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   <Header>
      <Title>To set up a freight rate matrix</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1333087">
         <Level1>Pricing Control matrix</Level1>
         <Level2>freight rate matrix</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1333092">
         <Level1>Freight rate matrix</Level1>
         <Level2>setting up</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pcg" role="module">Pricing</GUIRef> module, a
		freight rate matrix matrix is a structure that offers flexible criteria to
		define and retrieve freight rates.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>Essentially, a freight rate matrix consists of the following
		  elements:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>A <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#MatrixDefini_td" role="glossary">matrix definition</Link>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>A set of <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000366" role="glossary">matrix attributes</Link>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>A <Link href="/baanerp/fm/glossary/glossary#000038" role="glossary">freight rate book</Link>.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>If the properties of,
		for example, the sales order match the properties of the freight rate matrix,
		the freight rate from the freight rate book that is linked to the freight rate
		matrix, is applied to the sales order.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <ProcedureSection>
      <SectionTitle>To set up a freight rate matrix</SectionTitle>
      <ProcIntro>
         <Paragraph>To set up a freight rate matrix, complete the following
		  steps:</Paragraph>
      </ProcIntro>
      <Steps>
         <Step>
            <StepTitle>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0100m000" role="session">Pricing Parameters (tdpcg0100m000)</GUIRef>
            </StepTitle>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>Define the following fields in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0100m000" role="session">Pricing Parameters (tdpcg0100m000)</GUIRef> session:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0100m000#tdpcg000.ngmd" role="formfield">Matrix Definition Number Group</Link>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0100m000#tdpcg000.ngfr" role="formfield">Freight Rate Book Number Group</Link>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0100m000#tdpcg000.shby" role="formfield">Search by Distance/Zone</Link>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0100m000#tdpcg000.clrc" role="formfield">Client Freight Rate Control</Link>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0100m000#tdpcg000.carc" role="formfield">Carrier Freight Rate Control</Link>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0100m000#tdpcg000.clrd" role="formfield">Rate Date for Client Freight Rate</Link>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0100m000#tdpcg000.card" role="formfield">Rate Date for Carrier Freight Rate</Link>
               </ListItem>
            </List>
         </Step>
         <Step>
            <StepTitle>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0110m000" role="session">Matrix Definitions (tdpcg0110m000)</GUIRef>
            </StepTitle>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>Define a <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#MatrixDefini_td" role="glossary">matrix definition</Link> of the
				following matrix types:</ListIntro>
               <ListItemHead>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pcg.maty#clfrate" role="option">Client Freight Rate</GUIRef>
               </ListItemHead>
               <ListItem>Use this matrix
				type to define matrix attributes for <Link href="/baanerp/fm/glossary/glossary#000056" role="glossary" Update="No">cient freight rates</Link>.</ListItem>
               <ListItemHead>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pcg.maty#cafrate" role="option">Carrier Freight Rate</GUIRef>
               </ListItemHead>
               <ListItem>Use this matrix
				type to define matrix attributes for <Link href="/baanerp/fm/glossary/glossary#000070" role="glossary" Update="No">carrier freight rates</Link>.</ListItem>
            </List>
            <Paragraph>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0110m000" role="session">Matrix Definitions (tdpcg0110m000)</GUIRef> session, you define the elements, which are matrix
			 attributes, for which you want to set up a freight rate book.</Paragraph>
         </Step>
         <Step>
            <StepTitle>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0120m000" role="session">Matrix Sequences (tdpcg0120m000)</GUIRef>
            </StepTitle>
            <Paragraph>Define a <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000101" role="glossary">matrix sequence</Link> for the
			 matrix definition in the <Link href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0120m000" role="session">Matrix Sequences (tdpcg0120m000)</Link> session. In this session, you define your own
			 search sequence to find a freight rate book.</Paragraph>
         </Step>
         <Step>
            <StepTitle>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0116m000" role="session">Freight Rate Book Codes (tdpcg0116m000)</GUIRef>
            </StepTitle>
            <Paragraph>Define freight rate book codes in the <Link href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0116m000" role="session">Freight Rate Book Codes (tdpcg0116m000)</Link> session. Freight
			 rate book codes are used to identify freight rate books and to provide some
			 general information and settings for freight rate books.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000390" role="manual">Freight rate book codes</Link>.</Paragraph>
         </Step>
         <Step>
            <StepTitle>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0150m000" role="session">Freight Rate Books (tdpcg0150m000)</GUIRef>
            </StepTitle>
            <Paragraph>Define freight rate
			 books in the <Link href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0150m000" role="session">Freight Rate Books (tdpcg0150m000)</Link> session. For further
			 information on freight rate books, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000389" role="manual">To define freight rate books</Link>.</Paragraph>
         </Step>
         <Step>
            <StepTitle>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0130m300" role="session">Freight Rate Matrices (tdpcg0130m300)</GUIRef>
            </StepTitle>
            <Paragraph>Freight rate matrices
			 are defined in the <Link href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0130m300" role="session">Freight Rate Matrices (tdpcg0130m300)</Link> session. In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0130m300" role="session">Freight Rate Matrices (tdpcg0130m300)</GUIRef> session, you must link freight rate book
			 codes to matrix definitions and enter values for the matrix attributes. As a
			 result, freight rate books are linked to matrix attributes.</Paragraph>
         </Step>
      </Steps>
   </ProcedureSection>
   <ExampleSection>
      <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>For matrix type <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pcg.maty#clfrate" role="option">Client Freight Rate</GUIRef>, define the matrix definition MD1 (matrix definition one). Add
		the attributes item and ship-from business partner to the matrix definition.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>Specify the freight rate book FRB1 for items with the
		  following characteristics:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Rating method: <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pcg.rmth#distance" role="option">Distance</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>An <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pcg.brty#upto" role="option">Up To</GUIRef> break type.</ListItem>
         <ListItem> 
            <List>
               <ListIntro>For a weight &lt;100:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>Amount by weight $15.</ListItem>
            </List>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem> 
            <List>
               <ListIntro>For a distance &lt;500:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>Amount by distance $25.</ListItem>
            </List>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>A valid period from
		  September 1 to December 1 2004.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>Define a freight rate matrix for matrix type <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pcg.maty#clfrate" role="option">Client Freight Rate</GUIRef>, and select matrix definition MD1 and freight rate book FRB1.
		  Enter values for the matrix attributes, such as the following:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Item: Laptop computer
		  A1.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Ship-from business partner: Tradex, Inc.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </ExampleSection>
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      <RelTopic>
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