Freight rate shopping using Infor Rate Shopping - TM

Infor Rate Shopping - TM is accessed from Sales Order Entry-Freight Rate Shop to request real-time shipping rates for your contract carriers for LTL and parcel shipping.

The integration uses ION API and BODs to exchange data between CloudSuite Distribution and Infor Rate Shopping - TM. The calculated freight charges in Rate Shopping automatically flow back to the sales order or quote in Sales Order Entry to ensure your customer is billed what is quoted.

After the freight rates are returned to the Sales Order Entry-Freight Rate Shop window, you can use the Freight rate shopping function to perform these tasks:

• Create up to five parcels for a single order
• Compare and select the best carrier rate for each order
• Update the Ship Via based on your carrier selection
• See the estimated delivery date and time

To implement the Infor Rate Shopping - TM integration, you must activate the integration by selecting the Use TM Freight Rate Shopping option in SA Administrator Options-Integrations-TMS Integration Options. You must also set up tables in Distribution SX.e that establish transportation values that are used by Infor Rate Shopping - TM to determine the correct rates. Predefined values, such as Transportation Freight Class and Transportation Packaging Type, are assigned to your products in Product Setup or Product Catalog Setup. You must also configure the ION integration in ION API and ION Desk, and then complete the initial master data load of Ship Via records using the CodeDefinition BOD.

See the Infor CloudSuite Distribution Integration Guide for Infor Rate Shopping - TM for implementation instructions.