Supply Chain › Transportation
Carrier Services
What a carrier sells. "UPS" is not a service; "UPS 2nd Day Air" is, and it is the thing that has a transit time and a cutoff.
Where to find it
- Module: Supply Chain
- Group: Transportation
- Section: Transportation
- Screen: Carrier Services
Address in the console: /scm/carrier-services
List · 10 columns · 16 fields on its form · 3 of them required
What the list shows
These are the columns of the list, in the order they are drawn. Any of them can be sorted on, filtered on, hidden, or exported.
| Column | Kind | Field name |
|---|---|---|
| Carrier | Text | carrier_name |
| Code | Code | code |
| Service | Text | name |
| Mode | Status | mode |
| Level | Status | service_level |
| Transit days | Number | transit_days |
| Guaranteed | Yes or no | guaranteed |
| Cutoff | Text | cutoff_time |
| Dangerous goods | Yes or no | allows_hazmat |
| Active | Yes or no | is_active |
The form
What is asked for when a record is created here. Required fields are marked; a choice drawn from a configuration list is one an administrator can extend without a release.
| Field | Type | Choices | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrier required | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Code required | Text | ||
| Name required | Text | ||
| Code at the carrier | Text | What their own API calls it. | |
| Mode | Choice | Configuration list | |
| Service level | Choice | Configuration list | |
| Transit days | Number | ||
| Guaranteed | Yes or no | ||
| Cutoff | Time | ||
| Maximum weight (kg) | Number | ||
| Maximum length (mm) | Number | ||
| Maximum girth (mm) | Number | ||
| Takes dangerous goods | Yes or no | ||
| Signature available | Yes or no | ||
| Saturday delivery | Yes or no | ||
| Active | Yes or no |
The rules that apply here
Everything on this screen obeys the platform rules rather than rules of its own. The ones worth knowing before you use it:
- Narrowing a list — search, conditions, sort, totals, export and saved views.
- What may be changed — the five grounds a record may not be edited on.
- Companies and business units — what the switcher above this list is doing to it.
- Creating a record — required fields, where choices come from, and how the number is allocated.
- Importing a spreadsheet — this screen accepts one, and it runs through the same rules as typing.