Equipment Reference Unit (ERU) Support for Sourcing

This feature provides Equipment Reference Unit (ERU) support for all the required steps in Sourcing, including Shipment Set Creation, Lane Summary Creation, CRT Generation/Processing and Rating.

To use this feature, you start by entering the ERU ID in the Shipment Set Criteria Equipment Reference Unit ID field. If you have multiple ERU IDs, then you need to create multiple shipment sets (one for each ERU). If you don't mention any ERU ID in shipment set criteria, then all ERUs will be considered.

Shipment Set Criteria Showing ERU ID Selected

Once you have Shipment sets ready, for lane summary criteria please check Bid by Equipment Reference Unit to consider ERUs for bidding. You can also select Bid by Equipment Group, and in that case both (ERU and Equipment group) will be considered for bidding.

Lane Summary Criteria

You should be able to view ERU IDs and average ERU count in View Lane Summary.

View Lane Summary Showing ERU IDs and Count

You should be able to see ERU ID and ERU count in CRT Configuration, please make sure that these are select and biddable.

CRT Configuration

Once you generate CRT, you should be able to view ERU ID and count, and carrier can bid against ERUs. Rest of the bidding process is same here-after.

CRT Generation

Business Benefit

This feature extends the types of bids Transportation Sourcing can support to include bids were the rating is based on Equipment Reference Unit e.g., pallets.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.