You can establish both inbound compliance (the buyer's conditions) and outbound constraints (the conditions of the enterprise). If both are established, there may be conflicting conditions when determining shipment consolidation or routing.
For example, both the buyer and the enterprise have established Economic Shipping Parameters. In this case, the buyer is willing to wait longer than the enterprise in order consolidate items into a shipment.
ESP attribute | Settings | |
---|---|---|
Buyer | Seller | |
Weight threshold | 300 kilos | 150 kilos |
Volume threshold | 40 cubic meter | 20 cubic meter |
Days to hold | 7 | 4 |
To resolve this conflict, a simple setting is used determine which order to apply the preferences. When establishing the Freight Terms in Distributed Order Management, you can establish the order, which can be:
For example, if First Buyer then Enterprise is selected, then the Buyer's settings are used. Shipments are consolidated until one of the following occurs: