In Shipmnts all Quotes are tied to Inquiries. You cannot create a quote without creating an Inquiry first. Click Here to view how to create an Inquiry.
1. Click on Sales under Navigation Menu
2. Click on Active Inquiries
3. Go to Workspace Quick search
4. Entire the Inquiry number that you created earlier in quick search
5. Once your Inquiry comes up, click on the 3 dots under Actions.
6. Click on Create Quotation from the drop down.
7. The Quotation form will open up for you. You can start entering all of the details that are available with you.
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Notice how the POL & POD are pre-populated from the Inquiry that we raised earlier.
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Similarly all the details that you enter in the quote will pre-populate as you create Shipment from Quote at a later stage. This significantly reduces work at later stages.
8. Lets add charges to the quote. Click on the 'Add Charge' Button.
Note: Adding charges at this stage allows you to prevent revenue leakage by ensuring no charges are missed at later stage when Invoicing is being done.
9. Start entering the charge name and select the appropriate one from drop down. You can use Tab key on your keyboard to navigate across the rates and details field.
Bonus Tip: To keep adding multiple charges without having to click on add charge each time, once you have updated all the fields beside a charge, keep pressing the tab key till you reach end of the fields. The tab after the last field will automatically create a new charge line where you can enter the next charge.
Incase you do not find the charges you need in the drop down, it means it will have to be added in charge master. Click here to see how to add a new Charge Item or Charge Code to charge master
Once you have been creating Quotes for a while you can use Rate explorer to generate quotations 10x faster. Click here to see how to use this powerful feature.
10. Here are a few sample that we added on our quote.
11. Click on Save
12. You will notice the new quote under the Quotation tab within Inquiry.
# Sharing Quotation with a Customer
13. To share quotation with a customer you can either click on 'Share Quotation' from A 3 dots beside the Quote.
14. OR you can also click on Actions on top right corner under Inquiry
15. And select Share Quotation
16. Under the following Share Quote pop up you can choose to send individual quotes with Standard Individual quote template or multiple quotes with Comparative quote template.
17. For this example lets see how a comparative quote looks like.
18. Select Comparitive Print from templates and the right quotes that you'd like to show in comparison to customer. You can check/ uncheck to show or hide Carrier, Totals and charge items with Zero Sell Charges (i.e purchase items)
19. Click on Share
20. You can review the email, recipient IDs and select between the channels of sharing (i.e. email and whatsapp). You will notice that the quote PDF is automatically attached here.
21. Once you have reviewed. Click on Send Notifications
# Move the Inquiry to next stage in work flow
For better collaboration and communication between all departments we recommend updating the status of the Inquiry to next stage.
22. To change the status of the Inquiry to indicate that quote has been shared with customer. Click on 'Quote Sent to Customer' under Pricing pending.
23. Update all the details. You can also send internal notifications to your team members from this pop up should you wish to intimate them.
24. Click on Submit to save
