Master
Whole number (integer) file that represents one sea going container or more of goods on order for packing, shipping, tracking, border crossing and final delivery.
Whole number (integer) file that represents one sea going container of goods. An Account can be a Master or attached to a Master. If an Account is alone and thereby representing a single container load, then it is a Master as well as an Account. If several Accounts are tied together under one Master, it is the Account with the lowest integer value that is the Master of the others.
Decimal (.000) files attached to a whole number Account represents the product mix of a sea going container allows various combinations of product to be tracked in a shipment. If the numbers are all zeros (.000), then the container has a load of only one product, for example 3,000 Cases of a product with the GTIN (Global Trade Identity Number) of 10041415012322. If there is a Subaccount .001 then Subaccount .000 does not exist in the Account and the Account has more than one Subaccount. Each Subaccount's unique decimal represents one product (GTIN) with whatever quantity of that GTIN is in the container. For example .001 could have 1000 cases of GTIN 10041415012322, .002 could have 1000 cases of GTIN 10041415010328 and .003 could have 1000 cases of GTIN 10041415011325.
Below is an example of five loads of olive oil, all of it the same type and packaging with a master of 19318. Note that the order of the presentation on the right is in reverse with 19348 above 19321, 19320, 19319 and finally 19318. That's because all searches are from the highest number account downward, thereby giving the highest priority to the latest contracts and not to those that may have passed through years before. Also note they all have .000 sub accounts except for 19318 which has 19318.001 and 19318.02. All five are pure loads of one item in one package as proved by the fact every account and subaccount has the same Barcode #. 19318 has two subaccounts becasue 5 pallets of the load are at a different price from the other 15 pallets, so it requires subaccounts to differentiate the price between identical product.
Also note the big gap in numbers between the last account 19348 and 19321. That top account was created when the customer ordered an additional load and it was attached to their original 19318 which had been created earlier. This is an example of the flexibility of the system and its capability of handling amendments and cancelations.
Also note on the above that there is a blue line through account 19348. This line indicates that the search column on the left is showing this account's (19348) account number, container number and other unique values down that column.
On bottom picture with account 19500, note that it covers only one load, but it has a mix of various types and packages of olives. Therefore it uses the decimal subaccounts feature to break up the load among it various products. These are in reverse order as well with the .004 subaccount being listed first. Also note that .002 and .004 have the same description "Pitted Fermented Green Olives" but different Barcode # because of a difference in size or pack, therefore requiring different subaccounts. The same with .01 and .03 with "Pimento Stuffed Fermented Green Olives."
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