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Order Entry Instructions
Eveready Express’s Web Order Entry System is full of features that
can save you time, you can:
1. Place an order
2. Save/Memorize addresses
3. Add job/reference numbers as you place the order
4. Get approximate price quotes for deliveries -
5. Track your deliveries; find out when packages were delivered and by
whom
6. Notify you via email that we have received your order (if you choose)
Four Important Details About Internet Order Entry:
1. We operate 24 hours a day, 7
days a week. Our physical office is open Monday thru Friday 7:00am thru
6:00pm Eastern Time (holidays excluded),
and to ensure we
maintain our high service standards we only accept internet orders at this
time between the hours of 7:00am and 5:30pm.
A dispatcher will always respond
to your telephone orders and inquiries, even after hours.
2. Due to Internet communication not being 100% reliable (as much as we
would like it to be), we highly recommend that once you have entered on
order that requires immediate service on the internet, that you confirm
the order is received by clicking on "Order Tracking". We wouldn’t
want to miss your critical order that needs to be delivered in an hour due
to a glitch somewhere on the World Wide Web!
3. Although we'll use all the technology we can get our hands on to
dispatch and deliver your important jobs, we'll never allow that same
technology to isolate us from the lifeblood of this business - personal
contact with our customers. If you have any questions do not hesitate to
call.
4. Runs being put in web order entry system for a future run, should be
entered as soon as possible. This will facilitate our dispatch staff
having the proper equipment available at the correct time and location for
your pick up.
Getting Started
1. First, you will need to
go to the following website:
www.evereadyexpress.com
2. Bookmark this page on your web browser.
3. Click on the "Client Login" button
4. Then, type in your user I.D. and password
Your Web Browser
should open directly to the new order screen.
Placing an order
Step One Identify the
origination and destination of delivery. Web order entry system may by
default show your company as the pick up location (you can change that
though). In either of the "Pick Up Information" or
"Delivery Information" blocks, click on the drop down menus to
find your location. You may enter the first letter of the destination to
help you navigate a little faster. If you do not see your destination
located in the list, you can add a new address. All you have to do is
click on the "New" button in either sections.
Step Two After you click
on "New" the screen should look like the one shown below. After
you complete the form, click on "Update". You have the option of
selecting "Hidden in List". This helps you to keep your stored
database clean of any non-frequently used addresses. We will discuss
managing the list of addresses in the next section in more detail. Once
you have clicked on "Update", you will be back in the new order
screen.
Step Three Next you will
need to check the correct date for the delivery. By default it keeps the
date current on the day you are entering in the order. However, if you
need to place an order for the next day or later in the future, you will
need to change this.
Step Four The "Ready
Time" and "Pick Up By" should always be filled in.
Step Five Choose Delivery
Vehicle. The default is: "Best Fit". We can serve you better if
you will choose smallest vehicle size that the shipment can be safely
loaded and carried in. Choose from the drop down list. If your shipment
requires a LiftGate Truck, please choose accordingly.
Step Six Choose
Delivery Type.
The Delivery Vehicle will determine your choices of Delivery Type:
If your shipment is hand loadable and can fit in a Cargo Van or smaller
vehicle (No single package heavier than 70 pounds and total shipment not
exceeding 1800 pounds), choose either:
Courier Regular-
Ready by Noon for delivery by 5pm (if Ready after noon, delivery by noon
next bus day)
Courier Rush-
Ready by 4pm for delivery within 3 hours (after 4pm, delivery by 9am next
bus day)
Courier
Direct-
Direct Non Stop to your delivery (or delivery early next day if you
specify)
If your shipment is
on Skids, choose either:
Skid Regular
Service- Ready by 10am, delivery by 5pm (after 10am, deliver by 12 noon next
bus day)
Skid
Rush Service- Expedited pickup and delivery
If your shipment is
Crates, Drums or other Truck Freight, choose either:
Truck Regular
Service- Ready by 10am, delivery by 5pm (after 10am, deliver by 12 Noon next
bus day)
Truck Rush
Service- Expedited pickup and delivery
Step Seven If there is a
job or reference number or name for this run, please enter this in the
"Reference" box. This number or name appears on the invoice and
helps accounting track charge back expenses.
Step Eight Please fill in
the Packages section. This will also help the driver make the correct pick
up, and dispatch will be able to confirm they are sending the correct size
vehicle. You might only want samples & your vendor might try and give
the driver the entire job.
Step Nine
This
is one of the most important steps so far. We come to the
"Comments" box. As you may have noticed there is currently no
location for a "Deliver By" box. Put your deadline in the
"Comments" box. Also, this location is good to put other
comments such as, 'pick up a check' or 'deliver directly to Tom', etc.
When notating a deadline, please put 'Delivery by...' or 'Deadline' before
the actual time. The information you give us goes directly to the courier.
The more information and details the better.
When entering a
round trip
run, treat it as two
separate runs/orders. But notate in the first half or order in the
comments section, that it is a
round trip
run. That
will let us know that the second half or order goes with the first one.
*** Our
service levels and guarantee are based on normal driving conditions.
Unfortunately we cannot guarantee service levels under unusual conditions
that are out of our control, such as accidents on the roads and highways,
inclement weather, etc. We will make every attempt to let you know when a
guarantee cannot be upheld, and we will offer an alternative. Certain
restrictions may apply, depending on the distance and time of the
location.
Step
Ten Executing
the order. You have two options. You can either click on "Quick
Order" or "Continue". I strongly suggesting in the
beginning you select "Continue". The "Quick Order"
automatically goes to generating an order and brings you to the delivery
ticket ready for print.
After you click on "Continue", you will come to a
confirmation page. Here, you will have the opportunity to review the order
before sending it. You may cancel the order if you wish as well. [CAUTION]
ONCE ORDERS HAVE BEEN SENT TO US AND WE HAVE DISPATCHED THEM, YOU CAN NOT
CANCEL AN ORDER. TO CANCEL, YOU WILL NEED TO CALL EVEREADY EXPRESS. . As
you can see below, you will have the option for us to notify you when we
have received the order. To send the order, click on "Complete"
Tracking your deliveries
You will
have the ability to see the status of your delivery in real time data.
Open the "Order
Status"
screen. The order status will show any of the following:
Open, Assigned, Dispatched, In Progress, Complete or
Cancelled
Orders that are Finalized, only show under "Order Search" , see
next page.
The Order Status screen defaults to showing only 10 orders per page, if
you have more than 10 orders you can either go the then next page(s), or
you can adjust the number of orders per page to exceed the total number of
orders you wish to display, and all the orders will show on one page. This
also helps if you wish to sort by columns. You can click on any order for
more detailed information. Please note that the POD, means "proof of
delivery", meaning, that's who signed for the package.
To get more detailed information, simply click on the order number. If
you click on an order that has an "Open" status, you may change
it or cancel it. If the order has been changed to any other status, you
may only reprint the delivery ticket (the web order system calls it a
waybill).
Once the orders have been finalized in our system (by our staff), the
order will not show up in the "Order Tracking" screen anymore. A
finalized order is a run that is complete and ready to be invoiced. We
usually finalize orders daily to help keep only current orders in the
order-tracking screen.
Order Search
You have the
ability to look up any delivery we have ever done since September 4, 2001
(That's when we converted to this new system). So, if you want to know who
signed for a package last year or this morning, it's easy.
You can look up by eight different criteria. And they are:
Order Number, Start to End date, Pick up from, Delivery to, Delivery
Type, Reference number or name, a Caller (ordered by), or even who signed
for the package (POD).
Managing the list of addresses
This is where you can add, edit and delete addresses.
To add a new address, simply click on the "Add New Address"
button.
To edit an existing address, simply click on the name of the business
or person.
To delete an address from the address book, click on the name of the
business or person. Then select "Hidden in List". This will
remove the address out of view from someone picking names and addresses in
the drop down menus in
the pick up from or delivery to sections.
Admin Functions
If you have
Administrator privileges, you will be able to set up other users and set
their security level. As a non-administrator user in the web order system,
you will have the ability to only change your password only. To change
your password, click on "Admin" in the upper right hand corner
of your screen.
Getting a price quote
You have the
ability to get an approximate price quote for "On-Call"
deliveries. Simply click on "Quote" in either the "New
Order" or "Order Tracking" screen. Please note that price
quotes may be revised due to weight of shipment or number of skids
changing from the quote, loading or unloading time exceeding the included
amounts, wrong address or reconsigned shipments, having to use a truck
instead of a van (which changes the service types), etc. If the quote has
to be exact, you may want to call.
Questions? Call our
Order Department (800) 636 - 0898
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