Building Movements
Once you have entered the minimum amount of information on a consignment, CocoonOPS can help you start building the movements that allow you to manage the transport for your customer’s freight.
The minimum information required is:
- Customer
- Consignor or Collection address
- Consignee or Delivery address
- The ports the consignment will transit if it’s air or sea freight
- Attach freight to the consignment
Once these are attached you can start building the movements for the consignment by:
- Click on the
on the INSTRUCTIONS tab
- Select the
option
You will then be taken to the Movements tab.
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