Note
Create an SRN as soon as you have placed your order with your supplier.
Ensure you have enough Pre-buy CBM to cover your shipment.
Ensure your supplier places your shipping marks including the SRN on your outer cartons.
You will need separate SRN’s creating for each country you are shipping to.
Watch the video on how to create a Consolidated Shipping Order
Open the Freight application from the left navigation and click on Shipping Orders and then Create.
Select Create Consolidated Order to create an SRN which will utilise the Superhero Freight consolidation service.
You will need to have sufficient pre-buy CBM otherwise you will receive an error message. You won’t be able to continue until you buy CBM credits.
If you don’t have a Company set up yet, you will see a message at the top of the page. For billing purposes, we need to confirm that if we can’t invoice your Company for any billing relating to your freight order, we can invoice you directly instead by using your personal details.
You have 2 options to proceed:
If you have a Company set up but haven’t input the details yet, you can click on the link which takes you to the Company Common Data and complete your Company details.
You can click on the check box to confirm that you don’t have a Company set up yet and that your personal name and address can be used for any billing and invoicing purposes relating to your shipping order.
You won’t be able to proceed until you have followed either step 1 or 2 above.
Enter in the following details which are required to create an SRN.
Field Name | Purpose | Mandatory/Non Mandatory |
|---|---|---|
Supplier | The supplier you are purchasing your products from. Learn more about creating a Supplier. If your supplier does not appear in the drop down list, check that the supplier status is set to “Active”. | Mandatory |
Origin Country | The country your supplier is located in, being either China, United States of America or the United Kingdom. Superhero Freight only ship from these countries currently. If you need to ship from a different country, this will need to be done through a Direct Shipment Order. Learn more about Direct Shipments. | Mandatory |
Port | The port your products will be leaving from. The drop down list of ports will not display until you select the Origin Country. | Mandatory |
Warehouse | The Superhero Freight warehouse your products will be shipped to and stored at. | Mandatory |
Production End Date | The date your products will be ready to be delivered to the respective port after manufacture. Your supplier will need to provide you with this date. | Mandatory |
Commercial Invoice | Once your products have been manufactured, your supplier must provide you with a commercial invoice. The commercial invoice needs to be attached to the SRN. This needs to be done for all products being imported. The commercial invoice is used by customs to determine the VAT and duties to be paid. Please note the commercial invoice is not required straight away, however your products will not be loaded into a container without the commercial invoice. | Non-Mandatory |
Packing List | Once your products have been manufactured, your supplier must provide you with a packing list. The packing list needs to be attached to the SRN. This needs to be done for all products being imported. The packing list is used by customs to determine the VAT and duties to be paid. Please note the packing list is not required straight away, however your products will not be loaded into a container without the packing list. | Non-Mandatory |
If you input the Commercial Invoice, a check box will appear asking you to confirm the Product Unit Cost in the EcoSystem is the same as the Product Unit Cost for each SKU on the attached Commercial Invoice.
If you try to proceed without checking the box, you will see the following error message.
Once you have checked the box if applicable, select Next to move to the following screen.
Enter in the following details which are required to complete an SRN.
Field Name | Purpose | Mandatory/Non Mandatory |
|---|---|---|
Product | The product drop down list contains all the products you have listed in your product common data list. If the product does not appear in the drop down list, check that your product has status “Active”. Learn more about creating a product. N.B. You will only see products listed for the warehouse that you have chosen. | Mandatory |
Quantity of Cartons | The number of master/outer cartons you will be shipping. | Mandatory |
Quantity of Units | The formula for this field is Quantity of Cartons * Units per Carton. | Automatically Calculated |
Commodity Code | The commodity code is populated from the information added into the Product common data. If the commodity code displays as N/A on the SRN, update the commodity code in the product common data section. | Automatically Populated |
Duty Rate | The duty rate is populated from the information added into the Product common data. If the Duty Rate displays as N/A in the SRN, update the duty rate in the product common data section. It is critical to provide the correct duty rate, as customs will verify the rate provided. If it is not correct, there could be potential issues with your shipment. | Automatically Populated |
Import carton configuration | The import carton configuration is a drop down list which is pre-populated with the carton dimensions previously entered in for the product in the Product common data. Select the relevant configuration - there may only be one option for this. Once selected, the carton dimensions will populate automatically. If the carton configuration drop down is empty, you will be able to proceed and populate the carton dimensions manually. | Automatically Populated |
Carton Length, Carton Width, Carton Height, Carton Weight, Units per Carton | If you entered the carton details when you created your product, these fields should populate automatically. If these do not populate automatically, manually enter in the carton length, carton width, carton height and carton weight you have received from your supplier. The dimensions entered must be correct, as the CBM calculated for the shipment will be deducted from your Superhero Freight CBM balance. | Mandatory |
The carton configuration(s) will be shown for the Product that you selected.
You can Add another Product on this page if required. Or select Preview to review all the details entered.
Select Complete to create your Consolidated Shipping Order.
Once the Consolidated Shipping Order has been created, the status will be set to PENDING.
Hover over the Status to view the status definition.
