| This is also the so-called Airfreight integration. |
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| The determination of airfreight rates is carried out entirely in ECM → The rates no longer need to be recorded in TMS. |
Activate rate determination via ECM
Defaults for the ECM section in TMS for this topic are located in AIR PARAMETER → Charges tab → Rates section → bottom left:
- Activate the checkbox Airfreight and other charges via ECM in the Charges tab in AIR Parameter.
- You can also decide whether the menus are to be available in Airfreight → Search and Print rates as well.
- You can also make a preallocation in ECM IATA rates for the determination of IATA rates from ECM.
Consequences in the Airfreight order
This has the following consequences in TMS:
- If the checkbox Airfreight and other charges via ECM is active, rates available in TMS are no longer used for the calculation.
The search in the field Rate (double click) is no longer available. Manual entering of a rate is still possible. - The search for/print of net rates in the Airfreight menu → Rates is no longer available.
- The Other Charges tab with all its functions is not visible.
- Costs (airfreight and other charges) are not pre-assigned automatically upon creation of an outgoing invoice.
Determination of purchase services
The field Service on the AWB Main tab now only displays the service. The program determines the service based on the address of the SVC, GSA or carrier → see Using services.
The corresponding text or display field is synchronized with the field Service in the header data.
If you have filled the field Purchase service in the order, it is pre-assigned in the search mask for the rate query to ECM on the Calculation tab and transmitted to ECM.
The purchase service entered in the order refers to the main carriage.
If you also require purchase services for other legs, make the corresponding entries for every required leg in the search mask.
You can either make manual entries or search for purchase services of the corresponding carrier via F2 or double click.
Calculation tab: rate determination
The leg determination is different per AWB type. Preallocations control which legs will be pre-assigned in the search mask to calculate the order.
In COMPANY → ECM → ECM preallocations tab you can define the rates that will be searched per B/L / AWB type:
- Buying
- Selling
- Both
- Selling with referenced buying
Standard settings for the rate determination
The standard settings are the following (X = entire leg):
Selling (customer rate) | Buying (net rate) | IATA rate | Comment | |
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HAWB | X | Pre-carriage | YES | The program does not determine the main carriage for a net rate. |
MAWB (B2B) | NO | Main carriage | YES | |
B2B | X | X | YES | |
CON | NO | Main carriage | YES | |
SMAWB | NO | Main carriage | YES | |
IATA | X | X | YES | |
MHAWB | Main carriage | NO | NO |
Only pre-carriage and on-carriage are of relevance for HAWBs; the search result therefore does not include the main carriage.
However, the buying sum contains all costs.
This is indicated by a red icon, the corresponding information Incl. expected airfreight appears via Mouse over.
The rate determination distinguishes between owner and carrier.
For instance, the owner in GSA rates is the GSA, the carrier is the airline.
The carrier is pre-assigned from the order per leg.
The owner can be added as a search criterion or is already pre-assigned for certain constellations in the order:
- When using an address with qualifier SVC, if filled in the order (applies to the search of the leg from the departure airport to the destination airport/RCP).
- or: when filling the field GSA
- or: carrier = owner
The search result shows the owner and carrier in separate columns.
In selling, the owner is the branch.
The field is therefore only taken into account for buying on leg level.
Selling:
- Owner = forwarder/branch
- Holder = customer
- Carrier = not taken into account in the search
Buying:
- Owner = shipping company/airline or GSA
- Holder = forwarder/branch
- Carrier = shipping company/airline