BluJay Solutions Parcel 21.1.0 - User Guide
How To Add a Rate Shop |
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When processing a package, if you do not select a specific carrier and service from the carrier and service drop-down lists on the Warehouse screen, you can use Parcel's Rate feature to compare rates of different carriers. You can also use Rate to compare a selected carrier's services for both rates and time in transit. The options that Parcel provides depends on how you set up the Rate Shop. Use the Rate Shop dialog to do the following:
•Set up a rate shop for a single carrier by specifying only that carrier's services (or a subset of those services).
•Set up a rate shop that includes multiple carriers by specifying the services from multiple carriers (see step 4 of the following procedure).
•Configure how the rating process handles Time in Transit.
Note: You can add as many rate shops to a location as you wish in order to capture various combinations of carriers and services. The Rate Shops that you add to a location are displayed in the Ship Via drop-down list on the Warehouse screen.
To add a Rate Shop, complete these steps:
1.In the left-hand pane, select the location to which you want to add a Rate Shop. If there aren't any locations defined yet, you need to add a location first.
2.Click the Add RateShop link under the Rateshop section to display the Add RateShop screen.
3.In the Rate Key field, type a unique ID to use for this Rate Shop. The value you enter for Rate Key is displayed in the Ship Via drop-down list on the Parcel Warehouse screen.
4.Select the services you want to include in the Rate Shop by following these directions...
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Add services to the Rate Shop |
Select them in the left-hand window, then click [ADD]. To create a Rate Shop for all carriers and all services under the location, click [ADD ALL]. |
Remove services from the Rate Shop |
Select them in the right-hand window, then click [REMOVE]. |
Change the order of carriers in the right text box |
Select a carrier and then click [UP] or [DOWN] to move the carrier and its associated services up or down in the list. Note: When Rate Shop compares carriers and services, in case of a tie Parcel chooses the first carrier and/or service in the list. (See table in step 6.) |
Change the order of services in the right text box |
Select a service and then click [UP] or [DOWN] to move the service up or down in the list. Note: When Rate Shop compares carriers and services, in case of a tie Parcel chooses the first service in the list. (See table in step 6.) |
5.From the drop-down list, select one of the following options:
If this option is specified... |
And you select this Rate Shop from the Warehouse screen Ship Via drop-down list... |
The [Ship] is disabled (grayed out). When you create a shipment and then click [RATE], Parcel displays a popup window listing all the valid services with associated costs for the shipment. If you have time in transit configured, this popup window also displays time in transit in the form of Delivery Date and Delivery Time (24 hours), as well as the method by which time in transit was determined. Use the links in this window as follows: •Click the Rate link to display a popup window with a breakdown of the rate calculation. •Click the Select link to return to the Warehouse screen with this carrier and service specified for the shipment. •Click the Ship link to process the shipment directly with this carrier and service. The Rate Shop popup window provides the following information •Carrier •Service •Rate •Delivery Date •Delivery Time •Status Notes: •The Status field indicates the source of the time in transit and can display the following values: •If this option is cleared (de-selected) for this rate shop so that Auto-select is in effect, if a shipment fails with the selected carrier/service, Parcel changes the carrier/service to the auto-selected carrier/service. |
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Lowest Cost |
When you click [SHIP], Parcel automatically selects the carrier and service with the lowest cost. In case of a tie, Parcel selects the first carrier-service combination in the Rate Shop list (see table in step 4). |
Fastest Time |
If time in transit is enabled, when you click [SHIP], Parcel automatically selects the service with the shortest time in transit. In case of a tie, Parcel selects the first carrier-service combination in the Rate Shop list (see table in step 4). |
Lowest Cost and Fastest Time |
If time in transit is enabled, when you click [SHIP], Parcel first selects the lowest-cost carrier-service combination. If the cost is the same for two or more carriers and/or services, Parcel then selects the carrier-service combination with the fastest delivery time. In case of a tie, Parcel selects the highest carrier-service combination in the Rate Shop list (see table in step 4). |
Notes:
•For information on enabling and setting up time in transit, see the following Help topics:
- Shipper Defaults > Time in Transit tab Help topic for a specific carrier.
- Overview of TINT Calculation
- Time in Transit Files
- Importing Time in Transit Files
•For information on using Parcel's Rate Shop feature, see the following Help Topic: Processing a Shipment - Main Steps
6.Click [SHIP] to save the Rate Shop.
