**Importation Profile**

This section is the Importation Profile. This form contains the fields for creating an Importation record.

**Overview:**

 Importation Profile states information about the order. such as,

Shipment No. – a manual numbering system provided and maintained by importation officer in supplier-year-sequence pattern

Date – date when importation record was created

Supplier – the foreign provider of ordered materials

Country of Origin – source country of the supplier

Port of Destination – destination port of shipment container in the country

Freight Transport – mode of shipping; by sea, land or air transport

Broker – name of brokerage firm that will process releasing of shipment

Forwarder – name of shipping line contracted for the shipment

File Link – a folder address where importation related files can be found

Status – selected shipment status; used for filtering shipment reports

Import Status – option for selection of shipment status

Remarks – importation notes and reminders

ATA – actual time of arrival; the date when the shipment container/s arrived on port of destination

ARD – actual release date; the date when the shipment container/s departed from customs premises

Shipment Value – total USD amount of inventory orders linked in inventory order tab

Est. D&T – estimated shipment duties and taxes; system calculated taxes per in inventory order base on settings set in importation tab of Inventory order

is paid? - yes or no; this is to note that actual customs duties were paid while Customs tab details is not yet uploaded

Total IO Amount – total PHP amount of inventory orders linked in inventory order tab; default forex was set in importation tab of Inventory order

Total IO Weight –kilogram sum of material’s weight indicated in inventory order; for estimation of container needed to book

Total IO Volume – cubic meter sum of material’s volume indicated in inventory order; for estimation of container needed to book

# of 20ft Container – counted number of 20ft containers added in container tab 

# of 40ft Container – counted number of 40ft containers added in container tab

Inventory Order Tab – section for adding/linking shipment inventory order/s

Container Tab – section for adding and monitoring shipment containers and their delivery schedule

Job Order Tab – section for viewing posted JO Receiving/s of the shipment

Summary Tab – shows list of ordered materials for comparing different record quantities 

Parts List Tab – section for relating project parts list quantities in summary tab

Brokers Tab – section where broker related details are shown base from uploaded excel template data

Customs Tab – section where customs related details are shown base from uploaded excel template data

Docs Tab – section where other related importation document details are shown base from uploaded excel template data

Logs Tab – a section for keeping a journal of shipment activities 

**Important notes:**

Newly registered Importation record is a Pending status shipment at default - meaning it's orders are confirmed, for shipping and waiting to arrive on port of destination, it is important to keep shipment status up-to-date in relation with actual shipment status or progress.

Arrived Status shipments are shipments on destination port and is being processed for release.

Released Status shipments are shipments that were cleared from customs and expected to arrived at unloading location on the given schedule and delivery instruction

JO Receiving and Parts list are linked to this profile to cross check item details

Follow this link [[module:inventory:importation:list|Importation List]] to see  general instruction page