In this guide, you will learn how to use Deliveries in Cart to move commodities through your supply chain. Deliveries sit at the heart of Cart and can be used in multiple ways.
Commodities can be delivered from the following sources:
Fields (harvested).
On-farm Storages.
Off-farm locations (from warehoused commodities).
To the following destinations:
On-farm storage.
Off-farm location:
As a sale against a contract.
Or into storage.
Managing Deliveries
Select the commodity you want to move from the commodity picker in the main navigation, then click on the Deliveries link. From here, you can create new deliveries and edit existing deliveries.
Creating Deliveries
To create a new delivery:
Click on the New Delivery button.
Enter a delivery date and destination type (On-farm or Off-farm).
Click the Next button.
Fill in delivery details on the form. Note: destination is required. Other details can be skipped or entered at later once the information is available (e.g. a reference can be entered once a docket number is provided by a bulk handler/warehouse)
Click next.
A draft delivery will be created in Cart. From here, you can modify the delivery details through to a completed delivery.
To add commodity sources:
Click the Add Source button.
Select a source and quantity.
Click Add button to save.
Repeat the steps above to create a blended delivery from multiple sources.
To enter quality parameters:
Click the Add Quality button.
Select a quality parameter and enter a value.
Click the add button.
To deliver assign a contract (Off farm deliveries only):
Click Edit button on the Assigned contract section.
Select a contract.
Click the save Button.
To complete a delivery:
Click on the Draft status button at the top of the delivery.
Click on the Completed status.
Cloning Deliveries
Cloning deliveries can be helpful when you are creating multiple similar deliveries, such as multiple loads from one field to the same destination.
To clone a delivery:
Click on any delivery.
Click on the action dropdown button at the top of the page.
Click on the Make a Copy option.
Enter a new delivery date.
A new delivery will be opened containing all information from the previous delivery. To complete the delivery
Make any adjustments required to the new delivery (quality, quantity etc).
Complete the delivery.
Common Delivery Scenarios
To move commodities from Field(s) → to On-farm storage
Set the on-farm storage as the destination.
Add commodity quantities from one or more fields.
Fill in any other relevant delivery details and complete the delivery.
To move commodities between on farm storages
Set an on-farm storage as a destination.
Add commodity quantities from one or more on-farm storages.
Fill in any other relevant delivery details and complete the delivery.
To move commodities from on-farm source(s) → into storage at a Bulk handler or warehouse facility:
Set the off-farm location as the destination (E.g. Bunge, Viterra etc).
Add commodity quantities from a field or on-farm storage. Multiple sources can added to create a blended delivery.
Do not set an assigned contract .
Fill in any other relevant delivery details and complete the delivery.
To move commodities from on-farm source(s) → to fulfil a sales contract at an agreed warehouse / port location:
Set the off-farm location as the destination (E.g. Bunge, Viterra etc).
Add commodity quantities from a field or on-farm storage. Multiple sources can added to create a blended delivery.
Assign the relevant contract.
Fill in any other relevant delivery details and complete the delivery.
To move commodities from on-farm source(s) → to fulfil an ex-farm sales contract:
Set the buyer as the destination from your off-farm locations.
Add commodity quantities from a field or on-farm storage. Multiple sources can added to create a blended delivery.
Assign the relevant contract.
Fill in any other relevant delivery details and complete the delivery.
To move commodities from on-farm source(s) → to fulfil a sales contract delivered to a domestic buyer
Set the buyer as the destination from your off-farm locations
Add commodity quantities from a field or on-farm storage. Multiple sources can added to create a blended delivery.
Assign the relevant contract.
Fill in any other relevant delivery details and complete the delivery.
To out load commodities that have been in Storage at an off-farm warehouse/bulk handler against a contract, there are two options:
Update existing deliveries: You can go back and assign a contract to previous deliveries that were delivered into Storage. This will maintain a historic record of what delivery dockets were assigned to each contract.
Alternative, you can create a new delivery.
Set the warehouse location from your off-farm locations as the destination.
Add commodity quantities from the same off farm location as a source.
Assign the relevant contract.
Fill in any other relevant delivery details and complete the delivery.