How to Create a Carrier Account with Plus Couriers

When looking to set up a new account with Plus Couriers you will need to set the specific options below:

Account Code - The account code would have been provided to you when your account was set up. 

Consignment Prefix - The consignment prefix should be your Account Code. 

Reference Pools - Reference pools are utilised by MachShip in order to maintain a count on the connote, manifest and item numbers. The reference pool will ensure that each of those numbers is unique to what we have sent to the carrier previously. More information can be obtained on reference pools here. Plus Couriers require the creation of 2 reference pools for the Manifest number and Consignment number.

To create the reference pool select the Create Carrier Reference Pool button at the bottom of the page. 

If you are creating a new account then the Reference Pools will be set to the following fields:

Manifest Number:

Pool Name - Set as Plus Couriers Manifest Ref Pool <Account Code> 
Minimum Value - 1
Maximum Value - 999999 (that is six 9's)
Next Value -  1
Cyclical - No

It will appear as below:

Once created it will appear in the drop-down as below:

Consignment Number:

Pool Name - Set as Plus Couriers Connote Ref Pool <Account Code> 
Minimum Value - 1
Maximum Value - 999999 (that is six 9's)
Next Value -  1
Cyclical - No

It will appear as below:

Once created it will appear in the drop-down as below:

How to set up the Ratecard:

Plus Couriers is configured to price off the Carriers System and as such you will need to extract and upload the ratecard in the below format. This will contain all the available services for the Plus Couriers movements. 

Notes:

1. Set your Account Code in the Account section.
2. Please set the From zone and To zone as required 

Carrier	Account	Service	From Zone	To Zone	Reciprocal	Cubic Conversion	Basic	Minimum	Break Type	Item Type	Break From	Break To	Price
PLUS		1T			N	0	0	0	WEIGHT		0		0
PLUS		1V			N	0	0	0	WEIGHT		0		0
PLUS		3T			N	0	0	0	WEIGHT		0		0
PLUS		4T			N	0	0	0	WEIGHT		0		0
PLUS		C			N	0	0	0	WEIGHT		0		0
PLUS		GEN			N	0	0	0	WEIGHT		0		0
PLUS		HT			N	0	0	0	WEIGHT		0		0
PLUS		SV			N	0	0	0	WEIGHT		0		0
PLUS		SW			N	0	0	0	WEIGHT		0		0

Note: Add the available services provided/assigned to you by Plus Couriers.

Test:

Once the account has been set up and all of the rates have been added, you will need to run a test to ensure that upon go-live, everything will run successfully. To do this, create a job- please make Reference 1 and Reference 2 and the delivery special instructions THIS IS A TEST. Once this has been created it will be booked in with the carrier. 

If you receive a successful manifest message from MachShip then please send an email to the Plus Couriers Team and advise them that you are starting to despatch your Plus Couriers account through MachShip and that you would like to receive verification on the test file and permission to start to trade.

Please include the job number and request that they should cancel this to ensure that you are not charged. Please cc integrations@machship.com on this email so we can help if required. 

On confirmation from the support team that the setup is validated, you are free to begin to consign. 

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