Field

Description

Name

Enter the values that will be available within the Carrier field in Military/Government (up to 64 characters).

NOTE: Carrier assignment on a military order appears on Forms 619, 619-1, and 1840.

SCAC Code

Enter the Standard Carrier Alpha Code (SCAC) that uniquely identifies the carrier within the transportation industry (up to 4 characters).

Contact

Enter the main contact person for the carrier (up to 32 characters).

Email Address

Enter the email for the contact person (up to 128 characters).

DUNS Number

Enter the Dun and Bradstreet (DUNS) number assigned to this carrier record by the military (up to 16 characters).  Generally, the DUNS number represents a contractor or grantee of the US Federal Government.

Federal ID Number

Enter the government-supplied identification number used to report financial transactions (up to 16 characters).

Address

Enter the physical address of the carrier: Address lines (3 lines of 256 characters); City (26 characters); State (2 characters); select a Country (Country Code Setup), Postal Code (10 characters).

Phone Number

Enter the phone number and extension of the contact person.

Fax Number

Enter the fax number of the contact person.

Link this carrier record to a Branch Setup record. The EasyDPS Integration utilizes this setting to determine which branch to set for an order when downloading military orders (based on the SCAC Code).

Carrier Contact

Associate contacts for the carrier within this section. Contact records appear for carriers within the Military/Government tab. You can also add and edit the contact records through the Carrier Information (Military/Government) screen. Refer to Add Base Contact for specifics.

Carrier Payee Code

Define payee code values needed to identify the banking information associated to electronic fund transfers (EFT) for this carrier.

Description

Enter a text description to identify the payment information (up to 64 characters).

Payee Code

Enter the data referenced by an external system to identify the payment source for this carrier, such as a bank account number (up to 32 characters).

Is Default

Check this flag to identify one of the Payee Code records to be used as a default in cases where the application cannot find a match on Payee Code records for this carrier.