https://www.oracle-otm.com/tags/pcmiler/Recent content in PCMiler on Learn Oracle OTMHugoenSun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.oracle-otm.com/posts/rate-distance/Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.oracle-otm.com/posts/rate-distance/<p>Rate Distance in OTM is the calculated distance between a shipment&rsquo;s origin and destination. OTM needs this distance to cost TL shipments on per-mile rate contracts. There are two ways to provide this distance:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Distance Lookup</strong> — your team pre-loads a table of distances lane by lane. OTM looks up the matching lane and reads the stored mileage. No external system is needed.</li> <li><strong>External Distance Engine</strong> — OTM calls a third-party routing engine (such as PCMiler from ALK Technologies) at plan time to fetch the live calculated distance. This requires a license and API access to the external system.</li> </ul> <p>The Rate Distance record is linked to the <strong>Rate Offering</strong> (carrier contract) — whichever approach you configure, you reference it in that field so OTM knows which distance method to use when costing shipments under that contract.</p>