How to check the LTL rate configuration?
Costing an LTL shipment involves matching two basic elements to the
shipment: an LTL Base and an LTL Rate.
LTL Bases are meant to represent a non-carrier specific, lane-based tariffs of rates.
LTL Rates are essentially the carrier discounts off of the appropriate base by lane.
Base:
Every LTL Base has an associated lane which the shipment must fall into in order to qualify for rating.
The rules work identically as for TL rates.
Each LTL Base also has an LTL Tariff which is made up of a list of freight classes and weight breaks.
In this way, shipments can only be rated using LTL Bases that have tariffs that have freight classes that match the freight classes of the commodities on the shipment.
Rate:
Every LTL Rate is identified by its Carrier, LTL Tariff, Service Commitment, and Effective Date.
Any LTL Rate can be used to cost a given shipment if the shipment falls within the rate's lane, if the service commitment allows feasible delivery, if the tariff includes the freight class of the commodities on the shipment, and if the rate was effective before the horizon start.
TM will then match qualifying LTL Rates and LTL Bases that have the same LTL Tariff in order to calculate the freight cost.
The different tariff id in LTL_RATE table for a carrier is the way to allow a different rate given the same carrier, lane, and service commitment, but different equipment type (e.g. CUBE vs. FAK50).
LTL Tariffs specify what freight classes can be applied to a rate along with the capacity breaks which will be used for the LTL Base (where the rate structure is defined).
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