The Rate Shop screen for shipments can be accessed directly from various shipment lists in Transportation Manager. Refer to "Rate Shop via Rating (Employee)" for information on the Rate Shop screen that can be accessed from the rating screens for each of the ratable entities (that is, shipment legs, shipments, trips, loads not attached to a trip, non-operational freight).
The Rate Shop screen is displayed if even if there are no eligible tariff/service combinations. However, if the shipment is no longer eligible for rating updates, the browser will be redirected to the Routing, Rating and Scheduling screen for shipments.
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When the Rate Shop screen for shipments is presented, the Rate Shop list will include just the tariff / service combinations that are compatible with the current commitments for service and trailer equipment type for the shipment.
The first tariff / service combination on the list will be the one selected by the route and rate process as the preferred alternative. The sequence will be established based on the computed costs for each tariff / service combination.
When multiple services for a single tariff meet the routing and rating requirements for a shipment, the Rate Shop screen will present a separate row for each qualifying tariff / service combination. While there could potentially be multiple trailer equipment types eligible for each tariff / service combination, the Rate Shop screen will only present the preferred equipment type where selection within each tariff/service combination will be based on lowest cost and then priority for the equipment types.