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Objective and Scope 

The purpose of this document is to explain how to create two types of scales in PF1 used in tariffs for automatic pricing of road shipment costs; tariff zones scales and relative or absolute weight related scales.

This operating procedure (OP) applies to Tariff zones scales and relative or absolute weight related scales used in condition records for road transport cost automatic calculation.

Definitions 

Scales: Each scale is an independent piece of master data, you can use a scale in many different condition records according to your needs.  You can also maintain the condition rates rates according to the assigned scales.

A scale consists of:

• A scale header, which includes general information about the scale (scale base type, scale type, rounding rule)
• An unlimited amount of scale levels, each of which is made up of a value (such as weight, volume, postal code or distance) and a calculation type.

Scale base type: The scale base type defines how the system interprets the scale. You can base a pricing element scale on one of the following criteria:

Examples of scale base types

• Gross weight
• Net weight
• Volume
• Distance
• Number of different means of transportation
• Time (travel time or wait time)
• Tariff zone (destination postal code)
• Destination region

Scale type: A scale type is an indicator that controls how the scale levels are defined. The scale type indicates whether the scale values that were specified depict the upper- or lower boundaries for the scale levels.

• From a certain value, such as weight, onward (base scale)
• Up to a certain value, such as weight (to-scale)
• For exactly one value, such as postal code (same-scale)