Setting Up Transportation Constants
Access the Transportation Constants Revisions form.
- Shipment Depot
Enter the code that specifies the shipment depot. If a specific depot is not defined as the default depot, the system retrieves default information for depot ALL.
- Branch/Plant
Specify a separate entity within a business for which you want to track items and costs. This entity might be a warehouse location, job, project, work center, or branch/plant. The Branch/Plant field is alphanumeric.
- Freight Classification
Enter the National Motor Freight Classification that is assigned according to the freight commodity code.
This is the default information for items that do not have a freight class.
- Minimum Postal Code Size
Specify the minimum number of characters that the system requires for a postal code when you create a routing entry.
- Maximum Weight Variance Percent
Enter the percent by which the confirmed weight of the shipment can vary from the actual weight that is stored in the shipment when the shipment is confirmed. If the variance is exceeded, the system displays a warning or error message when confirming the shipment.
- Related Bill To Address Number
Specify which related address book number contains the bill to address for freight. If the related address book number contains no value, the system uses the address book number for the depot to obtain the billing address.
- Detail Level
Specify the shipment detail field that determines a rate when the charge is applied at the shipment detail level.
You can specify one of these fields:
Freight Classification Code
Dispatch Group
Freight Category 1
Freight Category 2
- Distance Source
Enter the source of the distance for a delivery. The source could be a preference or carrier agreement, entered by the user, or retrieved from a mileage system.
- External Distance Function
Specify a valid business function name that provides access to a custom external distance function. This field is visible only if the Distance Source is set to 6.
- Category 1 Alias
Specify the Alias from the Address Book table that is stored in the Shipment Category 1 column.
- Category 2 Alias
Specify the Alias from the Address Book table that is stored in the Shipment Category 2 column.
- Category 3 Alias
Specify the Alias from the Address Book table that is stored in the Shipment Category 3 column.
- Tracking Application Type
Specify the type of text that stores the URL for carriers who provide a shipment tracking function on the internet.
- Consolidation Mode
Specify how an order line should be consolidated. Values are:
Blank or 0: Transactional consolidation. Order lines that are entered or modified are placed on the same shipment.
1: Multiple order shipment. Order lines from multiple orders are consolidated onto a shipment.
2: Single order shipment. Order lines are consolidated only onto shipments containing lines from that order.
3: No consolidation. Each order line is placed on its own shipment.
- Fixed Asset Interface
Specify whether Fixed Assets interface is active for Load and Delivery Management vehicles or for Bulk Inventory tanks. Values are:
Y or 1: The interface is active
N or 0 or Blank: The interface is not active
- Item Compatibility Check
Specify whether the system should perform an item level compatibility check. If so, the system does not place two items that are incompatible on the same shipment.
- Dispatch Group Compatibility Check
Specify whether compatibility of items is based on dispatch group. If it is, two items with a different dispatch group are not placed on the same load or shipment.
- Commodity Class Compatibility Check
Specify whether compatibility of items is based on commodity class. If it is, two items with a different commodity class are not placed on the same load or shipment.
- Copy Delivery Instructions
Specify whether to copy delivery instructions.