Freight pricing and delivery terms

Freight pricing and delivery terms

How freight pricing is calculated in Telaris via Cargonizer, how delivery terms can be included in the price, and when you use load metres for non-standard goods.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Freight pricing via Cargonizer
• Delivery terms
• Load metres

Freight pricing via Cargonizer

When a freight type uses Cargonizer, the price is calculated in real time from the carrier agreement and freight product, the recipient's postal code, country, city and address, and the packages with quantity, weight and dimensions. Any pickup point and load metres are also included. Because the actual address is used, freight can also be estimated for deliveries outside Norway.

The price from Cargonizer is adjusted by the surcharge you have set on the freight type (percentage and/or fixed amount), and is limited by the minimum and maximum price. If Cargonizer does not respond, the fixed price on the freight type is used as a fallback, provided it is set.

Delivery terms

In the freight dialog there is a checkbox for Delivery terms. When it is ticked, the delivery term selected on the order is sent to Cargonizer as the basis for the price estimate. This is especially useful for delivery abroad, where the delivery term, for example who pays customs and duties, can affect the freight price. If the box is not ticked, the price is calculated without a delivery term.

Guidance:Shipping method and freight terms

Load metres

Load metres is a freight unit for non-standard goods, that is, packages that take the full width of the truck's load floor and on which no other load can be stacked on top or beside. One load metre corresponds to about one metre of the load floor's length at full width. It is a measure of how much floor space the package occupies, not a volume measure.

On each package there is a Last meter field next to the dimensions and weight. If you enter a value greater than zero, Telaris skips length, width and height for that package, both in the price calculation and when the consignment is sent to Cargonizer. Weight is registered regardless. Ordinary, stackable pallets are entered with normal dimensions, not load metres.

Tip: Check with the carrier which packages should be counted in load metres and which values are correct. Load metres is usually more expensive per unit than ordinary parcel or pallet freight. The feature requires no separate configuration.