The
cost of cross dock handling at origin, destination or any intermediate terminals
can be adjusted, when costing a particular shipment, by entering either an
adjustment ratio for the Dock Adjust item, or the actual handling minutes.
The
default for this item is 1.
Zero suppresses the cost.
Data
entry depends on the Dock Handling code:
When
the Dock Handling code is 2, for a regular cross dock handling, or 1 for
a partial dock handling, then the Dock Adjust entry of less than 5 is
read as a ratio:
·
Entering a 1.1 would increase
the cost by 10 percent.
·
Entering a .9 would decrease
the cost by 10 percent.
An
entry of 5 or greater is read as a minutes
override:
·
Entering a 10 would cause the
shipment to be costed as requiring ten minutes to handle across the dock at that
terminal, overriding the dock minutes which the CIS would calculate based on the
shipment characteristics and particular dock where the activity occurs.
When
the Dock Handling code is 4 or 5 for handling and storage,
generally used for appointment freight, and storage unit cost is set up in CIS,
then storage days should be entered for the Dock Adjust.
When
the Dock Handling code is 7, 8 or 9, for sort and segregate,
then total minutes for the entire stop weight should be entered, as
prompted on the instruction line.