Creating a Rate for Inbound Pallets with Multiple Movable Unit Types: Rounding Up Movable Units by Quantity
This article is about the Billing Manager app, not the Billing Wizard in 3PL Warehouse Manager. To learn about the Billing Wizard, please refer to the articles in the Billing Setup.
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This article provides a step-by-step guide on how to create a rate that enables you to capture a charge for a specific movable unit type based on the quantity per pallet. You can also watch this instructional video for guidance.
Movable Unit Pre-Condition
Before you proceed with creating the rate, review this help article: Understanding the Use of Movable Units as Counting Units in Rate Creation.
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- Navigate to Rates on left navigation menu.Â
- Then, select Rate List.Â
- Click + Create Rate on the upper right corner.Â
- Â On the Create New Rate window, select the following options as shown below.
Activity > Auto > Smart Rate > Flat Rate
- Afterwards, click Continue.Â
- Provide some basic details such as Rate Name, Rate Description, and Charge Label.
- Select Receiving for the Transaction Type and Handling for the Charge Category.
- Click Continue.
- On the Charge Condition section, select the following for each fields:
Conditional Field: MU Type
Operator: Equals
Conditional Value: 1xPallet
- Click Next.Â
- On the Charge Method section, select the following for each fields:
Charge Type: Flat
Counting Unit: Movable Unit
Calculate By: Count
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 Put a checkmark to the Round to Counting Unit.Â
What does Round to Counting Unit mean?
This action will apply a total fee based on the quantity per pallet. If there is a fractional quantity that makes up a pallet in a receipt, the system will still charge a fee for a full pallet.
 - Click Next.Â
- On the Charge Amount section, enter the desired charge amount. Then, click Next.Â
- A new window will pop up asking if you would like to add another condition, click Yes, Add Condition to add another condition.
- On the Charge Condition section, select the following for each fields:
Operator: Equals
Conditional Value: 2xPallet - Repeat Steps 10–15.
- On the Charge Condition section, select the following for each fields:
Operator: Equals
Conditional Value: 3xPallet
- Repeat Steps 10–14.
- A new window will pop up asking if you would like to add another condition, you can click No if you don't need to add an additional condition.
- On Rate-Level Rules section, you can click Skip. There is no need  to group total charges.
- On Would you like to save this rate window, click Yes, Save.
-  You will get a message stating ‘Complete.’  On the same window, there is a prompt asking if you would like to add this to a rate sheet. Select Yes or No.