Cost Allocation Strategies

The Cost Allocation feature is used to distribute the total movement cost among the individual shipments which are part of the movement. The calculation includes site-level and stop-level charges in order to determine the total cost for a shipment on a given movement. If multiple shipments are going to the same stop, those shipments split the cost of the stop. Allowance Rates can also be marked as Taxable and a Global Allowance Tax Rate can be specified. The following are the supported cost allocation strategies:

Allocation Strategy	Definition
Weight	Calculates cost allocation based on shipment weight.
Weight/Distance	Calculates cost allocation based on shipment weight and distance.
Volume	Calculates cost allocation based on shipment volume.
Volume/Distance	Calculates cost allocation based on shipment volume and distance.
Dimensional Weight	Calculates cost allocation based on shipment dimensional weight (density).
Spaces	Calculates cost allocation based on the number of spaces a shipment requires.
Spaces/Distance	Calculates cost allocation based on the number of spaces a shipment requires and the distance the shipment will travel.