Adding a Freight Rate

Overview

Use this job aid to add a freight rate that will default during ticket entry when the appropriate customer and shipper Id boxes are entered.

To add a freight rate:

1. From the Toolbar, click GRN for Commodity Management.
2. From the Commodity menu, select Commodity Tables.
3. From the Commodity Tables menu, select Freight Rates.
4. Select Add/Edit Freight Rates.
5. In the Customer Name Id box, click Lookup or type * and press Enter, and then select the customer you want to add the freight rate to, or type the customer name id you want to add the freight rate to.
6. Click OK.
7. In the Commodity Code box, click Lookup or type * and press Enter, and then select the commodity code you want to add the freight rate to, or type the commodity code that you want to add the freight rate to.
8. In the Location Code box, click Lookup or type * and press Enter, and then select the location code you want to add the freight rate to, or type the location code that you want to add the freight rate to, or leave blank for all locations.
9. In the Shipper Name Id box, click Lookup or type * and press Enter, and then select a specific freight handler you want to add the freight rate to, or type the specific freight handler you want to add the freight rate to, or leave blank for all freight handlers.
10. Click OK.
11. In the Freight Rate box, type the number of cents per unit of measure to charge the customer for freight. Type the amount in whole cents in the format where 15.00000 equals 15 cents.
12. In the Additional Freight box, type the amount in dollars in the format where 150.00 equals $150.00.
13. Click OK.