Freight charges can be entered manually on a sales invoice or can be automatically calculated by EBMS when the invoice is entered. The Ship via setting is used to determine if an order is being shipped or not.
Manual Freight Entry
If you wish to manually add a freight charge to a sales invoice, enter the Freight amount on the bottom of the invoice. The freight income will be posted to the Freight Charges general ledger account entered in the View > Advanced Options dialog accessed from the invoice menu.
Automatic Freight Calculation
A sale is identified as being shipped rather than being a pickup (FOB) sale by the Ship Via field. If the Ship Via setting is configured as a Customer Pickup, no shipping charges are calculated. See the Creating Shipping Methods section for details on Ship via options. The Ship via field defaults to the Default Shipping Method within the customer's terms tab. The Ship via option also causes the Ship To address to print on the invoice or sales order. Review the Entering and Printing a Sales Order section for more details on the Ship To field.
Some additional dialogs may appear if customized Ship via options are selected.
Freight is calculated on the quantity Shipped in the same manner as the invoice Amount total unless the following option is enabled. Go to Sales > Options > Invoices and S.O.s tab to set the open as shown below:
Enable the Calculate freight based on the ordered amount option to calculate freight based on the ordered amount. This setting is copied to the sales order at the time the SO is created. Go to View > Advanced dialog to view the setting for the individual sales order.
Note that the full shipping charge will be calculated on the sales order even if some of the items are back ordered.