Shipping to an APO/FPO

USPS has specific information that is required for shipping to an APO.  In Epicor ERP, the Customer or ShipTo record needs to have the following information:

 

Have the Service Member’s Full Name.

 

Include the Unit and APO/FPO/DPO (Air/Army Post Office™, Fleet Post Office or Diplomatic Post Office) address with the 9-digit ZIP Code.

 

NOTE: See Ship Code setup for more information on setting up the USPS ship codes to allow for APO and FPO shipments.

 

APO:

 or

 

FPO:

 

USPS only allows 2 lines of address.  If you have entered 3 lines of address you will receive the following error message:  You MUST limit the address information to 2 lines.

 

 

 

If the Ship Code you have selected has not been properly setup you will get 'Missing or invalid element: ContentsType. Error Encountered (Log ID: 27595)'