In step 7 of the onboarding flow, you'll determine your shipping management strategy by configuring shipping policies.
Shipping Policies bind together channel shipping mappings and eligible source shipping methods.
In short:
- An incoming order has a channel shipping mapping associated to it based on some text (i.e. "fastest" or "4-7 days").
- This channel shipping mapping references a shipping policy (i.e. "standard" or "expedited")
- This shipping policy is then mapped to specific source shipping methods for each source, depending on the specific carriers/methods a source can fulfill out from.
The life cycle is as follows:
- Order imported → Channel shipping mapping identified
- Channel shipping mapping identified→ Shipping policy assigned
- During order routing → purchase order/fulfillment request is generated with a source shipping method that is mapped to this shipping policy. Note, this process can also choose between multiple methods via rate shopping
Shipping Management is a centralized hub for determining how your sources ship orders routed by Flxpoint.
From Shipping Management, you can:
- Create, edit, or delete shipping policies.
- Add, edit, or delete source shipping methods.
- Add, edit, or delete channel shipping mappings.
- Automate or select package sizing for shipping labels.
- Filter carriers or methods for rate shopping.
