Configuring pickup detection
Pickups can be detected automatically or manually.
How to configure automatic pickup detection
- Go to Master data – Carrier configurations to open the carrier configuration.
- Under Strategy for detecting pickup – Find pickup, select Different. Then select the relevant strategy and possibly an additional date criterion. You will find helpful information in the tables below.
- Save the carrier configuration.

If you want new shipping orders to always be assigned to the oldest open pickup, select the strategy Different – Per shipping point, then the date criterion of None. The dispatch date of the shipping order is now disregarded. The oldest open pickup is used.
Strategies for detecting pickups | Meaning |
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Per shipping point | Carrier pickups are automatically generated for each shipping point. Currently, it is possible to have only one open pickup per shipping point. |
Per shipping point/account | Carrier pickups are automatically generated by shipping point and account. Currently, it is possible to have only one open pickup per shipping point / account. |
Per shipping point / service provider address | Carrier pickups are automatically generated by shipping point and carrier address. Currently, it is possible to have only one open pickup per shipping point / carrier address. |
Per shipping point / service | Carrier pickups are automatically generated by shipping point and service. Currently, it is possible to have only one open pickup per shipping point / service. |
Date criterion | Meaning |
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Standard | The dispatch date of the shipping order must be less than or equal to the pickup date. |
Same day | The dispatch date of the shipping order must equal the pickup date. |
None | The dispatch date of the shipping order is not evaluated. The oldest open pickup is used. |
How to configure manual pickup detectiong
- Go to Master data – Carrier configurations to open the carrier configuration.
- Under Strategy for detecting pickup – Find pickup, select Different – None to disable automatic strategy detection.
- Save the carrier configuration.
When a shipping order has been assigned to a pickup, the shipping order status changes to “Assigned.”
For information on how to add shipping orders to a pickup manually, see: Assigning shipping orders to pickups manually.