Carrier Types

Configuration of the different Carrier Types in the system is possible in the Carrier Types tab of the Resources Maintenance screen. This information can be typically used to distinguish between a client's own fleet and external carriers. Areas such as Accounting and Profit & Loss to determine where to assign revenue and costs can use this information.

The carrier type is linked to the carrier and also the various costing methods associated with freight payment. To set up a new type click New.

Enter the "Carrier Type" and then the "Trip Cost Method" and "Order Cost Method" - these are optional.

There are four types of cost method that can be applied to the carrier, these are:

• "MANUAL" whereby the cost can be allocated to the trip manually,
• "EXTERNAL" whereby the trip cost will be allocated from an external source like MTM,
• "CONTRACT" whereby the trip cost will be calculated within CT<S via contracts and tariffs and
• "EXT_CONTRACT" which looks for an external value and if one is not found it uses the "CONTRACT" method.