How to add and set up a Mainfreight LTL (US) Billing Account [Step-by-Step guide]

Modified on Thu, 8 Aug at 12:34 PM

When setting up your Clients in techShip, you will have to configure Billing Accounts to ship through them. These use a Baseline Account as a foundation, but their way to work could be different based on the Client's needs.

When setting Billing Accounts, you will be able to specify how it should work for that specific client, setting label references, packing slips usage, rate shopping, markups, WMS information updating and Carrier options such as the default service level, address validation, sender and return addresses, etc.

This article describes the procedure to set up a Mainfreight LTL (US) billing account, while others are specifically written for other Carriers.

Feel free to follow the step-by-step guide written below or the video guide, as you prefer:

To set up a Mainfreight LTL (US) billing account, define the following and then Save:

ADD THE ACCOUNT TO THE CLIENT PROFILE

1. Access Clients under the Maintenance menu

2. Click on the Client for which you wish to set up the billing account

3. Press Add Billing Account

4. Select the source account which will be used and Save

5. Edit the Billing account

SET UP THE GENERAL OPTIONS

The General Options tab is the same for every carrier. If you are already acquainted with it from previous setups, please configure it accordingly.

If this is your first time setup or you aren't acquainted to it, refer to the following article and once finished, return to this one to set up the carrier specific options:

How to configure the Billing Account General Options tab [Step-by-Step guide]

SET UP THE CARRIER OPTIONS

The Carrier Options tab allows to set up basic and advanced features of your Mainfreight billing account.

These are the key elements:

REQUIRED

A) Default Service Code: Choose a service code to assign to imported orders which don’t have a service code or keep it if they have.

B) Package type: Select the package type you will use and report to the carrier when orders are processed.

OPTIONAL

A) References: Choose the reference value to use from the dropdown (variable) or write the value down (fixed) for the Numbers and References according to the case

B) Freight Terms: Choose the freight terms from the dropdown to choose the door/depot combination.

C) Pickup Open/Close time: Use these to override the Baseline Account setup if needed.

Press Save to apply the changes. If the information is valid, you'll be able to process orders through it.

SPECIFYING RATE SHOPPING SERVICE CODES (OPTIONAL)

If you are Rate Shopping with this account, you might want to specify which services you want be taken into consideration or excluded. Read this article to set up your inclusion/exclusion list.