Forwarding/transfer rules

Forwarding rules enable you to minimize transportation costs by allowing you to specify a default carrier service to move shipments from one node to another before shipping to a customer, otherwise known as zone skipping.

When evaluating options, the application identifies ship nodes that can fulfill the request, then utilizes routing guides to determine the best possible drop location and carrier that meets any item constraints.

Forwarding is not applied in the following scenarios:

Transfer rules enable you to minimize the number of shipments to a customer by determining a merge node, where shipments can be consolidated before shipping to a customer.