EFW Reference

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About

EFW is a LTL carrier offering rating and shipping. Visit the EFW website for more details. The carrier also supports EDI messaging. See About EDI for detail.

Setup

Alongside the general guidance given in Set up a carrier, the key detail for this carrier is:

• Requirements:
• EFW Account Number
• Shipping Key (EDI Sender ID)
• Setup stages (Administration App):
• Enable EFW (Carriers page). If required, set the EDI Carrier Exception Threshold (%), the percentage of exceptions at which the carrier will be flagged in the EDI App.
• Add the Account, and use the ADD SHIPPING KEY button to provide the shipping key (EDI Sender ID) supplied by EFW. Additionally, if utilizing EDI standards, configure the Interchange Sender ID, Interchange Receiver ID, Application Senders Code and Application Receivers Code.
• If required, configure EDI messaging settings (Data > All Settings): EFW File Transfer Method, EFW Using EDI Standards. See About EDI - Carriers for detail.
• If operating with EFW Using EDI Standards enabled, add an EDI Transaction Set Identifier number range (Data > Reference Data). EDI uploads will fail if not configured. Include the following:

  Field	Value
  Start	1
  Stop	999999999
  Increment	1
  Type	EDI Transaction Set Identifier

• Add Carrier Permissions.
• Set up Outputs.

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