This has come from a customer suggestion:
There is no relationship between Shipping Modes and Carriers. For example, the shipping mode might be ‘Sea’ and the Carrier could be selected as ‘UPS’ which, clearly, doesn’t make any sense.
They would like some type of a link so that a valid choice can be made.
by: Hugo C. | over a year ago | Distribution
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A slight refinement to this request would be to say that there should be an additional level to this relationship. You could define a mode and then have the ability to define which modes are applicable by carrier as Hugo has suggested. Additionally, the ability to define a carrier and define the "services" which are available for the carrier is needed. This is especially important when dealing with parcel carriers (ex: FDX, UPS) where the carriers offer a lot of services but typically only a handful are used. Having the ability to select the carrier and have to document automatically set the carrier and shipping mode would simplify the process. It would also make integrating with shipping solutions simpler.
Sorry last sentence should have read "Having the ability to select a service and have the carrier automatically select the carrier and mode ..."