Support has been added into the system for CouriersPlease transport company, so that labels, manifests printouts and manifest outputs can be produced that are recognised by CouriersPlease. Below we have outlined a recommended setup for a carrier in the ACR system that will use the CouriersPlease specification.
Despatch Con Note Sequence
Set Up an entry with the following values:
- Digits set to 7
- Start set to 1
- End set to 9999999
- Value set to 0
Despatch Electronic Files
Set up an entry that is configured as follows:
- File Format Type set to ‘CouriersPlease’
- File Name Prefix set to the ‘4 character customer identifier’ provided by CouriersPlease to you when creating an account with them.
- Sender Company set
- Sender Address set
- Sender Suburb set
- Sender Post Code set
- Sender State set
Carrier Maintenance
Each Carrier that is required to be setup for CouriersPleace is recommended to be setup with the following configuration:
- Account Number set to the ‘Account Number’ provided by CouriersPlease to you when creating an account with them.
- Carton Labels – Output set to ‘Immediate’
- Carton Labels – Form set to ‘CPL – TTP’
- Carton Labels – Service set to ‘Road Express’
- Carton Labels – Template set to ‘DEFAULT’
- Carton Labels – Template Prefix as blank
- Carton Labels – Template Suffix as blank
- Consignment Notes – Electronic set to the entry created in ‘Despatch Electronic Files’
- Consignment Notes – Template set to the entry created in ‘Despatch Con Note Sequence’
- Consignment Notes – Template Prefix set to ‘CP’, then the ‘4 character customer identifier’ provided by CouriersPlease, then Z (eg. CPNFIRZ)
- Consignment Notes – Template Suffix as blank
- Manifest – Output set to ‘Immediate’
- Manifest – Form set to ‘CPL’
- Calc Volume set to ‘True’