Carrier company (form)

Article
10/09/2018

Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

This topic applies to features in the Inventory management module. It does not apply to features in the Transportation management module.

Click Inventory management > Setup > Shipping carrier > Carrier company.

Use this form to set up account information for the shipping carriers that you use in your business. You can set up multiple account codes for each shipping carrier to represent the different accounts that are used for the shipping locations. You can assign an account code to each mode of delivery that your company uses.

Task that uses this form

Set up shipping carriers

Example

Assume that you have a warehouse in Canada and another in the United States, and you use UPS as your shipping carrier for both locations. You can set up the following carrier company name.

Carrier company name	Vendor	Account code	Carrier account number	Currency
UPS	3050	UPS-Canada	9999150	CAD
		UPS-US	9999250	USD

Navigating the form

The following tables provide descriptions for the controls in this form.

Tabs

Tab	Description
General tab	View and change information about the selected carrier. This includes the miscellaneous charges to transfer to Microsoft Dynamics AX from the shipping carrier software.
Accounts	Enter information about each account that you have with the carrier. For example, for FedEx, you might have a different account number for each warehouse location that you ship from.

Fields

Field	Description
Carrier	Enter a value that represents the company name of the carrier, such as UPS or DHL.
Tracking number URL	Enter the URL of the carrier's tracking website. Enter %1 to represent the position of the tracking number in the URL. The tracking number will be substituted for the 1% value in the Carrier transaction information form.
Vendor account	Enter the vendor account number that your organization uses for the carrier.
Core charges	Select a miscellaneous charges code to use when core freight charges are transferred from the shipping carrier software to invoices.
Ancillary charges	Select a miscellaneous charges code to use when ancillary charges, such as insurance, are transferred from the shipping carrier software to invoices.
Handling charges	Select a miscellaneous charges code to use when handling charges, such as COD fees, are transferred from the shipping carrier software to invoices.
Fuel surcharges	Select a miscellaneous charges code to use when fuel surcharges are transferred from the shipping carrier software to invoices. This field works together with the Charge fuel surcharge check box in the Customers form. If that check box is selected, fuel surcharges can be transferred to invoices for the customer.
Account code	Enter an identifier to represent an account that your company has with the selected shipping carrier company. Typically, you will set up an account code for each warehouse or shipping location.
Carrier company	Select a carrier company name.
Carrier account number	Enter the number that is used by the carrier to bill your organization.
Currency	Enter the company currency code that represents the currency that is used by the carrier software. This currency is assigned to all charges that are received from the carrier software for this account when the packing slip is posted.
Ship via company	Enter the index number that corresponds to the shipping company in your shipping carrier software. Note The value in this field is used only by the Kewill ClipperShip shipping carrier software.