Accounts

Shippers and customers have carrier accounts with integrated carriers that enable service charges to be billed to the correct party. The freight payment method determines if the shipper, receiver, or a third party account is billed for the service.

The freight payment methods available are determined by the carrier and service you choose. For example, some payment methods are available for domestic shipping but not for international. For more information on the freight payment methods supplied with PRECISION, See chapter 3 of Transportation Management System User Guide, available on the document library. Freight Payment Account Charges displays the carrier account that is billed for each freight payment method.


Freight Payment Method	Carrier Account Charged
Prepaid	Shipper account
Prepaid (+Add)	Shipper account
COD	Shipper account
Collect	The account is specified on the Rating screen. If no account is indicated, the Ship To customer address is charged, when the carrier allows this approach.
Consignee Bill	The account is specified on the Rating screen. If no account is indicated, the Ship To customer address is charged, when the carrier allows this approach.
Third Party	The account is specified on the Rating screen.

However, when the account is determined from a particular address partner, the account value is retrieved by finding the Contact Type from the system value displayed in System Value.


Category	Key	Value
SPS	Key: [carrier]: CARRIER CONTACT TYPE for example: UPS: CARRIER CONTACT TYPE	[contact type] for example: UP