Add a shipper for outside vendors

Article • 4/27/2026 • 2 min read

A shipper is a record of items in a shipment. You can keep a record of shipments sent to subcontracted vendors.

To add a shipper for outside vendors

  1. Open the Shipping (SHIP) page.

    1. Select Production Management > Production Transactions > Shipping > Shipping.

      Or

    2. Search for SHIP or Shipping in the Navigation box and then select Shipping.

      Shipping (SHIP) page appears.

  2. Set up the shipper.

    1. On the Toolbar, click Copy.

    2. Select Sub-Contract PO from the list.

      The Copying Sub-Contract PO window appears.

  3. Copy the items you want to ship.

    1. Select a item and click Next.

      Next is enabled only if there are multiple items within the selected item.

    2. Select one or more rows and click Select.

      Click Cancel to exit from the Copying Sub-Contract PO window.

  4. Set shipper information.

    1. If the goods do not ship today, type the date in the Ship Date field.

      Or, click the icon at the end of the Ship Date field to display the Calendar. Select a desired date.

    2. In the Ship Weight field, type the weight shipped. Or click the calculator icon at the end of the field to display a calculator and select the value.

    3. In No Of Boxes field, type the the number of boxes. Or, click the arrows at the end of the No Of Boxes field to either increase or decrease the value by 1.

    4. In the Collected By field, type the initials of the person who prepared the items for shipment, and type your initials in the Entry By field.

    5. In the Ship Via list, select how to ship the items.

      If you use United Parcel Service as your shipping method, you can configure Made2Manage to share shipping information with the UPS OnLine WorldShip software. See the UPS OnLine WorldShip Installation and Setup Guide.

    6. In the FOB Point list, select the freight on-board point.

    7. In the Freight Charge field, specify the freight charge. Or, click the icon at the end of the Freight Charge field to display the calculator and select a value.

    8. In the Bill-Of-Lading field, specify the bill of lading values.

  5. On the Toolbar, click Save to keep the shipper.

    After you ship the items, set the shipper’s status to shipped.

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