How to Create a Carrier Account with ANC

When looking to set up a new account with Metro Express 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.

State Account - Set the specific state account to YES, for the local courier assigned to. 

Reference 2 - This can be left blank as it is not a required field but if your setup with ANC requires the user to set a constant reference 2 number you can configure these here. 

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. ANC requires the creation of just 1 reference pool, for the Manifest 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:

Pool Name - Set as ANC 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:

Once done, click on the Save Carrier Account button.

How to set up the Ratecard:

ANC is configured to price off the carrier's 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 ANC local movements. 

Notes:

1. Set your Account Code in the Ratecard field
2. Please set the from zone and to zone as being one of:

SYD_METRO
MEL_METRO
BNE_METRO
PER_METRO
ADL_METRO

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 consignment - please make Reference 1 and Reference 2 and the delivery special instructions THIS IS A TEST. Once this has been created please manifest the consignment to the carrier. If you experience any issues please contact support@machship.com.

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

Advise the ANC team of 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 ANC team that the setup is validated, you are free to begin to consign.