The World Ease tab allows you to select default settings for World Ease commodity import, specify the number of World Ease documents to print, specify factors to determine how World Ease child shipments are aggregated, and specify factors to determine how World Ease master shipments are created.
Note: This tab appears only if you have a contract for UPS World Ease.
Using the World Ease tab:
Select the default settings for a World Ease commodity import.
Select the Always Import Commodities tickbox if you want UPS WorldShip to always select the Import Commodities tickbox on the Customs Documentation tab for this shipper. Clear this tickbox if you do not want WorldShip to select the Import Commodities tickbox on the Customs Documentation tab for this shipper.
Type the path and file name of the commodity information CSV file in the Default Import File box. The maximum length of the path and file name is 260 characters. Your choice appears as the default in the Master Shipment window that appears if you attempt to close out master shipments with child shipments that are missing commodity information. If you do not know the path name of the file, click the Browse button and select the file from your directories.
Click the down arrow in the Reference Number box and select the Reference Number that you want as the key field for import. Your choice appears as the default in the Master Shipment window that appears if you attempt to close out master shipments with child shipments that are missing commodity information.
Choose how you want to handle World Ease documents:
To generate Master Invoices using WorldShip, type the number of copies you want for each master shipment in the Master Invoice box. You can request a minimum of three copies and a maximum of nine copies.
To generate Consolidated Invoice Detail reports using WorldShip, type the number of copies you want for each master shipment in the Consolidated Invoice Detail box. You can request a minimum of one copy and a maximum of nine copies.
To generate COs using WorldShip, type the number of copies you want for each master shipment in the CO box. You can request a minimum of one copy and a maximum of nine copies.
To generate Child Shipment Invoices using WorldShip, type the number of copies you want for each child shipment in the Child Shipment Invoice box. You can request a minimum of zero copies and a maximum of nine copies.
Choose factors to determine how World Ease child shipments are aggregated:
To turn on aggregation, select the Aggregate World Ease Child Shipments tickbox. To turn off aggregation, clear the Aggregate World Ease Child Shipments tickbox.
To aggregate by reference number, click the down arrow in the Reference Number box and select the appropriate reference number.
To aggregate by shipment Quantum View Notify, select the Shipment Quantum View Notify tickbox. If you do not select this tickbox, shipments with the same consignee and service are aggregated even if the shipments have different Shipment Quantum View Notify information. If you select this tickbox, similar shipments with different Shipment Quantum View Notify information are not aggregated.
To aggregate by Handling Charge, select the Handling Charge tickbox. If you do not select this tickbox, child shipments with a Handling Charge are aggregated even if each child shipment has a different Handling Charge; the Handling Charge from the existing child shipment overwrites the Handling Charge from the new child shipment. If you select this tickbox, similar child shipments with different handling charges are not aggregated.
To aggregate by Signature Services, select the Signature Services tickbox. If you do not select this tickbox, child shipments with a Signature Services are aggregated even if each child shipment has a different Signature Services charge; the Signature Services charge from the existing child shipment overwrites the Signature Services charge from the new child shipment. If you select this tickbox, similar child shipments with different Signature Services charges are not aggregated.
Tip: The Reference Number box as well as the Shipment Quantum View Notify, Handling Charge, and Signature Services tickboxes become inactive if you clear the Aggregate World Ease Child Shipment tickbox.
Choose factors to determine how World Ease master shipments are created:
To create master shipments automatically each time the first child shipment is processed, select the Create Master Shipments Automatically tickbox. If you want to manually create master shipments, clear the Create Master Shipments Automatically tickbox.
Click the down arrow in the Port of Entry box and select None, Single Country, or European Union for the clearance Port of Entry.
Under Importer of Record, select the Single Country and/or European Union tickboxes to specify the default Import of Record address to use during automatic master shipment creation for single country and/or European Union consolidation. Then click the ... button(s) to display the Importer Address window and to specify or edit the address(es).