3PL

The How To and FAQ's about Blastramp's 3PL feature.
How To ...
Inventory Grade and Product Category Charge Setup
CREATE INVENTORY GRADE AND PRODUCT CATEGORY

Navigation: Advanced Tab > Administration > Portal Setting - Inventory Grade

1. To add an inventory grade, type in as indicated below.

Recommended grades:
FRST = First Quality / New Inventory
DFCT = Defective

2. Click Create Inventory Category.

NOTE: Inventory Categories cannot be deleted once created.

Navigation: Advanced Tab > Administration > 3PL - Billing Categories - manage the billing categories in blast ramp for 3PL providers

1. To add a billing category, choose a numerical ID (ie. 1, 2, 3, 4...), and enter the name for the category in the box to the right.
2. Click Create New Category.

OPTIONAL: CONFIGURE PACKAGE TYPE: PIECE / CASE / PALLET

To simplify picking and packing, set break points for each level of your product by piece/case/pallet.

Navigation: Advanced Tab > Administration > 3PL Pricing Features - Configure Handling Charges

1. Select current distribution centre.
2. Select Product Category (Product Category Name setup in Step 1 of this forum).
3. Select Inventory Grade (First Quality - saleable items, or a defective quality).
4. Enter tier name for the first breakpoint - "Case" in this case.
5. Enter Units in case (40 units per one case).
6. Enter minimum breakpoint (1 unit, or more if desired).
7. Enter max breakpoint (40 maximum in this case)
8. On the right side of the page, input charges for Receiving, Picking, Returns, and daily storage rate.
9. Click Save.
10. Repeat Step 1 - 9 for all product category / inventory grade where you require case / pallet breakout. This does not need to be set up for each product category. For example, you can break out cartons of socks, but keep basic apparel by the piece.

CONFIGURE PRICING STRUCTURE FOR EACH PRODUCT CATEGORY AND INVENTORY GRADE 

Navigation: Advanced Tab > Administration > 3PL Pricing Features - Configure Handling Charges

1. Select Piece/Case/Pallet from the current pricing method pull down.
2. Click Update. The content pricing page will appear.
3. Select current distribution centre.
4. Select Product Category.
5. Select Inventory Grade (ie. First Quality - saleable items, or a defective quality).
6. Enter Tier name (ie. "piece").
7. Enter Units for this tier (in this case, use 1).
8. On the right side of the page, you will see fields for Receiving, Picking, Returns, and daily storage rate charges.
TIP: For simple scan/pack setup, enter "0" for each charge.
9. Click Save.
10. Repeat for each Product Category and Inventory Grade combination.
11. Blastramp is ready for all inventory transactions.

NOTE: If any changes need to be made to a price level, simply delete the desired price line, and re-create using the above steps.
Set Up 3PL Pricing
Navigation: Advanced > Administration > 3PL Pricing Features > Configure handling charges - picking, put away, materials, non-compliance, etc.

1. Under Select Product Category the created Category(ies) should be listed.
2. Select the appropriate Category, and enter a value for Tier (most often it's all handled by Piece or Each with number of units as ‘1.’
3. Enter '0' for the prices on the left if Blastramp is not used to generate invoices to the Brands for handling or storing goods.
4. Click Add Charges to add. The new line is added to the table at the bottom.  
Assign a 3PL Category to Each SKU
Navigation: Inventory Tab > Mass Edit

1. Select 3PL Billing Category in the 2nd drop down menu.
2. Hit Go button.
3. In the text box next to each SKU, enter the 3PL category added in step 2.
Example: The category and pricing created is named "100A". Enter ‘100A’ in each text box. Make sure the characters are a exact match (case sensitive).
4. Hit Save at the bottom.
Configure Standard Carries and Markups
This option allows you to assign different shipping charge markups based on which Carrier has been selected.

This can be managed in Advanced / Administration / Carriers.

The option is visible when editing or adding a new carrier.
Configure Non-Standard Carrier Charges
Using this set up, you can add a charge to be applied to any orders that are shipping on carrier that isn't marked as a regular carrier (Daily Pickup).

Configuring this page can be done in:

Advanced / Administration / Configure additional Charges - markups, cod charges

In the field Non-Standard Carrier Charge, enter the desired charge to be applied to all orders that don't match a standard/daily pick up carrier.

Carriers can be mark as standard or not, in the manage Carriers screen:

Advanced > Administration > DC Settings - Carrier

Daily Pickup unchecked box indicates it is non-standard and vice versa.
Configure Label Charges for Collect Shipments
Using this set up, you can add a charge to be applied to any orders that are shipping on a 'Collect' shipping term.
Configuring this page can be done in:
Advanced / Administration / Configure additional Charges - markups, cod charges

In the field marked 'Collect Shipment Charge (per carton)' enter the desired charge to be applied to all orders that have a Shipping term that has been flagged as 'Collect'. This charge will be applied for each carton on the order.
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