If you enable time in transit (TinT) calculation for a specific carrier that does not have a system that provides time in transit data, Parcel requires a set of correctly formatted time in transit files for that carrier to be imported into the Parcel database. Parcel uses the data from these files to calculate time in transit for a shipment as follows:

•If you have it configured, for a carrier that has a system that provides time in transit data, Parcel first attempts to retrieve the time in transit from the carrier's system. If successful, Parcel displays this value for time in transit. If for some reason this data cannot be retrieved, Parcel then calculates time in transit based on the data in the imported time in transit files or resident Parcel system data.

•For carriers that do not have a system that provides time in transit data, Parcel calculates time in transit directly from the data in the imported time in transit files or resident Parcel system data.

Note: Time in Transit files are user-created and maintained with help from BluJay Solutions Support as needed.

Supported Carriers

Time in Transit calculation is supported for the following carriers:

For each supported carrier, there is a configuration screen that enables you to import the data from the required time in transit files and the optional Weekends screen. Additionally, there are screens, one for each file type, that enable you to edit this data after it has been imported. These screens are located under each carrier in the Web Admin tool in the following order:

•Transit Days – See the Help topic: Transit Days, Weekends, and Holidays.

•Holidays – See the Help topic: Transit Days, Weekends, and Holidays.

•Weekends – See the Help topic: Transit Days, Weekends, and Holidays.

•Import TinT Files – See the Help topics: Time in Transit Files and Import Time in Transit Files.

For more information on these screens, as well as the formats for the time in transit files, click the previous links.

Carriers that Provide Time in Transit Data

For these carriers, use the Time in Transit tab on the Account Defaults screen to enable Time in Transit calculation and specify the connection parameters for the carrier data.

Carriers That Do Not Provide Time in Transit Data

For these carriers, use the Time in Transit tab on the Account Defaults screen to enable Time in Transit calculation.

How Time in Transit Is Calculated and Displayed

The Transit days (time in transit) that Parcel calculates are the expected number of days it takes the carrier to transport a shipment to the destination geocode via the specified service. Parcel then converts calculated transit days to an expected delivery date that is displayed. This delivery date is calculated by adding the transit days to the ship date while taking the following considerations into account:

•Delivery does not occur on Sunday.

•Delivery does not occur on Saturday unless Saturday Delivery is configured for the carrier and service and enabled for Time in Transit.

•Delivery does not occur on holidays defined in the Holidays table as not allowing delivery.

•For FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery and for UPS Ground, which days count as weekend days. (The default is Saturday and Sunday.)

The delivery date is calculated to be the first date on or after the ship date plus transit days where none of the previous circumstances disallows delivery.

Additionally, there are fields on the following screens that enable you to further configure transit times. For information on these, see the following Help topics:

•Transit Days, Weekends, and Holidays

•Time in Transit Files and Import Time in Transit Files