Transport Cost Margin

Separate goods and shipping charges in sales data so teams can evaluate transport impact on margins with greater confidence.

❓ Introduction

The Transport Cost Margin module lets you mark items (inventory, G/L accounts, resources, item charges) as transport costs. This way, on sales documents you see which lines are transport costs — making it easier to analyze margins split by goods and transport.

The module is available in the following areas:

  • Item Card and Item List
  • G/L Account Card
  • Resource Card
  • Item Charges
  • Sales Order, Sales Quote, and Sales Invoice lines

🔍 How It Works

Marking Items as Transport Cost

On the item card, G/L account card, resource card, or item charge card, a Transport Cost field appears (yes/no).

When you mark an item as a transport cost:

  • On sales order lines with that item, the N24TC | Transport Cost field is automatically set to Yes
  • The field is visible on sales order, quote, and invoice subforms

Automatic Assignment from Shipping Agent Catalog

If the Shipping Agent or Shipping Agent Service card has a Transport Cost Type and Transport Cost Type No. assigned, the linked item (inventory, G/L account, etc.) automatically receives the Transport Cost = Yes designation.

Changing the assignment on the shipping agent triggers a prompt to remove the designation from the previous item.

Visibility on Sales Documents

The N24TC | Transport Cost field is visible on the following subforms:

  • Sales Order Lines
  • Sales Quote Lines
  • Sales Invoice Lines
  • Posted Sales Invoice Lines
  • Sales Shipment Lines

Visibility on Purchase Documents

The N24TC | Transport Cost field is also available on purchase lines. The system sets it automatically on lines created during transport cost matching (the item charge line). This lets you filter and analyze transport costs on the purchase side as well.

🚀 How to Enable

The module does not require separate activation — the Transport Cost field on item, G/L account, resource, and item charge cards is available immediately after installing N24 Transport Costs. To mark an item as a transport cost, set the Transport Cost field to Yes on its card.