Break pricing involves finding the pricing break, pricing the entire consignment (total kilo's, piece's, km's or cubic metre's) on the highest weight, volume, piece or distance break.
For example, if we had the below rates and an 11-kilogram consignment.
| From Zone | To Zone | Basic (inc 5 kg) | 0-5 | 6-10 | 10+ |
| NN1 | VV1 | 15 | 1.50 | 1.25 | 1.00 |
To compare the calculated difference between Accumulative pricing and Break pricing:
| Weight | 1 kg | 2 kg | 3 kg | 4 kg | 5 kg | 6 kg | 7 kg | 8 kg | 9 kg | 10 kg | 11 kg | Total |
| Accumulative | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.00 | 14.75 |
| Break Pricing | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 11.00 |
As can be seen with Break pricing the price is calculated by finding the break (based on the weight, distance, volume or number of items) and the total weight, distance, volume or number of items is priced in that break. Conversely, Accumulative pricing has each weight figure priced in the break that it falls no matter what the overall total is.
Break pricing will need to be utilised when your rate card prices like any of the examples below. The example rate card import file will be shown after the standard Carrier, Account, Service, From Zone, To Zone, Reciprocal and Cubic Conversion fields have been removed.
To understand how to fill these fields please read the article at this link.
Example 1: Standard Weight Rates
| From Zone | To Zone | Basic | Min | 200 | 500 | 1000 | 999999 |
NN1 | VV1 | 10 | 15 | .5 | .35 | .22 | .15 |
| NN1 | QQ1 | 10 | 25 | .45 | .42 | .38 | .3 |
| From Zone | To Zone | Basic | Minimum | Break Type | Item Type | Break From | Break To | Price | Break Type | Item Type | Break From | Break To | Price | Break Type | Item Type | Break From | Break To | Price | Break Type | Item Type | Break From | Break To | Price |
| NN1 | VV1 | 10 | 15 | WEIGHT | 0 | 200 | 0.5 | WEIGHT | 201 | 500 | 0.35 | WEIGHT | 501 | 1000 | 0.22 | WEIGHT | 1001 | 0.15 | |||||
| NN1 | QQ1 | 10 | 25 | WEIGHT | 0 | 200 | 0.45 | WEIGHT | 201 | 500 | 0.42 | WEIGHT | 501 | 1000 | 0.38 | WEIGHT | 1001 | 0.3 |
Example 2: Standard Pallet Rates
| From Zone | To Zone | Basic | Min | 1-2 Pallets | 3-6 Pallets | 7-12 Pallets | 13+ |
NN1 | VV1 | 10 | 15 | 25.00 | 22.50 | 21.00 | 19.75 |
| NN1 | QQ1 | 10 | 25 | 25.00 | 22.50 | 21.00 | 19.75 |
In this example, it is important to find out what the carrier item type abbreviation is for Pallet for the carrier in question. To find this please use this link.
| From Zone | To Zone | Basic | Minimum | Break Type | Item Type | Break From | Break To | Price | Break Type | Item Type | Break From | Break To | Price | Break Type | Item Type | Break From | Break To | Price | Break Type | Item Type | Break From | Break To | Price |
| NN1 | VV1 | 10 | 15 | PIECES | PAL | 0 | 2 | 25 | PIECES | PAL | 3 | 6 | 22.5 | PIECES | PAL | 7 | 12 | 21 | PIECES | PAL | 13 | 19.75 | |
| NN1 | QQ1 | 10 | 25 | PIECES | PAL | 0 | 2 | 25 | PIECES | PAL | 3 | 6 | 22.5 | PIECES | PAL | 7 | 12 | 21 | PIECES | PAL | 13 | 19.75 |
Example 3: Standard Volume Rates
| From Zone | To Zone | Basic | Min | 1-2 m^3 | 3-6 m^3 | 7-12 m^3 | 13+ m^3 |
NN1 | VV1 | 10 | 15 | 25.00 | 22.50 | 21.00 | 19.75 |
| NN1 | QQ1 | 10 | 25 | 25.00 | 22.50 | 21.00 | 19.75 |
| From Zone | To Zone | Basic | Minimum | Break Type | Item Type | Break From | Break To | Price | Break Type | Item Type | Break From | Break To | Price | Break Type | Item Type | Break From | Break To | Price | Break Type | Item Type | Break From | Break To | Price |
| NN1 | VV1 | 10 | 15 | VOLUME | 0 | 2 | 25 | VOLUME | 3 | 6 | 22.5 | VOLUME | 7 | 12 | 21 | VOLUME | 13 | 19.75 | |||||
| NN1 | QQ1 | 10 | 25 | VOLUME | 0 | 2 | 25 | VOLUME | 3 | 6 | 22.5 | VOLUME | 7 | 12 | 21 | VOLUME | 13 | 19.75 |
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