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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000389" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>To define freight rate books</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1654444">
         <Level1>Freight rate book</Level1>
         <Level2>defining</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>A freight rate book is a
		list of <Link href="/baanerp/fm/glossary/glossary#000068" role="glossary">freight rates</Link>. A freight
		rate includes an amount per distance or <Link href="/baanerp/fm/glossary/glossary#000041" role="glossary">zone</Link> and a few other
		attributes, such as weight, <Link href="/baanerp/fm/glossary/glossary#000071" role="glossary">service level</Link>, or <Link href="/baanerp/fm/glossary/glossary#000067" role="glossary">carrier</Link>.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>A <Link href="/baanerp/fm/glossary/glossary#000068" role="glossary">freight rate</Link> can be of the
		  following types:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/fm/glossary/glossary#000069" role="glossary">Client rate</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/fm/glossary/glossary#000070" role="glossary">Carrier rate</Link>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>A freight rate book consists of the following elements:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Freight rate book code.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Freight rate book header
		  data.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Freight rate book
		  instances.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Freight rate book code</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0150m000#tdpcg050.raco" role="manual">Freight Rate Book</GUIRef> identifies a freight rate book and provides some general information about the
		  freight rate book. For details, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000390" role="manual">Freight rate book codes</Link>.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Freight rate book header data</SectionTitle>
         <List>
            <ListIntro>Freight rate book header data includes some general
			 attributes that apply to all the distances/zones per amount(s) of the freight
			 rate book, such as:</ListIntro>
            <ListItemHead>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0150m000#tdpcg050.cfrw" role="manual">Carrier/LSP</GUIRef>
            </ListItemHead>
            <ListItem>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0150m000#tdpcg050.cfrw" role="manual">Carrier/LSP</GUIRef> that
			 carries out transportation against the rates defined in the current freight
			 rate book.</ListItem>
            <ListItemHead>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0150m000#tdpcg050.wght" role="manual">Weight</GUIRef>
            </ListItemHead>
            <ListItem>The basic weight to
			 which the rates per distance/zone of the current freight rate book apply.</ListItem>
            <ListItemHead>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0150m000#tdpcg050.serv" role="manual">Service Level</GUIRef>
            </ListItemHead>
            <ListItem>The <Link href="/baanerp/fm/glossary/glossary#000071" role="glossary">service level</Link> to which the
			 rates per distance/zone of the current freight rate book apply.</ListItem>
         </List>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Freight rate book instances</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>The list of amounts
		  per distance or zone that apply to the header data.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
   </GeneralSection>
   <ProcedureSection>
      <SectionTitle>To set up a freight rate book</SectionTitle>
      <Steps>
         <Step>
            <StepTitle>Freight rate book number group</StepTitle>
            <Paragraph>Define a freight rate book number group in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0100m000#tdpcg000.ngfr" role="manual">Freight Rate Book Number Group</GUIRef> field of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0100m000" role="session">Pricing Parameters (tdpcg0100m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
         </Step>
         <Step>
            <StepTitle>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0150m000#tdpcg050.raco" role="manual">Freight Rate Book</GUIRef>
            </StepTitle>
            <Paragraph>Define a <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0150m000#tdpcg050.raco" role="manual">Freight Rate Book</GUIRef> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0116m000" role="session">Freight Rate Book Codes (tdpcg0116m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
         </Step>
         <Step>
            <StepTitle>Freight rate book header data</StepTitle>
            <Paragraph>Define the freight
			 rate book header data in the <Link href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0150m000" role="session">Freight Rate Books (tdpcg0150m000)</Link> session.</Paragraph>
         </Step>
         <Step>
            <StepTitle>Freight rate book instances</StepTitle>
            <Paragraph>Define the distances or zones, and the freight rates
			 against the distances or zones in the <Link href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0150m000" role="session">Freight Rate Books (tdpcg0150m000)</Link> session.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>Distance descriptions are defined in the <Link href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0117m000" role="session">Distance Descriptions by Freight Rate Books (tdpcg0117m000)</Link> session.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>Zones are defined in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm" role="package">Freight</GUIRef>. For more
			 information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000036" role="manual">Zones</Link>.</Paragraph>
         </Step>
      </Steps>
   </ProcedureSection>
   <ExampleSection>
      <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
      <TABLE border="1" borderstyle="default" space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
         <THEAD noTR="1">
            <TR no="1" isLast="true">
               <TD colspan="2" align="center" rowspan="1">Freight rate book header data</TD>
            </TR>
         </THEAD>
         <TBODY noTR="5">
            <TR no="1" isLast="false">
               <TD align="right" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0150m000#tdpcg050.cfrw" role="manual">Carrier/LSP</GUIRef>
               </TD>
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Speedex, Inc.</TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="2" isLast="false">
               <TD align="right" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0150m000#tdpcg050.wght" role="manual">Weight</GUIRef>
               </TD>
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">100 kg</TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="3" isLast="false">
               <TD align="right" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0150m000#tdpcg050.brty" role="manual">Break Type</GUIRef>
               </TD>
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Minimum</TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="4" isLast="false">
               <TD align="right" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0150m000#tdpcg050.serv" role="manual">Service Level</GUIRef>
               </TD>
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Speedy delivery</TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="5" isLast="true">
               <TD align="right" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0116m000#tdpcg016.rmth" role="manual">Rating Method</GUIRef>
               </TD>
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Distance</TD>
            </TR>
         </TBODY>
      </TABLE>
      <Paragraph/>
      <TABLE border="1" borderstyle="default" space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
         <THEAD noTR="2">
            <TR no="1" isLast="false">
               <TD colspan="4" align="center" rowspan="1">Freight rate book entries</TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="2" isLast="true">
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Distance</TD>
               <TD width="71" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Amount per distance</TD>
               <TD width="74" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Amount per weight</TD>
               <TD width="66" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Minimum amount</TD>
            </TR>
         </THEAD>
         <TBODY noTR="2">
            <TR no="1" isLast="false">
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">0</TD>
               <TD width="71" rowspan="1" colspan="1">10</TD>
               <TD width="74" rowspan="1" colspan="1">15</TD>
               <TD width="66" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2,000</TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="2" isLast="true">
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">500</TD>
               <TD width="71" rowspan="1" colspan="1">25</TD>
               <TD width="74" rowspan="1" colspan="1">25</TD>
               <TD width="66" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3,000</TD>
            </TR>
         </TBODY>
      </TABLE>
      <Paragraph>For the distances and
		weights displayed below, these rates would result in the following freight
		costs:</Paragraph>
      <TABLE border="1" borderstyle="default" space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
         <THEAD noTR="1">
            <TR no="1" isLast="true">
               <TD width="59" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Instance</TD>
               <TD width="68" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Distance</TD>
               <TD width="74" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Weight</TD>
               <TD width="216" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Freight costs</TD>
            </TR>
         </THEAD>
         <TBODY noTR="3">
            <TR no="1" isLast="false">
               <TD width="59" rowspan="1" colspan="1">A</TD>
               <TD width="68" rowspan="1" colspan="1">100</TD>
               <TD width="74" rowspan="1" colspan="1">200</TD>
               <TD width="216" rowspan="1" colspan="1">100*10 + 200*15 = 4,000</TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="2" isLast="false">
               <TD width="59" rowspan="1" colspan="1">B</TD>
               <TD width="68" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1000</TD>
               <TD width="74" rowspan="1" colspan="1">50</TD>
               <TD width="216" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1000*25 = 25,000</TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="3" isLast="true">
               <TD width="59" rowspan="1" colspan="1">C</TD>
               <TD width="68" rowspan="1" colspan="1">30</TD>
               <TD width="74" rowspan="1" colspan="1">100</TD>
               <TD width="216" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2000</TD>
            </TR>
         </TBODY>
      </TABLE>
      <Paragraph>For B, there is no
		weight charge, since the weight is &lt; 100 kg. For C, the calculated amount
		(30 * 10 + 100 * 15 = 1800) is &lt; than the minimum amount, so the minimum
		amount is charged.</Paragraph>
   </ExampleSection>
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