132 Material* and Their Handling 



Usually, a shipping record is maintained which 

 shows the date of shipment, the number of sheets 

 to the order, how shipped, the car number, 

 whether freight was prepaid, the date paid, and 

 the name of the consignee. There will be, also, 

 columns for partial and completed shipments, the 

 dates on which the packing list and order copy 

 were received by the billing department, and the 

 name of the clerk by whom they were received. It 

 is very necessary that this record be kept, in order 

 to have data available for tracing lost shipments. 



Car Records. Where much material is 

 shipped, the shipping department should receive 

 the shipping program sufficiently in advance to put 

 in requisitions to the railroad for the needed num- 

 ber and type of cars. Some time may be necessary 

 to secure these. This requisitioning should be 

 done intelligently and with close regard to the 

 shipments. Delay in getting cars means delayed 

 shipments. If the cars arrive too soon and in too 

 great numbers the shipper will have demurrage 

 charges to pay and will ultimately demoralize his 

 car service. In order to handle questions of de- 

 murrage it is customary to maintain a car record, 

 which gives the car initials, car number, date de- 

 livered on switch, date "set," date unloaded, date 

 loaded, date taken out, party shipped to, and any 

 other information necessary. 



Constant care in the handling of shipments is 

 necessary, as good work throughout the entire 

 plant up to the point of shipment may be nullified 

 by carelessness at that point. 



