Carriers
Purpose: Use this screen to work with carriers for order shipments. A carrier is required for all sales orders and purchase orders.
Order Administration integration: Carriers in Order Orchestration that correspond to Order Administration ship vias must have codes identical to the Order Administration ship via codes. The ship via code in Order Administration is a 2-position numeric field.
How to display this screen: Select Carriers from the Modern View home screen. See the Modern View Overview for background.
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Only users with Carriers authority can display this screen. See the Roles screen for more information.Carrier creation and vendor assignment
Assign to vendors: When you create a new carrier with the Active flag selected, or when you select the Active flag for an existing carrier, the carrier is assigned as a valid shipper for all vendors in your organization. The carrier is displayed at the Carriers tab of the New Vendor and Edit Vendor screen, and the Assigned flag is selected.
Otherwise, if the carrier is not flagged as active, the carrier is not displayed at the Carriers tab of the New Vendor and Edit Vendor screen.
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Flagging a carrier as inactive does not prevent you from assigning the carrier to a purchase order through the CreateDSOrder message, and will not prevent the vendor from generating a pack slip using an inactive carrier; however, the vendor will not be able to confirm shipment with an inactive carrier when using the Purchase Order Shipping screen. The vendor can confirm a shipment using an inactive carrier through the shipment upload.You can use the Carriers tab at the Edit Vendor screen to change the carrier assignments for a vendor. Also, if you change the carrier’s Active setting:
- if the carrier was previously inactive and you activate the vendor, the carrier becomes eligible to ship packages for vendors it is assigned to.
- if the carrier was previously active and you change the carrier to inactive, the carrier is no longer eligible to ship packages for vendors it is assigned to.
Creating a carrier through rate shopping with ADSI: If your vendors use the Integrated Shipping screen to confirm shipments, and the shipment specifies a rate shopping service code (carrier code), it is possible that ADSI might return a service code that is not currently a valid carrier in Order Orchestration. In this situation, Order Orchestration automatically creates the carrier code, but does not assign the new carrier to the vendor. See Integrated Shipping Setup, Troubleshooting, and Mapping: Supplier Direct Fulfillment for background.
Carrier creation and sales order assignment
Creating a carrier through the SubmitOrder message: If the carrier specified in the submit order message for a delivery order does not already exist, it is assigned to the order and created automatically using the ship_via as the carrier Code and the ship_via_description as the carrier Description. The new carrier is flagged as Active, but no other settings are selected. The new carrier is not automatically assigned to any existing vendors, but is eligible to be automatically assigned when you create new vendors.
Default carriers:
- Delivery orders: A Default Carrier is required at the Preferences screen for your organization. This is the carrier that Order Orchestration assigns to orders that do not have a ship via specified in the submit order message.
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Pickup orders: The default PICKUP carrier is created automatically for your organization, and assigned to all pickup orders, when a SubmitOrder request is received. The default PICKUP carrier:
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has a Code of PICKUP
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has a default Description of In Store Pick Up, but you can change it
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is automatically assigned to all pickup orders
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You cannot delete these carriers.
Order Orchestration does not assign these default carriers to vendors.
If the carrier in the submit order message exists but is not currently flagged as active, Order Orchestration changes the setting back to active.
Using a carrier for a delivery order in Store Connect: The carrier on a delivery order is displayed on Store Connect screens and prints on the pick list pull sheet and packing slip; however, the store associate cannot confirm a shipment using a carrier unless both the Display in Store Connect and Active flags are currently selected.
Specifying a carrier to prevent splitting an order: If the Do Not Split Order For Carrier field at the Preferences screen specifies a carrier, the Routing Engine does not attempt to place a delivery order or line by splitting it across locations. See that setting for more information.
Using an API to work with carriers: You can also use an API to create, update, review, count, or delete carriers. See the Web Services Guide on My Oracle Support (2953017.1) for more information.
Option | Procedure |
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create a new carrier |
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search for a carrier |
The existing carriers defined for your current organization are displayed below the selected type. Use any combination of the fields at the top of the screen and tab through the search fields to restrict the search results to matching carriers:
Sort displayed carriers: You can also sort the displayed reason codes by clicking the up arrow (^) or down arrow next to each field title. View options: Open the View Options drop-down menu to the right of the Actions menu to manage columns, change the sort of individual columns from ascending to descending or back, or remove the search fields above the columns. See How to use the View options in Modern View for more information. Filter options: Open the Filter Options drop-down menu to the right of the refresh icon () to control whether the search results need to match all the search criteria entered for multiple columns. See How to use the Filter Options in Modern View for more information. Clear filters: Select Clear Filters to remove the criteria entered in the filter fields. |
edit a carrier definition |
Note that changes you made to an existing carrier do not update the orders where the carrier was used. For example, if you change the description or the Express flag for an existing carrier, this information is not reflected on the Order Status report for an existing order. |
view a carrier definition |
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delete a carrier definition |
Important: To avoid a potential Store Connect processing error, you should not delete a carrier. If you accidentally delete a carrier, you should recreate it using the exact same code.You cannot delete the Default Carrier defined at the Preferences screen, or the PICKUP carrier that is automatically assigned to pickup orders. |
Fields at the Carriers screen
Field | Description |
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Carrier Description |
The description of the carrier. A description such as Auto Created 15, where 15 is the carrier code, indicates that the carrier was created automatically through the CreateDSOrder or Submit Order message. Case-insensitive for searching; for example, an entry of e matches a description of Express Delivery. |
Carrier Code |
The code identifying a carrier. |
Express |
Indicates if this is an express shipper. Express shippers are indicated in Store Connect with an icon: Used for Store Connect. Not used in Supplier Direct Fulfillment. |
Available in Store Connect |
If both this flag and the Active flag are selected, the carrier is eligible to ship orders in Store Connect. Not used in Supplier Direct Fulfillment. |
Active |
Indicates whether:
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Fields at the Add Carrier, Edit Carrier, and View Carrier Windows
All fields are enterable at the Add Carrier window. All fields except the Carrier Code are enterable at the Edit Carrier window. All fields are display-only at the View Carrier window.
Field | Description |
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Carrier Description |
The description of the carrier. Your entry can be up to 128 positions. |
Carrier Code |
The code identifying a carrier. Your entry can be up to 20 positions. Must not be the same as an existing carrier code in the current organization. Required when creating a new code; otherwise, display-only. |
Express |
Indicates if this is an express shipper. Express shippers are indicated in Store Connect with an icon: Used for Store Connect. Not used in Supplier Direct Fulfillment. |
Weight Required |
Select this flag if the vendor must provide the shipping weight for each manual shipment using this carrier; otherwise, the shipping weight is optional in manual shipment. This flag does not affect Store Connect. |
Available in Store Connect |
If both this flag and the Active flag are selected, the carrier is eligible to ship orders in Store Connect. Not used in Supplier Direct Fulfillment. |
Rate Required |
Select this flag if the vendor must provide the shipping rate for each manual shipment using this carrier; otherwise, the shipping rate is optional. This flag does not affect Store Connect. |
Tracking Number Required |
Select this flag if:
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Active |
Indicates whether:
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