This post is to explain how Postage is calculated.

In Annapurna there are two fields to control the postage charged.

Postage Type and Postage Code.

Postage Type.

This determines how postage is calculated. There are the following types of postage.

No Postage 

Postage per Job - postage is charged for each job and is added to the order at the time of despatch.

Postage on First Job.

When a job is marked as completed a check is made to see if there are other jobs completed for that user on that day. 

If it is the first job on that day then a postage charge is raised.

Postage per Day.

The postage is raised on the invoice. The invoice will collect together the jobs sent on a dy together on the invoice and from this deduce the postage due on that day based on the number of jobs that were sent. On a weekly invoice there will be a charge for each day.

Postage per Box.

When a job is marked as completed, a check is made to count the number of other jobs that have already been completed on that day.  The postage charge is then calculated from the number of completed jobs per day.

Postage at Entry.

This is like postage per job but the charge is applied at order entry.

Postage Code.

This is a code which determines the rate at which the postage is charged. There is a 3 characted code (eg STR). This code is linked to a postage rate screen which determines the charge.

To add a new code then open the Postage Rate screen (press the ... button) and enter the code and click update.

To set the values for a postage code, click on the code. A list of quantities and charges are displayed. How the charge is applied depends on the Postage Type.

Postage per Job and Postage per Entry.

The charge applied is the value linked to the value of 1.

Postage per day.

The charge applied is the value linked to the number of jobs sent on that day eg

1  1.00

2  1.20

3  1.40

4  1.60

and 3 jobs were sent then 1.40 is the charge.

Postage per box.

This is like postage per day in that it is based on the quantity. A typical set up will be

1  1.00

2  0.00

3  0.00

4  0.00

5  2.00

6  0.00

7  0.00

8  0.00

9  3.00

10 0.00

In this example each box can hold 4 jobs so the first job in the box is charged at 1.00 and the subsequent are not charged.

Varying across different customers.

You can create different postage codes with different charges. You can then apply customer to the appropriate charge by entering the postage code and postage type in the customer record.