/foc" role="module">Freight Order Control</GUIRef> module is to maintain freight orders, and to keep track of freight orders in
		the course of their life cycle, both before and after their transportation has
		been planned and executed, or before and after they have been subcontracted.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Each stage that a freight order goes through is indicated by
		means of a status. Changes to orders occur frequently, for example if a
		customer changes the quantity on his order. If transport planning has already
		been carried out for a freight order whose quantity is changed, the order may
		have to be replanned. <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm" role="package">Freight</GUIRef> supports changing, deleting, and replanning of freight
		orders.</Paragraph>
   </AimSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph/>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>Freight orders are typically created automatically or manually
		  from the following types of orders:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Sales orders</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Planned distribution orders</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Warehouse orders</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Purchase orders</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>Whenever an order of any of these types is created, a freight
		order can be generated or manually created by the user. This depends on
		parameter settings.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>If ERP Enterprise is
		not set to create freight orders automatically, you can create freight orders
		by batch in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/foc" role="module">Freight Order Control</GUIRef> module. To create freight orders by batch, you must select a
		range of <Link href="/baanerp/fm/glossary/glossary#000048" role="glossary">originating orders</Link> and start up the batch process. You
		can also manually create freight orders that are not related to an originating
		order.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000014" role="manual">To create freight orders</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000037" role="manual">Freight order grouping</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000016" role="manual">Freight order maintenance</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000015" role="manual">Freight order statuses</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000054" role="manual">Subcontracting</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/fmlbd" role="manual">Load Building</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>