Supply Chain › Transportation
Carriers
Who moves it. A carrier IS a supplier as far as payables is concerned, so a freight invoice posts against the supplier record rather than into a second ledger.
Where to find it
- Module: Supply Chain
- Group: Transportation
- Section: Transportation
- Screen: Carriers
Address in the console: /scm/carriers
List · 11 columns · 26 fields on its form · 2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Code | carrier_no |
| Name | Text | name |
| Type | Status | carrier_type |
| SCAC | Code | scac |
| Bills through | Text | supplier_name |
| Services | Number | service_count |
| Shipments | Number | shipments |
| On time % | Number | measured_on_time_pct |
| Spend | Amount | spend |
| Insurance to | Date | insurance_expires_on |
| Status | Status | status |
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 number | Text | ||
| Name required | Text | ||
| Bills through supplier | Choice | Looked up from existing records | Without this there is nowhere to post the payable and a freight invoice cannot be settled. |
| Type required | Choice | Configuration list | |
| SCAC | Text | The standard carrier alpha code. | |
| MC number | Text | ||
| DOT number | Text | ||
| IATA code | Text | ||
| VAT number | Text | ||
| Integration | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Currency | Choice | Configuration list | |
| Payment terms (days) | Number | ||
| Fuel surcharge % | Number | ||
| Accessorial policy | Long text | ||
| Contract | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Insurance expires | Date | ||
| Liability limit | Number | ||
| Certified for dangerous goods | Yes or no | ||
| Customs bonded | Yes or no | ||
| Tracking URL | Text | Put {tracking_no} where the number goes. | |
| Contact | Text | ||
| Email address | |||
| Telephone | Text | ||
| Status | Choice | prospect, active, suspended, expired, terminated | |
| Active | Yes or no | ||
| Notes | Long text |
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.