Carrier Profile for the Routing Guide 

Definition

Profile in which you define data for the carrier (business partner with the role Carrier).

Use

The system takes into account the carrier profile data when determining routes in the routing guide.

You can create only one profile for each carrier.

You define the carrier profile for the routing guide in the master data for transportation (route determination).

Structure

Header Data

The carrier profile for the routing guide contains the following header data:

●      Carrier address

●      Communication data

●      Administrative data

Geographical Data and Means of Transport

You can assign geographical data (locations or zones) and means of transport to the carrier. During route determination, the system only takes into account the assignment of a leg zone and a means of transport that is either the same as the means of transport for the leg or superior to it. For more information, see Hierarchical Relationships Between Means of Transport. You can also specify whether the carrier for this assignment can accept dangerous goods.

Transportation Groups and Product Freight Groups

The system considers a carrier's transportation groups and product freight groups as restrictions (whether the carrier can accept the products in a request) when determining routes in the routing guide.

Freight Code Sets

Freight code sets are used in Transportation Management in Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) to define freight codes. You use freight codes to communicate with freight forwarders and other service providers.

Transportation Costs

During route determination, the system takes into account the transportation costs with a higher priority than the costs in the general transportation cost profile.

○       Global transportation costs

Global transportation costs are fixed transportation costs that you define for a carrier’s means of transport.

○       Dimension-dependent transportation costs

You define dimension-dependent transportation costs for a carrier’s means of transport in a certain dimension and relevant unit. The following dimensions are supported:

●        Distance

●        Duration (transportation duration)

●        Quantity (weight)

●        Stop-offs (The system does not currently evaluate them.)

You define dimension-dependent costs of 20.00 per kilometer driven for the dimension Distance.