Carrier Profile for the Routing Guide
Profile in which you define data for the carrier (business partner with the role Carrier
).
The system takes into account the carrier profile data when determining routes in the routing guide (see Route Determination).
You can create only one profile for each carrier.
You define the carrier profile for the routing guide in transaction /SCTM/TSPP
.
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 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 (see 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.)
Example
You define dimension-dependent costs of 20.00 per kilometer driven for the dimension Distance.