Archive | November, 2004

Determination of Applicable Fuel Surcharge

Item 513 of the International Personal Property Rate Solicitation and Item 420 of the Domestic Personal Property Rate Solicitation are for Fuel Surcharge within the United States. We’ve often been questioned where we get the applicable fuel surcharge percentage for the month. Fuel surcharge percentage is based on either pickup date of the shipment (for LHS charges) or delivery of out SIT date (for SIT Delivery charges).
In order to correctly compute the percentage, you must look up the average…

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DFAS-Indianapolis Cancelled GBL's

When we receive notification from DFAS-Indianapolis that an invoice we have created was done so on a GBL that is in their system as “cancelled,” we send you an email providing instructions on how to correct this situation so that your invoice can be processed for payment. Lately, however, we have been seeing a dramatic increase in these requests not being responded to, and the invoices subsequently being cancelled, and not paid. To prevent potential collection issues, we wanted to…

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Mid South Requests for Documentation

Many of you have now received Requests for Documentation from Mid South Transportation Analysts on invoices generated January 6, 2004 and after. Satisfying these Requests for Documentation is part of the all-inclusive service that we are providing on your behalf. In order to facilitate accurate tracking and completion of your Requests for Documentation, we ask that you follow the below guidelines in submitting these Requests to our office.
All Requests should be mailed to our office rather than via fax…

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Electronic Payment Information Coming to Families First

Announced today, USBank is hoping to have 820′s (electronic advice of payment information) available for Phase I Families First shipments by November 30, 2004. This would bring most of the procedures involved with Phase I up to speed with current EDI processes.…

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