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.