As a fulfillment manager, you might want to ship products from a ship node to a
destination address by using carriers that provide the list of zones they operate into. For a
carrier service, you can define zones with different levels of postal-code granularity to manage
your in-country or international shipping packages. After you define zones, you can specify the
transit durations for each zone.
Create zones to handle your in-country shipping scenario
Use the following example to understand the concept.
| Scenarios for in-country shipping zones |
Zone |
Origin Details |
Destination Details |
| |
|
Origin country |
Origin postal code beginning |
Origin postal code end |
Destination country |
Destination postal code beginning |
Destination postal code end |
| From a specific store (postal code) to a specific list of regions:
For the ship node N1, located in the postal code EC1 Y34, specify zones from N1 to regions the
postal codes for which are in the range W00 to WYB. |
ST-EC1-W00-WYB |
UK |
EC1 Y34 |
EC1 Y34 |
UK |
W00 |
WYB |
| From a specific store (postal code) to anywhere in-country or to all
postal codes: For the ship node N1, located in postal code EC1 Y34, specify zones from N1 to any
region or postal code in the UK. |
ST-EC1-EC1 |
UK |
EC1 Y34 |
EC1 Y34 |
UK |
|
|
| From a store to the store's area: For the ship node N1, located in
the postal code that starts with M1, specify zones from N1 to the destinations that are in the
vicinity of the M1 postal code. |
ST-M1-M1-M1-M1 |
UK |
M1 |
M1 |
UK |
M1 |
M1 |
| From a store to a region outside of the store area: For the ship
node N1, located in the postal code that starts with M1, specify zones from N1 to the destinations
that are outside the M1 postal code. |
ST-M1-M1-ME1-ME8 |
UK |
M1 |
M1 |
UK |
ME1 |
ME8 |
| Anywhere in the country to any destination in the same country: when
zones are not available for the carrier service or when you want to maintain a flat transit duration
for shipping any package anywhere in the country. |
ST-UK-UK |
UK |
|
|
UK |
|
|
Create zones to handle your international shipping scenario
| Scenarios for in-country shipping zones |
Zone |
Origin Details |
Destination Details |
| |
|
Origin country |
Origin postal code beginning |
Origin postal code ending |
Destination country |
Destination postal code beginning |
Destination postal code ending |
| From a specific store to all countries: For the ship node N1, located in the postal code that
starts with M1, in the UK, specify the zones from N1 to anywhere in Germany. |
ST-M1-M1 |
UK |
M1 |
M1 |
DE |
|
|
| From a distribution center to a region in another country: For the ship node N1, located in
postal code 49597 in, for example Germany, specify the zones from N1 to a region in another country,
for example, Austria. |
EFC-AT-91 |
DE |
49597 |
49597 |
AT |
91 |
91 |
| From one country to another country: When you specify a flat zone from one country to
another, irrespective of the postal codes. |
EFC-DE-FR |
DE |
|
|
FR |
|
|
Specifying transit durations for each zone
| Zone |
Transit duration |
| ST-EC1-W00-WYB |
1 day |
| ST-EC1-EC1 |
2 days |
| ST-M1-M1-M1-M1 |
6 hours |
| ST-M1-M1-ME1-ME8 |
1.5 days |
| ST-UK-UK |
2 days |
| ST-M1-M1 |
3 days |
| EFC-AT-91 |
2 days |
| EFC-AT-92 |
2 days |
| EFC-DE-FR |
2 days |
Specifying transit rates for each zone
| Zone |
Weight tier |
Transit rates (in EURO) |
| ST-EC1-W00-WYB |
Up to 1 kg |
2 |
| ST-EC1-W00-WYB |
From 1 kg to 1.5 kg |
2.5 |
| ST-EC1-W00-WYB |
From 1.5 to 2 kg |
2.75 |
| ST-EC1-W00-WYB |
Above 2 kg |
3 |
| Zone |
Weight tier |
Transit rates (in EURO) |
| EFC-DE-FR |
Up to 1 kg |
2.5 |
| EFC-DE-FR |
From 1 kg to 1.5 kg |
3 |
| EFC-DE-FR |
From 1.5 to 2 kg |
3.5 |
| EFC-DE-FR |
Above 2 kg |
4 |