Conceptually, Best Way Freighting is very similar to the Routing Guide in that a set of business rules that are applied dependent on a specific Epicor Manifest/Epicor ERP Ship Code to determine the ‘real’ ship code that will be used to process the shipment.
These business rules will use the standard Rate Shopping logic to determine the most economical carrier/service to employ based on the Epicor ERP Shipments Weight and the maximum number of days in which to complete the delivery.
The assumption is that the shipper will establish a shipcode(s) in Epicor ERP matching the Epicor Manifest Ship Code where they begin with ‘BW’. The shipcode(s) will not be linked to any Carrier or CarrierService in the Epicor Manifest Ship Code Setup.
When a shipment is freighted in Epicor, and the Epicor Ship Code begins with ‘BW’, this will trigger the Rate Shopping call that will validate the following to determine the ‘real’ Ship Code.
Best Way logic will only be applied to those ship codes where the Epicor ERP Weight is within the Epicor Manifest ShipCode Rate Shopping MinimumWeight and MaximumWeight range.
Rate Shopping may only apply to ship codes that have a specific Epicor Manifest ShipCode DaysToDeliver Value.
If the Epicor Manifest/Epicor ERP Ship Code = ‘BW’ then all Epicor Manifest Ship Codes where 'Include In Rate Shopping' is checked will be eligible to determine the ‘real’ ship code.
If Epicor Manifest/Epicor ERP Ship Code = ‘BW1’ then only Epicor Manifest Ship Codes where 'Include In Rate Shopping' is checked AND Epicor Manifest Ship Codes Days To Deliver = ‘1’ will be eligible to determine the ‘real’ ship code.
If Epicor Manifest/Epicor ERP Ship Code = ‘BW2’ then only Epicor Manifest Ship Codes where 'Include In Rate Shopping' is checked AND Epicor Manifest Ship Codes Days To Deliver = ‘2’ will be eligible to determine the ‘real’ ship code.
If Epicor Manifest/Epicor ERP Ship Code = ‘BW3’ then only Epicor Manifest Ship Codes where 'Include In Rate Shopping' is checked AND Epicor Manifest Ship Codes Days To Deliver = ‘3’ will be eligible to determine the ‘real’ ship code.
If Epicor Manifest/Epicor ERP Ship Code = ‘BWG’ then only Epicor Manifest Ship Codes where 'Include In Rate Shopping' is checked AND Epicor Manifest Ship Codes Days To Deliver > ‘3’ will be eligible to determine the ‘real’ ship code.
Once the Rate Shopping has been completed using the business logic described, the Epicor Manifest/Epicor ERP Actual Ship Code will be automatically updated using the Ship Code that returns the least expensive freight cost from the rate shopping results.