Mover’s Suite Administration > MMS > General > Equipment > Equipment Type

 

Equipment Type records are used to classify the equipment to be assigned to and dispatched through Local Dispatch.

 

Fields appearing in red are required when adding new records for the particular setup area.

 

Equipment Type Field

Description

Type

Enter a descriptions to classify equipment by (up to 20 characters).  The types defined here will be referenced when creating vehicle records within Equipment Setup.

Important: A Equipment Type of Van must be set up.  This type is required to associate trailers to interstate shipments.

Examples:

Van

Trailer

Tractor

Pack Van

Item Code

Select an Item Code to associate the equipment record to a revenue item used to generate transactions in Revenue Entry.

Cost

Enter the amount (up to 16 digits) that represents an expected charge for this type of equipment.