Shipment Fields updated during Route Assignment

When the preferred service is determined, the following shipment fields are updated based on the contents of the Routing Guide tab of the applicable rule:

Shipment Service (XMSHDR0.SHROUT), and Shipment Carrier partner (XMSHDR0.SHSHPC). The carrier is associated with the service through the RT option.

Billable Carrier Account (XMS2DR0.S2TPACC) to which the freight is billed. This field applies if the Freight Payment Method is Collect or Third Party. If the Billable Account number needs to be updated, then this value is taken from the carrier account associated with the selected preferred service.

Freight Payment Method (XMSHDR0.SHTERM). This field is updated when freight billing applies to the preferred service.

COD Payment Method (XMSHDR0.SHCODM). If the Freight Payment Method is one of the COD varieties, then it is usually also necessary to update this field.

Instructions are updated onto the Shipment Texts record (XMSTXT0), based on the system value to determine the text id (XMSTXT0.STTYPE):


Category	Key	Value
SPS	TEXT ID - SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS	[Text ID with special instructions]

The Routing Guide Rule may also determine the Shipper Account under which the shipment is shipped when a particular service is chosen. The Packing Location (virtual field SHWHOUSE) on the shipment is set, which determines the Shipper Account. For more about Packing Locations, see Packing Locations. For more information about inducted locations, see Inducted Location.

This field is relevant when you use the Routing Guide Rule to determine which service should be used for billing. You can choose to ship using one method, and to bill using another method. This information is stored in the virtual field SHCHRGROUT.

The Third Party Address information, which overrides the address data in XMSNAM0 when the SNTYPE is TP. You can specify this information so that it is communicated to the carrier during the EOD process.

Updates are also made to shipment fields that are not determined by fields on the Routing Assignment tab:

Expected Time of Arrival date (SHEDTE). If a transit time is calculated by the appropriate rating engine, then this field is updated.

If a Transit Time is calculated by the appropriate rating engine, the Transit Time (SHJTEM) and Time Units (SHJTMEUNT) fields are updated.

If the Transport Mode exists in the RTMODE field of the Service record (XTROUT0. RTMODE), then this value is updated onto the SHMODE field on the shipment.

This value is not stored in a field. It is determined using a combination of factors, as follows:

• The default Estimated Ship Date is taken from the Ship Date on the shipment.

• A check runs to determine whether there is a cut-off time for this service specified in the system values in System Values for Shipment Times. The system values are listed in the order that they are checked. If a system value does not exist, the field is next checked against the Service (XTROUT0) record in the RTCTME field.


Category	Key	Description
SPS	SHIPLATESTTIME: [service]: [Packing Location]	Specify the appropriate time in HH:MM format. The service must be an entry in the RT option and Packing Location must be is a valid packing location in the LN option.
SPS	SHIPLATESTTIME: [service]	As above.
SPS	SHIPLATESTTIME: [carrier]: [Packing Location]	As above.
SPS	SHIPLATESTTIME: [carrier]	As above.

• If a cut-off time has passed during the time that rate shopping runs, then the Estimated Ship Date is moved forward to the next shipping day.

Any accessorials specified in the Accessorials tab of the Routing Guide assignment are added to the shipment, provided that these accessorials are available for the selected service.