Defining node attributes

If you chose Node as a role for the organization, you can specify its primary information, sourcing, scheduling, carrier preferences, and calendars.

Defining the primary information of a node
The primary information of a node determines how it is identified throughout the system.
Defining a node's sourcing and scheduling
Setting up a node's sourcing and scheduling enables you to define how orders are sourced from the node.
Defining a node's parcel carrier preferences
You can identify the carriers that a node uses and define how they should interact. You can add, modify, and delete carrier preferences.
Defining a node’s relationships
A transfer order is a type of chained order that is created when a node that belongs to the organization you are configuring needs to replenish their stock from another node within the organization to fulfill an order.
Defining a transfer schedule
Transfer schedules provide a means to allow or disallow a transfer during a specific period of time.
Defining a node's LTL carrier preferences
You can define the PRO Number Generation settings for the carriers a node uses and define how they should be used.
Defining a node's carrier pickup schedule
You can define a carrier's pickup schedule at a node. You can add, modify, and delete pickup schedules.

Parent topic: The organization's roles and participant associations