Forcing Alternate P&D Costs (#51, Spring 2001)

Pickup & Delivery cost is calculated based on the combination of terminal code and P&D run number for both origin and destination.  The terminal code and run number often come from the location entry (U.S. ZIP Code or Canadian Postal Code), which causes the system to look up the specific terminal and run number in the location index, created from the carrier points list.

If, for a particular customer or cost analysis, an alternate pickup or delivery cost is required, due to factors which make the location-based P&D run inappropriate for this freight, several options are available to force an alternate pickup or delivery cost, as outlined below:

Alternate P&D Cost

CIS Coding

Characteristics of a specific P&D run to use for this freight are set up under another run number in CIS.

Force the system to use this alternate run number by adding it to the ZIP Code in parenthesis, such as 30303(12) to force P&D run number 12.

Characteristics of a specific P&D run for this freight are not set up as a run in CIS.

Enter the run characteristics in the Drive Adjust worksheet, accessed on the CIS entry screen by double-clicking (or pressing F7) on the Drive Adjust item, to calculate a drive time override.

An agent is being used to pickup or deliver this particular freight, with their rates set up in CIS under another P&D run number.

Force the system to use this alternate set of rates by adding the run number to the ZIP Code entry in parenthesis, such as 90210(1) to force P&D run number 1.

An agent is being used to pickup or deliver this freight, charging a special rate not set up in CIS.

Calculate the cost of the pickup or delivery and force the system to use it by adding a dollar sign to the ZIP Code, such as 60606$.  The Drive Adjust item will then prompt for the override cost.

There is no pickup (freight is brought to us) or there is no delivery (they get freight from our dock) for this freight.

Suppress the cost by entering 0 for the CIS Drive and Stop Adjust items.

Updated February, 2005

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