Special features for loan/hire

This section describes some of the fields that are unique to loan/hire orders.

Field	Explanation
Expected return date	Enter the date for return delivery of the products that have been lent/hired.
Actual return date	Enter the current date the goods are returned. Expected return date and Actual return date are used as the dates in the Stock change table for when lent/hired products are expected to be returned to the warehouse. Otherwise you use the delivery date.
Assemble time and Disassemble time	In the Stock balance table, you find these fields that calculate the dates when the goods will come into and go out of the warehouse.
Returned and Return NOW	The Reservation table contains the Returned field. Use this option if only parts of a shipment have been returned. Correspondingly you can enter the required quantity in the Return NOW field in the order lines. Return NOW is added to the Returned field when you save the order.
Hired/Loaned and In hire order/In loan order	When goods are returned, the reservations are cancelled. These fields in the Stock balance and Stock change are reduced accordingly.
Discard NOW, Compensate NOW	The values in the Discard NOW and Compensate NOW fields reduce stock/surplus stock. This is then added to the loss on the shipment. The Discard NOW and Compensate NOW fields are added to the Discarded and Compensate fields when you save the order.
Transf. to warehouse, Transf. shipment no.	If you want the goods to be returned to a different warehouse (such as a separate hire warehouse), you enter the warehouse number, and if relevant the shipment number, in these fields. When returned, they are automatically returned to the warehouse and shipment numbers that have been entered.
Time to next	See Time to next for information
Hire period	Shows you how many days the hire period or loan period consists of, and is calculated on the basis of the number of days between the From and To fields.
Invoice free hire days	The Company information table contains the Invoice free hire days field. Double-click to enter the days of the week for which the customer will not be invoiced.
Price factor	In Business NXT, you have the option to input a factor that multiplies the price and quantity to calculate order line amounts. To customise this, define price factors in the Price factor table located under the Product folder. This table includes fields for Hire period and Price factor, allowing you to specify different price factors for various hire periods. If you wish to aggregate the price to the structure head, ensure you set the hire price in the Price- and discount matrix table. Additionally, select the Revenue field under Processing method > Structure > Structure lines> Accumulate in structure head.
Price factor for hire orders	The Price/discount processing in the Company information table contains the Price factor for hire orders setting. If you select this option, Business NXT will not multiply the hire period by price and quantity to calculate order line amounts. It will instead use the price factors defined in the Price factor table.