Internal ID
A shipper ships goods from a shipper location. Typically, each shipper location has a set of shipper carrier accounts, grouped together for accounting purposes. The set of carrier accounts has its own Internal ID, which is a five-character value consisting of a letter followed by four digits; for example, A9982. An Internal ID is a unique identifier assigned by the Precision Content Group to a set of carrier accounts.
Internal ID
In some circumstances, a physical shipper location has more than one Internal ID. For example, in
Multiple Internal IDs, the Marketing group and the Production group are based at the same shipper location. However, the organization treats each group separately for accounting purposes. Therefore, there are two Internal IDs, each with its own set of carrier accounts.
Multiple Internal IDs
The Precision Content Group uses the Internal ID to configure all the required account data for the carriers implemented for the shipper. The Internal ID ensures that each configuration:
• Is unique.
• Can be provided directly from the Precision Content Group to the project team implementing PRECISION.
• Is consistent at the shipping site and in the Precision TMS Content database. Therefore, any problem that the shipper encounters can be replicated in the Precision TMS Content and Support databases.
The typical data configured against an Internal ID includes:
• A carrier account—one for each carrier
• A carrier tracking number range
• A carrier pickup number for EOD processing
• Other carrier configuration data for label and EOD file processing
• Carrier rating configuration factors
