Hazardous materials functionality is available for FedEx and UPS.

FedEx Note

This is a Beta feature. It has been tested against IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations only. It has not been tested against CFR or ADR regulations.
The FedEx Hazardous Materials feature does not support Process Shipment MPS (manifest by shipment with multiple packages). You will see an error message: “Hazardous materials cannot be specified with Process Shipment MPS.”

UPS Note

This feature has been tested against CFR regulations only. It has not been tested against ADR or IATA regulations.

Enable the Feature

You must enable the Hazardous materials product information and shipping documentation feature.

Go into Feature management and select Check for Updates.
The Hazardous materials product information and shipping documentation feature should now be available.
Enable the feature.

Module-Level Setup

Note

This feature is set at a module level; however, these fields can be overwritten in the TMSProcessXML classes.

Warehouse Management Module

Warehouse management > Setup > Containers > Container types

Configure a packaging type if your material must be shipped in a specific package.

(See the IATA Packing Instructions to determine if you need a specific packaging type for your material.)

Valid types:

ALUMINUM BOX
ALUMINUM CYLINDERS
ALUMINUM DRUM
ALUMINUM JERRICAN
CARTON
CYLINDERS
ENVIROTAINER
FIBER DRUM
FIBERBOARD BOX
METAL BOX
OTHER
PLASTIC BOX
PLASTIC DRUM
PLASTIC JERRICAN
PLASTIC PAIL
PLYWOOD BOX
PLYWOOD DRUM
STEEL BOX
STEEL DRUM
STEEL JERRICAN
STYROFOAM BOX
WOOD(EN) BOX

Product Information Management Module

Product information management > Setup > Hazardous material shipping documentation

Hazardous material regulation

The hazardous material regulation classifies how you plan to transport the materials.

The Mode of delivery and Country sections are used to determine which regulation set will be used.

Regulation Codes:

ADR: Europe to Europe ground movement
CFR: Hazardous materials regulated by the U.S. Department of Transportation within the United States or ground shipments to Canada
IATA: Worldwide air movement
TDG : Canada to Canada ground movement or Canada to United States standard movement

Valid regulation codes for FedEx:

ADR
DOT (CFR)
IATA

See the FedEx HazMat Shipping Guide for more information on FedEx regulation codes.

Valid regulation codes for UPS:

ADR
CFR
IATA
TDG

See Dangerous Goods for more information on UPS regulations codes.

Hazardous material classification group

The classification group code defines how a hazardous material will be shipped.

Group codes can vary based on the identification number and the shipping exceptions related to that identification number.

See Part 173 of the e-CFR for more information on how to classify items you are shipping.

For UPS, you need to set the four values UPS expects as group codes:

EQ: Excepted Quantity
FR: Fully Regulated
LQ: Limited Quantity
LR: Lightly Regulated

Hazardous material class

All hazardous materials are assigned a class code.

The nine standardized class codes are defined in e-CFR 172.101:

Class 1: Explosives
Class 2: Gases
Class 3: Flammable and Combustible Liquids
Class 4: Flammable Solids
Class 5: Oxidizing Substances and Organic Peroxides
Class 6: Toxic Substances and Infectious Substances
Class 7: Radioactive Materials
Class 8: Corrosives
Class 9: Miscellaneous Hazardous Materials

Supply Chain Cloud passes the class code.

Hazardous material division

Some of the hazard classes are further separated into divisions based on their physical or chemical properties.

See DOT Hazard Classes and Postal Mailability for more information on hazardous material divisions and classes.

Supply Chain Cloud passes the division code.

Hazardous material identification

Hazardous materials are assigned an identification number. These numbers begin with UN, NA, or ID.

Supply Chain Cloud uses the Identification field to represent the UN number.

Important

We recommend checking your carrier's requirements as some require the prefix here and some do not.

Note

UN numbers are four-digit numbers that identify hazardous materials.

Hazardous material packing group

Packing groups are an IATA-required value.

If you plan on shipping with an IATA regulation code, you must configure a packing group.

Valid values:

Default
I: "High Danger" materials
II: "Medium Danger" materials
III: "Low Danger" materials

Find the packing group for your material on the UN Dangerous Goods List.

If no packing group is configured, the program selects Default.

Hazardous material label

Supply Chain Cloud passes the material label.

The carrier may require a specific package label depending on the material being shipped.

Use this form to configure the needed labels.

Product information management > Products > Released products

In the Manage inventory section, turn on the Hazardous material toggle.

In the Buy/Trade section, enter the Default regulation code you want to associate with your item in Supply Chain Cloud.

On the Manage inventory tab in the ribbon, click Item Hazardous Material.

You can now configure your Material management settings using your completed module configurations (see above).

Note

Select an option for Lithium Battery:

None: Material is classified as hazardous.
Battery: Material is considered a non-hazardous battery.
Hazardous Material Battery: Material is classified as a hazardous battery.

This is supported for FedEx only.

UPS

When using hazardous materials with UPS, there are two additional fields.

Group Code

Enter one of the four UPS group codes:

EQ: Excepted Quantity
FR: Fully Regulated
LQ: Limited Quantity
LR: Lightly Regulated

These need to be set up on the Hazardous material classification group form first to be available for selection.

Transportation Mode

There are four options for you to choose from:

Highway
Ground
Passenger Aircraft
Cargo Aircraft Only

This field defaults to Highway.

Note

FedEx ignores this field.

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