Consolidate Multiple Orders into a Single Shipment
Overview
Note
You can consolidate orders only with Pending status and without a carrier rate selected.
You can save money by consolidating two or more orders with the same origin and destination into a single shipment. This is a simple order consolidation scenario.
The order consolidation scenarios can become more complex if there are multiple intermediary stops between the origin and destination where freight is either picked up or dropped off. For example, a shipment might travel from Location A → Location B → Location C, picking up freight at A, dropping half of it off at B, and the remainder off at C. This is called a multi-stop shipment.
Procedures
In the top right corner of the page, select Consolidate Orders.
On the New Shipment page (also known as the Shiment Builder), in the Open Orders section, Corsair provides a list of orders that are consolidation candidates with the current order.
Drag and drop one or more orders from the Open Orders section into the New Shipment section.
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You can split an order in two before adding it to the shipment. See Split an Order for more information.
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Steps 6 - 7 are optional. If you don't want to select a carrier rate for the shipment you're creating, proceed from Step 5 directly to Step 8.
Select Get Rates to view a list of possible rates for the shipment.
Select Select Rate next to the carrier rate you want.
You can also select Add Quote to get a quote from a carrier that isn't included in the Rate Results list. After you select a carrier rate, the shipment is created automatically.
Select Create Shipment.
View order details in a multi-stop shipment
You can view the full details of an order before you select it.
Next to the order, select 
and select View Order.
Remove an order while creating a multi-stop shipment
You can remove an order that you have selected and moved already.
Next to the order, select and select Remove.
View the cost allocation in a multi-stop shipment
After you create a multi-stop shipment, the shipment's cost is allocated across all its related orders automatically. The cost allocation calculations are according to how you set your cost allocation method.
You can view and edit the cost allocation totals:
In the Shipment Financials section, select View Cost Allocation. The Set Cost Allocation dialog box displays.
For example, you have a shipment containing two orders, and the cost allocation default is set to Even Split:
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Aside from the default cost allocation, you can select either of the other two allocation options to view their cost allocation breakdowns.
For example, in the following image, Even Split is the default cost allocation. So, select either Weight or Handling Unit Quantity to view their cost allocation breakdowns.
Also, notice that each order has its own column containing its cost allocation totals:
Optional: To edit the totals, select Manual Allocation (Override).
After you edit the information, select Save.