Service Provider

Service Provider/Carrier is the party who provides transportation services. Service Providers typically own the trucks, equipment(containers), trailers, other resources like drivers, etc. They receive tender offer request from customers specifying the freight details(source location, destination location, weight and volume, shipment date ranges - start time, end time, etc). Once shipment is delivered, they issue invoice to the customer for freight cost settlements.

Tables:
SCAC - every Service Provider in OTM should be associated with a SCAC code - usually a four letter code standard code associated with that Carrier
SERVPROV - Service Provider details like Service Provider name, SCAC code, transport modes, cost allocation rules, invoice approval rules, etc. A LOCATION record is also created for every SERVPROV record.

Note: This post is continuation to topic: 01 and these configurations are specific to business scenario mentioned in that post. Link below to that post for quick reference:

01 - Domain, Items, Locations, and Equipment

Service Provider (Carrier):

Define two service providers with their SCAC codes and country code as USA as shown below:

Contract and Rate Management > Service Provider Manager:

Rates:

Create new Rate Offering that details high level contract details between your organization and service providers like type of offering(TL,LTL, PARCEL, etc.), Rate Service, Rate Distance, etc.