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Storage and Handling Billing Rates

Set each client's storage and handling rates

Define your charge codes and each client's rate schedule, with minimums and maximums. Add a new rate period with its own effective date when prices change.

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What it does

  • Charge codes carry their own billing basis, rate source, rate table and minimum and maximum amounts
  • Rate schedules can be set per client or per item class
  • Each rate schedule holds dated rate periods, each with its own effective date
  • Rate schedules set minimum receipt and shipment charges per client
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Where it fits

From client rates to client invoices, for 3PL warehouses.

  1. This step

    Set each client's rates once

    Each client's charge codes and rate schedule are set once, with a new effective date when prices change.

  2. Orders and trucks arrive already planned

    Orders that arrive by EDI or as web orders are reviewed and converted into warehouse receipts and shipments with one action.

  3. Every receipt and shipment on one record

    Every receipt, shipment and adjustment is handled on one record, from planning through completion.

  4. Show each client the lots you hold for them

    Any item drills down to its lots and sublots with on hand and available quantities, and a whole lot can be put on hold.

  5. Report on stock and activity, filed by role

    Standard reports show what you hold, where it sits and what moved.

  6. Invoice every client from the charges captured

    Invoices for every client on a billing cycle are generated from the charges captured and previewed before you commit them.

Questions about storage and handling billing rates

Straight answers, drawn from what the software does today.

Can each client have its own storage and handling rates?

Yes. Rate schedules can be set per client or per item class, with minimum and maximum amounts and minimum receipt and shipment charges. When prices change, add a new rate period with its own effective date.

Can one system bill many 3PL clients on different rates?

Yes. Each client's charges and dated rate periods are set once in a rate schedule, storage billing runs by cycle with a preview of every proposed charge, and invoices for every client are generated in a batch.

Can a public cold store bill each client for storage and handling?

Yes. Each client's charge codes and dated rate periods are set in a rate schedule, storage billing runs on a weekly, monthly or semi-monthly cycle with a preview of every proposed charge, and invoices for every client are generated in batches.

Related capabilities

Also in warehouse billing.

Warehouse Activity Charges

Capture one-off service charges for any client

Record the extra work you do for a client, such as labeling, rework or special handling, as a charge against that client, starting from a saved charge profile, so it is ready to bill when you run invoicing.

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