Calculate Freight Page

Use the Calculate Freight page (IN_FRT_MAINT) to select freight processing options for the external third-party freight request.

Navigation:

• From the Delivery Management Workbench-Deliveries page, select one or more delivery IDs and click the Calculate Freight link.

• From the Delivery Management Workbench-Manage Delivery page, click the Calculate Freight link.

Calculate Freight page

The Calculate Freight page enables you to:

• View current delivery information.

• Set parameters for the integration to the external third-party system.

• Launch either the Inventory Freight Rate Request EIP or the Inventory Freight Ship Request EIP.

Post ship actions within the Post Ship Actions group box cannot be performed until all demand lines have been shipped.

Field or Control	Description
Freight Options	Select one of the following freight options to request freight from an external third-party freight system: Shop For Rates: Rate shopping enables you to preview and choose which freight carrier and charges to use on the delivery based on the choices retrieved from the third-party freight provider. This method displays the freight choices on the Freight Results page for you to view, evaluate, and select the best choice for your needs. Best Way: The PeopleSoft system sends a best way request to the third-party provider system and the third-party provider returns only one freight choice per delivery ID. You can preview this choice using the Freight Results page. Use the Best Way group box to choose the best way option. The best way options are least cost or by commit date. Use Specified Carrier: The PeopleSoft system sends a request with a specific carrier ID to the third-party provider system and the third-party provider returns only freight choices from the specified carrier. This method displays the freight choices on the Freight Results page for you to view, evaluate, and select the best choice. Best Way if blank carrier ID Select this check box to enable the third-party freight system to return freight results when the carrier ID field is blank on a delivery that uses the Use Specified Carrier freight option. If the PeopleSoft system sends a delivery using the Use Specified Carrier freight option and the delivery does not have a carrier ID assigned to it, then the Best Way freight option is used.
Best Way	If you have selected Best Way in the Freight Options group box, then use this group box to choose your best way option: Least Cost: The third-party freight system selects and returns the freight service with the least cost. By Commit Date: The third-party freight system selects and returns the freight service that best matches the scheduled ship date.
External Manifest	Select this check box to instruct the external third-party freight system to create or update shipping manifests for the individual carriers. Label URL references and tracking numbers for the selected deliveries, containers, and packages, is sent to the PeopleSoft system and maintained with the shipping history information. In order to use external manifest all of the demand lines in the delivery must be in the fulfillment state of Shipped. A freight option of Best Way or Use Specified Carrier must be selected to perform external manifesting.
Complete Delivery	Select this check box to set the status of the delivery to Complete Delivery which indicates that all fulfillment steps for the delivery are complete and all demand lines in the delivery are ready to be depleted using the Deplete On Hand Qtys process. If the PeopleSoft Inventory business unit is using deliveries, the Deplete On Hand Qtys process only pick ups demand lines that are on a delivery with the Complete Delivery status.
Commit Freight for Billing	Select this check box to indicate that the freight on this delivery is ready to be processed by PeopleSoft Billing and by PeopleSoft Cost Management.
Preview Freight	Click this button to send a transaction request to the external third-party freight system using the synchronous Inventory Freight Rate Request EIP. The third-party freight system sends freight results based on your selection in the Freight Options group box. See Receiving Freight Data from the Third-Party Freight System.
Process Freight with Post-Ship Actions	Click this button to send a transaction request to the external third-party freight system including any selected post ship actions such as external manifest. This button uses the synchronous Inventory Freight Ship Request EIP if you have selected the External Manifest check box on this page. If you have not selected the External Manifest check box, then this button uses the synchronous Inventory Freight Rate Request EIP. The third-party freight system sends freight results based on your selection in the Freight Options group box. In order to use this button, you must select a best way or specific carrier Freight Option. The system returns only one freight choice and updates the delivery with the freight information in addition to performing the selected post ship actions. See Receiving Freight Data from the Third-Party Freight System.

Deliveries Group Box

The Deliveries group box displays information about the deliveries and the results from the third-party freight system.

Field or Control	Description
Carrier ID	Displays the carrier. This field can be changed if you have selected the Use Specific Carrier freight option on this page.
Freight Type	View the freight type code used by the external third-party freight system. Freight types are defined at the SetID level and are placed on the header level of the outbound message to the third-party provider. The freight type is also used to derive the correct service definition to send with the outbound message. The freight type code helps to limit the values displayed for the Freight Service Definition field in this group box. For more information about freight type codes, see Setting Up External Third-Party Freight Charges.
Freight Service Definition	View or override the freight service definition for this delivery. The freight service definition provides a way to cross-reference the third-party freight service with the PeopleSoft carrier and ship-via combinations. The Automated Service Option check box on the Setup Fulfillment- Delivery/Freight page determines if this PeopleSoft Inventory business unit uses the freight service definition with the third-party integration. Some third-party providers require it. Freight service definitions are defined at the SetID level using the Maintain Freight Services page. The freight service definition code is based on the services provided by the third-party provider. Each freight service definition is associated with a combination of carrier ID, ship via code, and freight type in the PeopleSoft system. See Setting Up External Third-Party Freight Charges.