Routing Assignment Tab

The Routing Assignment tab is used to specify actions taken when a rule applies to a shipment. Use this tab to specify the services that are considered or selected for the purposes of:

You can also use this tab to update shipment attributes such as the freight payment method.

The Services section consists of a set of services, each with its own associated preference weighting and freight account. Use this section to add a list of services that are appropriate for shipments to which this rule applies, and to specify a freight account and duty account.

The preference weighting that applies to the service. The preference weighting can be any number between 0 and 999. The preference weighting is taken into account when determining the service assigned to a shipment during Route Assignment. For more information, see Determining the Preferred Service for the Shipment.

The freight account associated with the service. If the freight payment method is collect, this freight account is billed.

Specifies the duty account associated with the service. The duty account is only relevant if the duty payment method is Third Party.

Use this section to assign general information to shipments that this Routing Guide rule applies to.

Example: When shipping to a particular customer, shipments are billed as collect. Therefore, Collect is set as the freight payment method.

Example: When shipping to a particular customer, shipments are to billed as Shipper Pays Duty + VAT.

Example: When the freight payment method is COD, the COD Payment Method is Cashiers Check.

Instructions for the shipment, which are stored in the Rating Errors Log for the shipment and displayed on the Invalid Rates tab of the Rate Shop task.

You can use the Routing Guide rule to specify the Shipper Account associated with the Shipment when a particular service is chosen. The Packing Location that you specify in this field determines the shipper account. For more about Packing Locations, see Packing Locations.

Example: A shipper requires zone skipping of shipments. The Shipments are labeled with a shipping address that differs from the location where they are processed initially. The shipments are trucked to that shipping address and then handed over to the carrier linked to the service determined by the Routing Assignment.

The chargeable service of the shipment. A shipper can ship with one method and bill with another method. The rates applied to the customer are based on the chargeable service.

The percentage of the package value to apply as an insured value for the package. This value is used to notify the carrier how much the package is to be insured for when the service offers insurance as an accessorial.

If you want to bill a third party for the freight costs of the shipment, use this tab to store the third-party details. This information is relevant only when the freight payment method is Third Party.

The name of the third-party company to whom the freight is billed.

If these fields display, then you can use them to enter details of the third-party address.

The address of the third-party company to whom the freight is billed.

The contact number of the third-party company to whom the freight is billed.