Before using the shipping notebook in the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator, you need to define your shipping data in the shipping framework that WebSphere Commerce follows. After you have defined your shipping data, you can then enter it in the shipping notebook.
To define your shipping data, use the following scenario as an example.
Example shipping scenario
The following scenario is based on the FashionFlow sample store. Note that this is not the out of the box shipping scenario for the FashionFlow sample store. If you wish to set up this scenario in FashionFlow, you can set it up by following the rest of the steps in the Setting up shipping series of tasks.
For the purposes of this example, the store is located in Canada. In this scenario, the FashionFlow store will support shipping all products to Canada, the United States and Germany. FashionFlow offers shipping through MyShipping service. MyShipping offers the following services:
- Overnight
- 3 day
- 7 day
MyShipping charges the following amounts to send regular sized parcels. Note all funds are in Canadian (CDN) dollars.
Note: Although you are specifying the shipping rate in Canadian
dollars, an American or German customer will see the amount in American or
German currency, if a conversion rate is defined in the store. For more
information on defining conversion rates, see the WebSphere Commerce Development online help.
Canada | United States | Germany | |
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Overnight | 10.00 | 15.00 | 30.00 |
3 day | 5.00 | 7.00 | 15.00 |
7 day | 3.00 | 5.00 | 10.00 |
MyShipping charges the following to send oversized parcels that weigh less than 10 kilograms. Note all funds are in Canadian (CDN) dollars.
Canada | United States | Germany | |
---|---|---|---|
Overnight | 12.00 | 17.00 | 32.00 |
3 day | 7.00 | 9.00 | 15.00 |
7 day | 5.00 | 7.00 | 12.00 |
MyShipping charges the following amounts to send oversized parcels that weigh more than 10 kilograms. Note all funds are in Canadian (CDN) dollars.
Canada | United States | Germany | |
---|---|---|---|
Overnight | 20.00 | 25.00 | 40.00 |
3 day | 15.00 | 20.00 | 30.00 |
7 day | 10.00 | 15.00 | 20.00 |
Oversized items in the FashionFlow catalog include all women's sweaters and men's outerwear.
Defining the shipping data
Based on this scenario, define your shipping data as follows:
- Define jurisdiction data. Jurisdictions are geographical regions or zones
representing a country or region, province or territory, or zip code range, to
which you sell goods. WebSphere Commerce requires that you give each of these
jurisdictions a name, and define one or more of the following criteria:
- Country/Region
- State/Province
- City
- Zip code range
In the above scenario, you are shipping goods to Canada, United States and Germany. Thus, you have 3 jurisdictions. You will need to define the following data for each jurisdiction.
Jurisdiction Name Jurisdiction Country or Region Canada Canada United States United States Germany Germany - Define shipping modes. The shipping mode is a way of shipping goods. More
specifically, a shipping mode is the combination of a shipping carrier (which
is a company that provides shipping services from a fulfillment center to a
customer), and the shipping service offered by that carrier. In the above
scenario, your shipping carrier is MyShipping, and it offers three shipping
services: Overnight, 3 day, and 7 day. As a result, you will need to define 3
shipping modes:
Carrier Service MyShipping Overnight MyShipping 3 day MyShipping 7 day - Define shipping codes. Shipping codes are used to group shipping charges
together. Each shipping code is associated with one or more shipping charges.
For example, all oversized items could be assigned the same shipping code,
Oversized, All fragile items could be assigned the shipping code Fragile. All
perishable items could be assigned the shipping code Perishable.
Shipping codes are assigned to products or categories. A shipping code indicates which shipping charges are applied to which products in the order. When a customer purchases a product the codes assigned to it determine the shipping charges that are added to the order.
In the above scenario you must define the following shipping codes:
Name Assigned to which Products or Categories Regular All Oversized Women's sweaters, Men's outerwear - Define shipping charges. Shipping charges are the monetary amounts that you
charge your customers to ship their orders. In WebSphere Commerce, shipping
charges are dependent on the following criteria:
- Jurisdiction to which the order is shipped
- Fulfillment center which is shipping the order
- The shipping mode
- The charge type - WebSphere Commerce supports three charge types:
- By weight
- By quantity
- Fixed
As a result, if you ship to numerous jurisdictions, use numerous fulfillment centers, or multiple shipping modes, you will have to create several shipping charges. Shipping charges are also associated with codes, so you will have to create shipping charges for each code used in your catalog.
For the above scenario, you will need to create the following shipping charges:
Code Charge Name Fulfillment center Jurisdiction Shipping Mode Charge Type Amount (CDN$) Regular Regular-Canada-Overnight FashionFlow fulfillment center Canada Overnight Fixed 10.00 Regular Regular-Canada-3 day FashionFlow fulfillment center Canada 3 day Fixed 5.00 Regular Regular-Canada-7 day FashionFlow fulfillment center Canada 7 day Fixed 3.00 Regular Regular-UnitedStates-Overnight FashionFlow fulfillment center United States Overnight Fixed 15.00 Regular Regular-UnitedStates-3 day FashionFlow fulfillment center United States 3 day Fixed 7.00 Regular Regular-UnitedStates-7 day FashionFlow fulfillment center United States 7 day Fixed 5.00 Regular Regular-Germany-Overnight FashionFlow fulfillment center Germany Overnight Fixed 30.00 Regular Regular-Germany-3 day FashionFlow fulfillment center Germany 3 day Fixed 15.00 Regular Regular-Germany-7 day FashionFlow fulfillment center Germany 7 day Fixed 10.00 Oversized Oversized-Canada-Overnight FashionFlow fulfillment center Canada Overnight By weight (less than 10 kg)
12.00 Oversized Oversized-Canada-3 day FashionFlow fulfillment center Canada 3 day By weight (less than 10 kg)
7.00 Oversized Oversized-Canada-7 day FashionFlow fulfillment center Canada 7 day By weight (less than 10 kg)
5.00 Oversized Oversized-UnitedStates-Overnight FashionFlow fulfillment center United States Overnight By weight (less than 10 kg)
17.00 Oversized Oversized-UnitedStates-3 day FashionFlow fulfillment center United States 3 day By weight (less than 10 kg)
9.00 Oversized Oversized-UnitedStates-7 day FashionFlow fulfillment center United States 7 day By weight (less than 10 kg)
7.00 Oversized Oversized-Germany-Overnight FashionFlow fulfillment center Germany Overnight By weight (less than 10 kg)
32.00 Oversized Oversized-Germany-3 day FashionFlow fulfillment center Germany 3 day By weight (less than 10 kg)
15.00 Oversized Oversized-Germany-7 day FashionFlow fulfillment center Germany 7 day By weight (less than 10 kg)
12.00 Oversized Oversized10plus-Canada-Overnight FashionFlow fulfillment center Canada Overnight By weight (more than 10 kg)
20.00 Oversized Oversized10plus-Canada-3 day FashionFlow fulfillment center Canada 3 day By weight (more than 10 kg)
15.00 Oversized Oversized10plus-Canada-7 day FashionFlow fulfillment center Canada 7 day By weight (more than 10 kg)
10.00 Oversized Oversized10plus-UnitedStates-Overnight FashionFlow fulfillment center United States Overnight By weight (more than 10 kg)
25.00 Oversized Oversized10plus-UnitedStates-3 day FashionFlow fulfillment center United States 3 day By weight (more than 10 kg)
20.00 Oversized Oversized10plus-UnitedStates-7 day FashionFlow fulfillment center United States 7 day By weight (more than 10 kg)
15.00 Oversized Oversized10plus-Germany-Overnight FashionFlow fulfillment center Germany Overnight By weight (more than 10 kg)
40.00 Oversized Oversized10plus-Germany-3 day FashionFlow fulfillment center Germany 3 day By weight (more than 10 kg)
30.00 Oversized Oversized10plus-Germany-7 day FashionFlow fulfillment center Germany 7 day By weight (more than 10 kg)
20.00
After defining your shipping data, you are ready to enter the data in the Shipping notebook. Continue with the tasks in Setting up shipping.