Setting Up a Rate Definition
Access the Rate Definition Revisions - Basic form.
- Payable or Billable
Select the appropriate options to indicate whether this charge is payable, billable, or both. Payable charges are generally paid to the carrier performing the service. Billable charges are billed to the customer or a third party.
- Rate Type
The type of rate specified in a table. This could be a fixed amount or percentage, for example.
- Rate Basis
Specify the rate basis that the system uses to calculate the charge. The rate basis options include weight, length, volume, distance, and so on.
- Rate UOM (rate unit of measure)
Specify the unit of measure to which the rate applies. For example, if the rate unit of measure is tons, the amount is obtained by multiplying the weight in tons times the rate.
- Rate Level
Specify whether a rate is applied to an entire shipment or to individual pieces on a shipment. Depending on how the rate is applied to a shipment, the rates are added together for a total freight cost, piece level, or at a detail level where the shipment is rated as a combination of both the shipment and piece level. This field also indicates how a load is rated versus how a shipment is rated.
- Detail Level
Specify the shipment detail field that determines a rate when the charge is applied at the shipment detail level. You can specify the freight classification code, dispatch group, freight category 1, or freight category 2 field.
- Discount Minimum
Select this option to apply calculated discounts to the minimum charge.
- Apply Discount
Select this option to apply discounts to this rate definition.
- Lookup Type 1
Specify the field to use to look up a charge in a table, such as weight or cubes. The system allows 25 columns for lookup type 1.
- Lookup Type 2
Specify a second field to use to look up a charge in a table. The system allows 999 rows for lookup type 2.
- Rate Structure
Enter the name of the rate structure associated with this rate.
- Options/Equipment
Enter a user defined code that represents an option (inside delivery, collect on delivery) or piece of equipment (liftgate service) which is associated with a shipment or which is required to make a shipment.