Move assets
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Asset movement allows you to record movements from one location to another. Moving the asset automatically updates the asset's current location.
Asset moves are entered with an origin location and ship date (the date the asset left the origin) and a destination location and arrival date (the date the asset arrived at the destination).
Moves can be entered for an individual asset by going to the asset details page and choosing "Move / Plan" from the asset movement timeline:
This opens the move interface with all options for planning, updating, and tracking asset movements:
You can enter new asset moves in any order, and Hardfin will automatically recalculate the asset's entire location history and determine the asset's current location. For example, you may enter the most recent asset move first, .
To begin recording a move, you must provide both an origin or destination location.
If you are specifying times yourself, you must provide either an ship date or a delivery date. Dates may be either expected or actual. If you are using automatic carrier tracking then you only need to provide a carrier tracking number and the dates will be reported automatically by the shipping carrier.
For completeness, it's always best to enter as much information as you have. Hardfin's advanced algorithms will always automatically recalculate the asset's movement history based on partial information, in order to intelligently determine the asset's current location at any point in time.
To complete a move, you should provide both a ship and a delivery date.
You can always edit a move that has already been entered, whether partial or complete. Just click on the move and it will open the window to update the move record or enter additional details.
You can plan moves by entering expected move dates when you expect to ship or deliver assets. These dates are used for reporting in inventory calculations and demand planning. They are also used to trigger relevant notifications when assets have passed their expected ship or delivery dates, but an actual date has not yet been recorded.
You can record ship tracking information (carrier name and tracking number) for over 60 common carriers.
If your carrier is not available, you can specify "Other" and enter the carrier name manually. This is most common when shipping freight and looking to track a PRO or bill of lading (BOL) number.
If you are using a prominent shipping carrier, the detailed information from your shipment tracking will populate automatically within a few seconds after a tracking number is saved.
If you delete carrier tracking information from the asset move, Hardfin will stop displaying the shipping history next to the move details.
Moves can be entered for multiple assets at once by choosing "Move assets" from the asset list view:
You can add details for multiple assets, multiple movements for the same asset, or both. Select the relevant asset, origin, and destination. You must set either a ship date or a delivery date in order to confirm the move. Choose "Add move" to add additional rows to record more movements.
When moving multiple assets, Hardfin will automatically validate each move to ensure that it does not conflict with existing movements that have already been recorded for each asset:
If you are capturing shipment tracking details from a prominent carrier, this will automatically update the shipment time and delivery time for your asset movement.
If shipping or delivery have already occurred, the times are usually set within a few seconds after Hardfin receives the information from the carrier.
All carrier tracking information is applied every time Hardfin receives a carrier update. So each time the carrier sends an update, Hardfin will set the ship date (if available) and the delivery date (if available). At that time, if manual changes have been made to shipping or delivery information, the manual changes will be overwritten. Manual changes made to shipping or delivery information after the final carrier update will not be overwritten.
If you delete carrier tracking information from the asset move, the ship date and delivery date will remain set (i.e., Hardfin will not automatically clear the ship date and delivery date). You can choose to keep the dates set by the carrier, or you may clear them or override them.
Hardfin supports automatic tracking for the following shipping carriers.
Airterra
APC Postal
APG
Aramex
Asendia
Better Trucks
BorderGuru
Boxberry
Bring
Chronopost
Collect+
Correos BR
Correos Spain
DHL Benelux
DHL Express
DPD DE
ePostGlobal
Estafeta
Fastway Australia
FedEx
Globegistics
Jitsu (formerly Axlehire)
La Poste
Nippon Express
NZ Post
Pitney Bowes
Posti
Royal Mail Intersoft
Royal Mail SF
Russian Post
Sendle
SkyPostal
Stuart
UDS
UPS
USPS
Veho
We can also support tracking for the following carriers with special configuration. Please contact support for details.
Australia Post
Canada Post
CDL
Colissimo
Deutsche Post
DHL eCommerce
DHL Germany
DPD UK
Evri UK
GLS US
GSO
Lasership
LSO
Mondial Relay
OnTrac
Passport
PCF
Poste Italiane
Purolator
