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Purchase Order Visibility
Purchase Order Visibility
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Written by Pete Crosby
Updated over 2 weeks ago

Logixboard Orders provides visibility into the overall status of the purchase order, as well as line-item status of orders. Order details will appear at the top of the Detailed Shipment View of the shipment the order is linked to in CargoWise (CW1).

Purchase Order Visibility in Logixboard is linked with the Order Management tools within the Forwarding module in CW1 (Forwarding > Order Manager > Orders).

🌟 This is a premium feature. If you wish to activate it, please reach out to your Account Manager.

Orders can be accessed by opening the Explore drop-down and clicking Orders. The table contains all of your organization’s connected orders and their details.

The purchase orders explorer can be customized a variety of ways:

  • Click the column configuration button to customize the data shown.

    • Use the check boxes to show/hide specific columns from view, including:

      • Reference IDs

      • Dates

      • Order Info

      • Related Parties

      • Ports & Route

    • Drag the columns up and down to reorder how the appear in the table.

  • Click the column headers to:

    • Sort the data in the table.

    • Resize the column.

    • Reorder the columns by dragging and dropping.

  • Filter the table using the centralized Filter button.

  • Save a view to revisit your selected columns and filters.

Streamline your day by taking additional actions directly from the purchase orders explorer:

  • Click the download icon to export the table in CSV format.

  • Hover over the timeline in a row to see the most recently completed step and next steps.

  • Click into a row to see more details on the progress of the purchase order.

  • Click All Milestones to open the Order Details.

  • Create a new Order (when enabled).

  • Create a Booking (when enabled).


Saved Views For Orders

Saved Views For Orders allows you to save your selected columns and filters, quickly revisiting them at a later time. This helps you easily segment your work, saving time later. Saving a view will allow users to load the following presets again:

  • Visible Columns

  • Column Order

  • Applied Column Sorting & Filtering

Saved Views can also be shared with others in a few ways:

  • Set as public: this shares the view with everyone on the account, appearing in the Saved Views dropdown.

  • Set as default: this sets the selected view as the default view upon loading for any new user invited to your portal.


Timeline Summary Views

Each row in the purchase order explorer includes a visual summary of the purchase order progress. When hovering over the progress bar you will see the most recently completed step and the next step.

Standalone Orders

Orders not linked to a shipments will appear as a single bar. Order progress through the following statuses:

  1. Incomplete

  2. Placed

  3. Confirmed

  4. Shipped

  5. Partially Delivered

  6. Delivered

  7. Cancelled

Orders Linked to a Shipment

Orders which have been linked to shipments will show two sections in the timeline. The first section represents the progress of the order while the second reflects the shipment.

The order section will progress through:

  1. Incomplete

  2. Placed

  3. Confirmed

Once confirmed, we will use the progress of the shipment to give you deeper visibility into progress of the purchase order:

  1. Pickup

  2. Port of Origin

  3. Intermediate Stops

  4. Port of Destination

  5. Delivery

Timeline Details

Clicking on a row will provide additional details on the purchase order. There you will find:

  • Purchase order statuses

  • Shipment stop details including

    • Estimated dates

    • Actual dates

  • A direct link to Order Milestones

  • A direct link to the related Shipment Details page


Client Order Creation

You will be able to create an order directly through Logixboard, reducing the amount of emails or phone calls needed and streamlining the process for everyone.

To learn more, click here

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Order Details

The Order Details combines the Order Status bar, Order Details card, and Planned Itinerary to provide a snapshot view of information on any given order.


Order Status

The Order Status Bar sits at the top of the page shows the order milestones in real-time, using a green highlight to provide a snapshot view of the order’s status.

Order statuses include:

  • Incomplete

  • Placed

  • Confirmed

  • Shipped

  • Delivered

Note that any custom statuses you may be using in your TMS will not be displayed.

📄 To learn where the information for each status is sourced, reference the CargoWise One Mapping Guide.


Order Details Card in Detailed Shipment View

The Order Details card includes more information on a given order, displaying at the top of your Detailed Shipment View for all shipments with a linked order.

The card contains fields pulled from the Order tab in the CW1 Order Management module, including:

  • Supplier

  • Buyer

  • Commercial Invoice

  • Invoice Number

  • Confirmation Number

  • Invoice Date

  • Confirmation Date

  • Required In Store

  • Required ExWorks

  • Incoterms

  • Related Booking ID


Planned Itinerary Card

The Planned Itinerary card provides information about the planned transit of your shipments on your Order Details page.

The card contains fields pulled from the Planning tab in your CW1 Order Management module, including:

  • Planned Port of Loading

  • Planned Port of Discharge

  • ETAs

  • ETDs

  • Transport Mode

  • Carrier

  • Voyage #

  • Flight #

  • Vessel #

  • Departure Vessel

  • Intermediate Vessel

  • Arrival Vessel Order

  • Vessel Name (SEA only)

  • Invoice Number

  • Confirmation Number


Planned Containers and Packs Card

The Planned Containers and Packs card allows you to plan for goods prior to the order being linked to a shipment.

The card contains fields pulled from the Planning tab in your CW1 Order Management module, including:

  • Packs (number and type)

  • Weight

  • Volume


Order Management Notes

Client visible notes related to an Order in Cargowise can be found in the Notes tab in the sidebar.

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Documents

The Documents tab in the sidebar of the Detailed Shipment View includes all documents related to the Order.


❓FAQs

Does Logixboard Order Visibility refer to the CW1 WMS module? Order Visibility in Logixboard is linked with the Order Management tools within the Forwarding module in CW1 (Forwarding > Order Manager > Orders).

Does an order have to have minimum requirements before it will appear in Logixboard? We process and ingest any Order which has the minimum required fields in CW1. Once we receive an Order, it's expected to show up in the Orders explorer. When the Order is attached to a Shipment; if any of the shipment-level requirements (Origin, Destination, and ETA) are enabled and the Shipment does not meet them, Neither the shipment nor the order would be accessible.

Do Orders stay in Orders in perpetuity? Orders will show up in the Order Explorer (the table view) in perpetuity, yes.

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