Dynamic Ship

The following steps allow you to locate and provide order ID information from Business Central to Insight Works' Support. The order ID can be used for information requests and troubleshooting.

Assign Outbound Serial Number at Shipping Time

FedEx Commercial Invoice Requires Electronic Letterhead

DHL Express and Purolator Carrier Configuration

Copy Last Package

Dynamic Ship 2.5 (BC13+) introduced a command to copy the last package. The command is --COPYLASTPKG or --CLP. This command will duplicate the current or last package if there's no current package.

How to Add Predefined Packages for Carriers

Package Options

Package Options can be created in Dynamic Ship and applied to specific customers or to all customers depending on what is required.

Label Placeholders – Package Options

Starting in Dynamic Ship 2.5 there is a new feature that allows placeholders in the package options.

Create a Shipping Label for a Miscellaneous Shipment

This document will explain how to create a shipping label for a Miscellaneous Shipment. Miscellaneous Shipments are used for non-inventory items such as Literature or Samples.

Extending Dynamic Ship

Dynamic Ship has many flexible configuration and usage options, but sometimes there is a need to tailor the system or processes beyond what these configuration options can provide.

Manifesting USPS Shipments

A shipment manifest can be generated from within Dynamic Ship. This can be used by the driver to receive multiple shipments at once, and may even be mandated by the USPS driver.

License Plate Templates offer a more efficient way to package goods for shipment. Many businesses have packages with set dimensions that are used for shipping. Below are steps on how to create License Plate Template.

Dynamic Ship Process

The following is a Quick Guide on how to use Dynamic Ship in Microsoft Dynamics Business Central. The steps involved will be outlined and documented in this version.

Dynamic Ship Settings

Prior to using Dynamic Ship users should be updated to Manage License Plates.

Overview

The following is a Quick Guide on how to use Dynamic Ship in Microsoft Dynamics Business Central. The steps involved will be outlined and documented in this version.

Configuring Dynamic Ship in Business Central

Please run the Dynamic Ship Setup Wizard. This will apply common base Business Central shipping agent and service and the correlating Dynamic Ship carrier and service.

Configuring EasyPost

Dynamic Ship uses the EasyPost services to communicate with the various carriers. You must register on the site.

Overview

This documentation provides summary information for configuring the Dynamic Ship module. Additional information for configuration fields not covered in this guide is available in the online help for Dynamic Ship.

Find Shipment and Package Tracking Numbers

You can look up shipment and package tracking numbers as soon as a shipping label has been created.

Chain Multiple Pack Commands

Starting in Dynamic Ship v2.2.2 for NAV (and 2.5 on Business Central) you can chain multiple shipping commands in the Package Worksheet for faster scanning.

Blind and Double Blind (Drop) Shipments

Blind shipments will display the ship-to address as the ship-from address on the shipping label instead of your location address. Double blind (a.k.a. drop) shipments will display a selected third party address as the ship-from address. International double blind shipments may require an alternate carrier account that is appropriate for the country.

Print Bill of Lading Report

The Dynamic Ship Bill of Lading (BOL) report can be printed on the Package Worksheet after packing the shipment.

Ship with Saturday Delivery

Requesting Saturday delivery is a package option, not a separate delivery service. It will not show on the list of services offered by the carrier.

Include Extra Text on Shipping Label

Extra text can be included on the shipping label using package options on the Customer Options page.

Create a Freight Quote

Freight costs can be included in a sales order or sales quote. In a sales order the Freight Quote option will be under the Process menu.

Role Tailored Client Shipping Scale Integration

A USB scale can be used to collect the weight of a package for shipment.

Ship Hazardous Material

If a package contains hazardous materials it must be declared on the carrier label. The only hazmat setting that can be electronically submitted to the carrier is defined in the package option.

No Rates Returned For A Shipment

When trying to get labels on the Package Worksheet page or a freight quote on the Sales order/Quote page, you may get no rates returned if the carrier doesn't return a matching service.

Add an International Shipping Address

In order to enter a valid mailing address for Canada, the region default address format needs to be changed to include the province.

Include COD Charges with Shipping

If you want the carrier to collect payment on delivery you can use the package options to configure your COD settings.

2. Installing and Configuring Dynamic Ship Analysis

The Dynamic Ship Analysis app is provided as a template app that can be installed from Microsoft AppSource. Here are the requirements for installing, customizing, and distributing a template app.

1. Overview

This documentation provides summary information for installing and configuring the Dynamic Ship Analysis app for Power BI.

Welcome to the Insight Works’ Support Knowledge Base

How to Create Shipment Manifests in Dynamic Ship

Most LTL carriers will require a manifest so that the driver knows that they have picked up the whole shipment. This document will show how to produce that report to include with the shipment.

Dynamic Ship Carrier Account Configuration

This article will teach you how to configure carrier accounts within Dynamic Ship.

Enabling UPS SurePost on your EasyPost account

If you want to utilize UPS SurePost with your EasyPost account, you must request it.

Dynamic Ship Email Setup

Dynamic Ship can email the tracking information for a shipment. Search for "SMTP Mail Setup" to fill in email server settings.

Data Requirements for Dynamic Ship

The mentioned data must be configured before Dynamic Ship can successfully get labels.

Bill Shipping Fees to a Customer’s Account

Please note that alternate billing (receiver, third party, and collect) may not be successful while using a test API key. Not all carrier's test servers will support it as this is often tied to billing functionality. To test this, you will need to temporarily switch to a production key. Please refund generated labels via easypost.