Understanding External Third-Party Freight Integration

Freight can be added to a sales order demand line by:

• Using the PeopleSoft internal calculator within PeopleSoft Order Management or PeopleSoft Inventory.

• Entering freight amounts manually on the sales order at order entry, at shipping time, or on the delivery in the Delivery Management Workbench.

• Receiving freight charges from an external third-party freight provider.

This topic discusses the third-party freight integration setup and processing.

The delivery management feature must be implemented for you to use external third-party freight integration. The delivery structure is the mechanism that you use to transfer to and from the third-party freight provider.

See Setting Up Delivery Management.

When integrating with a third-party freight provider, the PeopleSoft system exchanges information with the freight provider by using enterprise integration points (EIPs). These are service operations that send and receive data messages using the PeopleSoft Integration Broker. In addition to providing freight charges to the delivery, the external freight provider can also provide the following services:

• Printing shipping labels. A link to the shipping labels stored at the third-party provider site is maintained with the delivery, packages, and shipping containers.

• Generating tracking numbers. The tracking numbers are sent to the PeopleSoft system and maintained with the delivery, packages, and shipping containers.

• Printing specialized shipping documents such as bill of ladings and export documentations.

• Creating and maintaining shipping manifests for individual carriers.

Note:

Whether the preceding services are provided by the third-party freight system depends on your agreement with the external freight provider. Oracle is not responsible for the specific services delivered by the third-party freight provider.