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additional example
how it works today:
Order is placed on Friday 9/10/21, with a 6 day SLA (SLA is in terms in business days) so due in Home date is Monday 9/20/21
Due in Home date based on 6 (business days SLA) Mon=1, Tue=2, Wed=3, Thu=4, Fri=5, Mon=6
Node has 7 (calendar) days of backlog. Existing backlog will consume all processing on Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed. Shipment & Carrier pickup would occur on Thu 9/16/21.
Lookup in NCA finds that for this node USPS FC is an eligible option, and TM find that Transit duration is 4 days. What has been stated is that Transit Days would be calendar days.
So carrier pickup would be on Thu. Transit days would be Fri=1, Sat=2, Sun=3, Mon=4. Delivery on Mon 9/20/21, meets due in home date of 9/20/21. So this service option would be considered and if the lowest rate would be selected.
However, historically Sat & Sun have not considered transit/delivery days by carriers.
If the shipment & carrier pickup would occur on Thu 9/16/21, the reality is the 4 transit days for USPS FC would have been business days Fri=1, Mon=2, Tue=3, Wed=4. Delivery on Wed 9/22/21, two days after the due in home date.
So this USPS FC should NOT have been considered as an option, when determining if the node was the lowest cost option.
Invalid node selection would be rare, primarily only occurring if due in home is calculated as Monday, and if the selected node has a significant backlog.
As carrier/services become 6 or 7 days a week transit/delivery days the issue has even less chance of making an impact on node selection.
What needs to be enhanced:
Add a way to configure by carrier/service which days of the week are “working days”, similar to how the nodes can be configured
Then only count “working days” when determining if a carrier/service can arrive by the due in home date based on transit days