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4 methods are available to select the carrier during the order treatment :

  • Use the order information details

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  • Create the parcel

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  • Use the delivery promise

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  • Carrier assignation

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This method is suited if all carrier information are available before the order orchestration.

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This method is suited if all carrier information are available at the moment of the parcel creation.

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☝️ The assignation mechanism is used at the moment of the parcel creation and updated at every new claim of the order.

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This method is suited if no information are available, unless the stock location is assigned for fullfilmentand especially if the carrier depends on multiple simple geographical or business parameters.

Configuration

A dedicated interface for assignation of carriers is available in the Carrier configuration page.

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The option allow to define a period date for the assignation to be active.
If not defined, the assignation will always be running.

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This action updates the computed date and expiration key steps, and defines the route to use for the shipment.

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Set parcel eligible carrierFinally the last action to set up is the set_parcel_eligible_carriers in the parcel workflow.
The option forced on this action allows to overwrite the carrier from the one already available in the parcel (false by default).

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This action modify the carrier in the parcel with the best one from the delivery promise and orchestration.
Use the force option to control the carrier when creating the parcel.