Use Freight Charge Amount as a Rating Unit

Freight Amount is one of the available Rating Units and Look-up Units for a Master Condition/Option. It can also be overridden when Look-up Units are defined for a Tariff Charge.

If Freight Charge Amount is defined for a Tariff Charge that is a Condition, rating will use the aggregate of the Net Charge Amount computed for all Conditions that have previously been computed where the Include in Rating Units for Freight Amount flag is True. Rating will be performed for Conditions in ascending order based on the Sequence Priority (can be controlled using the Move Up and Move down operations from the List of Conditions for Tariff Service). Therefore, Freight Charge Amount would be meaningless if defined for the Condition has the lowest possible Sequence Priority. Amounts associated with Conditions that have been superseded by other Conditions will not be included in the total.

If Freight Charge Amount is defined for a Tariff Charge that is an Option, rating will use the aggregate of the Net Charge Amount computed for all Conditions for the Tariff Service where the Include in Rating Units for Freight Amount flag is True, plus the aggregate of the Net Charge Amount computed for all Options that have previously been computed where the Include in Rating Units for Freight Amount flag is True.

Example 1:

Suppose a surcharge must be performed on the total of the distance and additional stops charges. The Conditions for the Tariff Service should be configured as follows:

Charge ID	Rating Units	Priority Sequence
MILE	Distance	001
STOP	Additional Stops	002
SCHG	Freight Charge Amount	003

Example 2:

Suppose the charge for the Insurance option must be based on the amounts associated with all Conditions and Options excluding Fuel Surcharge. In this case, the Conditions and Options for the Tariff Service should be configured as follows:

Charge ID	Rating Units	Type	Priority Sequence	Include in Rating Units for Freight Amount
MILE	Distance	Condition	001	True
STOP	Additional Stops	Condition	002	True
FUEL	Fuel Surcharge	Condition	003	False
MALL	Inside Mall	Option	001	True
INSR	Insurance	Option	002	True

Note: The Include in Rating Units for Freight Amount can be assigned to tariff charges representing "soft" costs that will not actually be included in the amount that will be payable to the carrier or by the customer.