In addition to the setup categories we have discussed so far, there are a few more topics that are sometimes not looked at until after installation but that you may want to consider prior to starting your implementation.
Shipping methods are company specific and are used to define all the possible shipping options a company uses to deliver goods to customers or receive goods from vendors. During the Dynamics GP installation, a default list of shipping methods can be populated.
The two major functions of shipping methods are to communicate the shipping information to employees, customers, and vendors on transactions and documents, and to determine what taxes Dynamics GP calculates automatically. For example, if the shipping method on a customer invoice has a type of "Delivery", then the customer's shipping address will determine the tax. If the shipping method has a type of "Pickup", then your company's warehouse location will determine the tax...