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Precedence for Freight Discount and Uplifts
The discounts/uplifts are applied in the following order of precedence:
1 Service + Packing Location
2 Carrier + Packing Location
3 Service
4 Carrier
5 ALL + Packing Location
6 ALL
The discounts/uplifts have the following precedence within the system value rules configuration:
1 Postal codes
2 States
3 Country
4 General
The individual element of the rules within system values take precedence, rather than the whole system value.
Example: When there is no applicable customer discount in the Service + Packing Location system value, the system searches for an applicable customer discount in the Service system value. When no applicable discount is found there, the system searches in ALL + Packing Location, and so on.

Examples of Precedence for Freight Discounts/Uplifts
 
System Value No.
Category
Key
Value
Rules
1
SPS
FRT UPLIFT: RTTEST1 – ABC
CTRY:US;STATE:CA,KS,CO;
CARRIERDISC:-25|
CTRY:US;CARRIERDISC:-10
For the RTTEST1 service and Packing Location ABC:
• 25% carrier discount for states CA, KS and CO for country US.
• 10% carrier discount for country US for any other state.
2
SPS
FRT UPLIFT: RTTEST1
CTRY:US;STATE:CA,KS,CO;
CARRIERDISC:-22|
CTRY:US;POSTAL:60661;
CARRIERDISC:-15|
CTRY:US;CARRIERDISC:-5|
CUSTOMERDISC:-7|
For RTTEST1 service and any Packing Location:
• 22% carrier discount for states CA, KS and CO for country US.
• 15% carrier discount for postal codes 60661 for country US.
• 5% carrier discount for country US for other states or postal codes.
• 7% customer discount regardless of destination.
3
SPS
FRT UPLIFT: ALL
CARRIERDISC:-17|
CUSTOMERDISC:-5|
For any service and any Packing Location:
• Carrier discount is 17% regardless of destination when no higher precedence discount is found.
• Customer discount of 5% regardless of destination when no higher precedence discount is found.
Using Examples of Precedence for Freight Discounts/Uplifts and given the following shipments, discounts are calculated as follows:
• A shipment to postal code 90210 in state CA of country US for Packing Location ABC.
• Using the first rule of System Value No.1, carrier discount is 25%.
• Using the second rule of System Value No.3, customer discount is 5%.
Note: System Value No.2 does not apply because the more specific value Service + Packing Location applies.
• A shipment to postal code 60661 in state IL of country US for Packing Location ABC.
• Using the second rule of System Value No.1, carrier discount is 10% through the second rule of System Value No.1.
• Customer discount is 5% through the second rule of System Value No.3.
Note: System Value No.2 does not apply because the more specific value Service + Packing Location applies.
• Shipment to postal code to country IE for Packing Location ABC.
• Carrier discount is 17% through the first rule of System Value No.3.
• Customer discount is 5% through the second rule of System Value No.3.
• Shipment to postal code 90210 in state CA of country US for Packing Location DEF
• Carrier discount is 22% through the first rule of System Value No.2.
• Customer discount is 7% through the fourth rule of System Value No.2.
Note: System Value No.3 does not apply because the more specific system value Service applies.
• Shipment to postal code 60661 in state IL of country US for Packing Location DEF
• Carrier discount is 15% through the second rule of System Value No.2.
• Customer discount is 7% through the fourth rule of System Value No.2.