Base Rate
The type of rate that does not move through time; stays the same
What is a Frozen Rate
Another name for the AMC
What is the Minimum Charge Floor or rate floor
Two places to find each Accessorial on a specific shipment
What is the Tariff and BOL
Document that holds all of Yellows standard pricing, general rules, fuel surcharge and shipping information.
The amount of "levels" in Instant Regional Pricing
What is 6
The type of rate that moves with time; up to date
What is Current Rate
The part of the Big 6 that is discounted
What is the base rate
An accessorial for when an item being shipped is over 8 feet
What is XCON - Extreme Configuration
DFQ, Spot Volume, Preferred/Instant Regional, 3PL Blanket and SNAP pricing are all this type of pricing
What is Canned Pricing.
The "expedia" of YRC that takes the current market conditions within a certain lane and determines a rate based on supply and demand
What is DFQ (Dimensional Freight Quote)
The name for the current Yellow Base Rate
What is Yell 575
Term used to describe the quantitative effect of the Discount
What is the Discount Impact
A pricing tool that lumps together multiple classes into one comprehensive class (Example: 55 - 55:100)
What is an FAK (Freight of All Kind)
State to state, simple pricing, and regional pricing are all this kind of pricing
What is Customer Specific Pricing
What are the two absolutely necessary line items to include in a Rate quote
When a current rate takes an increase
What is a GRI
The lowest amount we are willing to accept for a specific shipment
What is the AMC
An accessorial that provides lifting or lowering devices to accomplish pickup or delivery when required or requested.
What is a Liftgate.
The day of the week the FSC is adjusted every week based on the U.S. National Average Diesel Fuel Index
What is Wednesday
The 5 different ways you can track a shipment
What is the PRO number, BOL number, PO number, Booking number, and Load number
The 4 things that determine the base rate
What is the:
- origin zip
- destination zip
- class
- weight
The price of the AMC for US direct shipments over 900 miles
What is $135
Accessorial tacked onto pickups or deliveries that are to a destination that is difficult to get to (for example: day care, golf course, army base, etc)
What is Limited Access.
the fuel surcharge price range
What is $1.50-$5.00
The two types of pricing in the pricing portal
Instant regional and Preferred