Station AWB Stock Management

AWB stock at the station level is created and maintained in the Station Stock tab of the AWB Stock screen.



Table 1. Station Stock Fields and Action Buttons
Field Description
Station The station or local booking entity for which the AWB stock is being generated.

The local office is either drawing stock from their organization HDQ stock, or directly from the carrier’s local office stock.

Prefix The issuing carrier's three-digit IATA airline code.

On entering the prefix, the Available Stock list is populated with AWB ranges that contain available AWBs. The AWBs entered must be from within the AWB ranges listed.

From Serial The AWB Serial number range can be selected from the Available Stock list.
To Serial This field is auto-populated if either a range has been selected from the available stock list, or From Serial and No. of AWBs have been input which results in a To Serial within a range that exists within the available stock.
Query Serial Use the Query Serial field to search for existing serial numbers in the database. The Query Serial field requires a value entered in the Prefix field.
No. of AWBs The number of AWBs created must lie within one of the ranges from the Available Stock list, but is not required to use the complete range.
Issue Date Enter the issue date of the new stock record. If left empty, the system enters the current date.
Computer Generated Use this check box to toggle the display of either neutral AWB stock ranges (check box is selected) or Airline AWB stock ranges (check box is cleared) in the Available Stock list.
AWB Stock Type The AWB stock type entered must be the same as the already defined for the available stock range AWB type.
Used When an AWB range is displayed in the Station Stock tab, this field displays the number of used AWBs within that range.

Used AWBs have been released to an Agent.

Unused When an AWB range is displayed in the Station Stock tab, this field displays the number of unused AWBs within that range.

Unused AWBs are not yet allocated and are available.

AWB Count When an AWB range is displayed in the Station Stock tab, this field displays the number of AWBs within that range that have been used in a booking.
Black AWB When an AWB range is displayed in the HDQ Stock screen, this field displays the number of AWBs within that range that have been blacklisted.
Min.Records A number can be entered into this field. When the remaining stock reaches the number indicated, an email is sent to the Stock Alert email address set up, indicating that the minimum stock level has been reached.

The Stock Alert process runs nightly. For an email to be sent, there must be a value in Min. Records and an email address in the station record.

Contact Enter the contact details of the person who requested for the AWB stock.

The information entered in this field is included in the header of the Stock Alert.

Remark Use the Remark field to enter additional notes about the AWB stock.

The information entered in this field is included in the footer of the Stock Alert.

Overview Use this button to display an overview of all the records currently shown in the selected record.

The fields shown in the overview are as follows: Seq; Prefix; Serial From; Agent; Serial To; Is Computer; Remark; Time Created, oper; Record; Station; Used; Country; Contact; Black AWB; Stock Type; Min Records; Hdq agent, Region; AWB Count; AWB’s in Range; Released Agent; Old Date; Issue Date; Termination Date

Fax/Email Use this button to resend any AWB stock alerts.
Show Msgs Use this button to show a history of the messages sent in connection with the current record.
Terminated When selected, the stock record will not be used or reused.
Old Stock When selected, AWBs that were marked as "Old" will be reusable.