The use of freight classesA freight class is the classification of an item in terms of:
Freight classes are mainly used in the United States. In addition to item classification, freight classes are used for the following purposes:
For these purposes, you can link a freight class to an item in the Items - Freight Management (fmfmd1100m000) session, and to a freight order line in the Freight Order Lines (fmfoc2101m000) session. To determine freight rates To determine the freight rate that must be used to calculate the freight costs for a freight order line, sales order line, sales quotation line, or sales contract line, you can link a freight class to rate basis numbers in the Rate Basis Numbers by Attributes (fmfrc0120m000) session. To determine planning groups for freight order
lines To determine the planning group for a freight order line, you can use a freight class as an attribute of a matrix definition.
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