Chapter Four: FSMS Revenue Management
160 FedEx Ship Manager
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Server User Guide, Version 7.6
Force Close
FedEx requires that you perform a Close procedure at least once a day to upload any revenue files that
have not been sent to FedEx at the end of your shipping day and to produce all End-of-Day reports. If a
Close is not performed at least 24 hours prior to the Force Close time (which is configured in the Meter
Settings window of the FSMS Configuration Utility), FSMS performs a Close procedure for you.
To prevent interruption in your shipping activities, choose a Force Close time that will occur after your
shipping day is completed. For more information regarding the Force Close time setting, please see
“Shipper Settings” in Chapter One: Setting Up FSMS.
Rates Management
As part of its revenue management functionality, FSMS supports a variety of rating options:
• List Rates for FedEx Express and FedEx Ground Shipping
• Dim Weight Calculations for Non-Rated Countries
• International Courtesy Rating
• Bundling Rules
• Multiweight Discounting
List/Base Rates for FedEx Express and FedEx Ground Shipping
The List Rates feature provides for the downloading and maintenance of both List Rates and Discounted
Rates. Express List Rates must be downloaded in the same manner as Discounted Rates. Ground
List/Base Rates are included with FSMS and do not require a download. After Express List Rates are
downloaded to the FSMS server, you may use these rates to perform rate quotes.
To download Express List Rates:
• In the Meter Settings window of the FSMS Configuration Utility, List Rates checkboxes display for
both FedEx Express and FedEx Ground shipping. To enable List Rates for FedEx Express and/or
FedEx Ground shipments, click the appropriate checkbox. A sample Meter Settings window is
provided in the “Meter Settings” section in Chapter One: Setting Up FSMS.
• To have list rates returned in the 120 Reply transaction, used field 3062 to support a List Rates field
for every Discounted field. For more information regarding the Rate Quote fields supporting List
Rates, see the FSMS TCR Version 7.6.
Providing Dimensions for FedEx International Shipments
For FedEx International Express shipments, the dimensions used to calculate the Dimensional Weight for
a shipment can be passed in at the package level or at the shipment level for standard FedEx
International shipments. For IPD/IDF and TD shipments, dimensions (if provided) should only be provided
at the package level. Provision of dimensions is optional for all non-Freight shipments. If dimensions are
provided, field 1686 defaults to P to indicate dimensions are to be applied at the package level.
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