Goods sitting in a warehouse generate no revenue. It is the movement of those goods, from dock to customer, from supplier to storeroom, that drives commerce. For the Waterdeep Trading Company, the Transportation Management module in Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management is where the logistics of moving products across Faerûn are defined, rated, and executed.

Transportation Management governs how freight rates are calculated, how transit times are estimated, and how carriers are configured. It connects rate engines, mileage calculations, zone definitions, and carrier configurations into a unified framework that supports reliable, cost-effective shipping operations. Whether sending barrels of Wyrmsbreath Whiskey by caravan along the Sword Coast or arranging gryphon delivery to a distant trading post, Greta Ironfist expects every shipment to be planned, priced, and tracked. These labs ensure that the company's logistics operations are as structured and disciplined as its financial books.

What You Will Learn in This Guide

Transportation Management Controls

Establish the foundational parameters, engine registrations, and shipping definitions that govern how the transportation system operates. This module covers the transportation management parameters that control system-wide behavior, the generic engines that handle apportionment and check digit calculations, the transportation modes and methods that classify how goods move, and the load templates that define physical container dimensions for freight planning.

Rate and Mileage Engines

Configure the calculation engines that determine freight costs, distances, transit times, and geographic zones. This module covers rate engines that calculate shipping charges using point-to-point, weight-based, LTL, and zone-based algorithms, mileage engines that estimate distances between origins and destinations across land, air, and sea routes, transit time engines that predict delivery windows, and zone engines with their associated zone masters that define geographic boundaries for rate tiering.

Rate Structures

Build the pricing framework that connects engines to actual freight charges. This module covers rate break masters that define the mileage and weight thresholds used in tiered pricing, rate masters that serve as the top-level containers for rate data organized by rating metadata, and rate bases that link break masters to rate masters with currency, minimum charge, and detailed per-route pricing tables.

Shipping Carriers

Configure the carriers, services, and rating profiles that represent the physical logistics providers moving goods across the Realms. This module covers shipping carrier records linked to vendor accounts and transportation modes, carrier services that define the specific delivery offerings each carrier provides, and rating profiles that connect carriers to the rate and transit time engines configured in earlier modules.