Delivery Placement

Subscribers sometimes ask for the newspaper to be delivered in a specific place, such as under the mat or inside the door. This special location, known as the delivery placement, can be entered as part of a start, move, reroute or temporary address, and changed with a delivery placement transaction. Only route-delivered subscribers can have delivery placements.

Delivery placement may be valid for only certain routes, and can default from the router. They can even be used as part of a Location rule when defining subscriber rates. Once the delivery placement is entered for a subscriber, it will be printed on bundle tops and the route list, and also be displayed as part of the subscriber’s delivery instructions.

Delivery placements are optional, but if they are used they must be defined in advance, using this option.

To add a delivery placement:

1. In character Circulation, select Distribution | Route | Delivery Placement to display the Delivery Placement Setup screen.

   
2. Select Add and define the delivery placement in the fields described below.

   Field	Type	What to enter
   PRODUCT	setup	Enter the publication or TM product with which this delivery placement is used. Enter “*” if the delivery placement should be valid for all products.
   DELIVERY PLACEMENT	open (8)	Enter an ID for this delivery placement, such as “porch” or “door”.
   DESCRIPTION	open (30)	Enter a description of this delivery placement.

3. Select Specifics | Route Delivery Placement and define the routes for which this delivery placement is valid (see next section).

4. Select Accept to enter the delivery placement into the database.

5. Define another delivery placement, or press F4 and select Exit to exit to the Setup menu.

Specifics, Route Delivery Placement

Delivery placements can be valid for all routes or only certain routes. When they are defined, delivery placements can be assigned to routes by using this option. This same specific is also available in Home Delivery Route setup and the Route Setup Utility.

To assign a delivery placement to one or more routes:

1. Select Specifics | Route Delivery Placement to display the Route Delivery Placement Setup screen.

   
2. Select Add and complete the following fields.

   Field	Type	What to enter
   PRODUCT, DELIVERY PLACEMENT	display	The product and delivery placement ID is displayed from the Delivery Placement Setup screen. If you are assigning delivery placements from Home Delivery Route setup, however, these fields will be open.
   ROUTE	setup	Enter the route for which this delivery placement is valid, or enter “*” to make the delivery placement valid for all routes of the product(s) above.
   START DATE, END DATE	date	Enter the date range during which the delivery placement is valid for the route(s) above. End Date may be left blank.

3. Select Accept to assign the delivery placement to the routes entered.

4. Assign the delivery placement to another route, or press F4 and select Exit to exit to the Delivery Placement Setup screen.