landed costs
   Landed Cost Tracking & Import Cost Accounting Software  
     
  The Importing & Shipment Special Costing system is designed to assist importers exporters or those for whom shipping costs represent a significant portion of a stock item's total cost. Multiple purchase orders can be consolidated onto a single costing 'job'. Currency conversions are handled automatically, and freight, shipping, local cartage, duty and other charges may be factored into your final inventory cost value. GST can be carried through the costing process onto supplier invoices, but is excluded from affecting your inventory cost value.

A landed cost or local cost history is maintained, so you can easily compare the last shipment cost with the current cost. The costing 'job' is then allocated against one or more supplier invoices. Supplier account balances, shipping history, and inventory cost and stock levels are updated in the one procedure. A shipment costing report can be printed, as well as stock labels.

 
     
   Features  Description  
       
  Fully Integration Shipment jobs updates stock control, supplier accounting and expense allocations in the general ledger.  
       
  Multiple Suppliers Shipping costs and goods may be allocated to multiple suppliers. For example, the overseas supplier, the freight forwarder and the local courier.  
       
  Multiple Purchase Orders Multiple purchase orders from your business software may be selected for costing or any partial combination of purchase orders.  
       
 

Weight & Volume

Weight & volume information may be adjusted during the cost assignment process.  
       
  Flexible Costing Any shipment may be selectively costed using any combination of these methods:
  • Proportion cost by price
  • Proportion cost by weight
  • Proportion cost by volume
  • Selective proportioning by price, weight or volume.
  • Manual input/assignment of cost (at any time).
 
       
  Stock Labels Stock labels (including or excluding bar codes) may be printed for goods taken into stock.  
       
 

10 Cost Categories

Stock items being costed may have their costs allocated to 10 user defined cost categories. Options include general, duty, shipping, insurance, fees, freight, etc. Expenses and purchases, however, may be allocated by different codes in the general ledger.  
       
 

Cost History

A history of the freight on board, landed cost and allocation of shipping cost is maintained for each product during costing. The shipping/cost history may be viewed during cost allocation.  
       
  Multi-Locations Costed goods may be transferred directly to a specific location if multi-location stock control is active.  
       
  Inventory Updates Automatic update of cost and selling prices based on pre-defined mark-ups or other calculations.  
       
  Foreign Currencies Foreign currency purchases are translated into Australian dollars automatically during the costing process.  
       
 

Shipping Details

The shipment number, container number, vessel/craft, port, arrival date and agent details can be optionally kept on file.  
       
  GST GST and other 'recoverable' taxes may be excluded from product cost calculations.  
       
  Reporting The Special Costing Report lists items taken into stock, their related purchase order numbers, quantities, freight on board, assigned costs, total costs, last costs, new costs and variances based on last cost.  

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