Transportation time in Freight

If Freight is implemented, transportation time is determined by means of Freight. The transportation time that is used in Freight includes these parts:

  • Wait time at the sending address in the Addresses - Freight Management (fmfmd0110m000) session
  • Load time at the sending address in the Addresses - Freight Management (fmfmd0110m000) session
  • Travel time
  • Wait time at the receiving address in the Addresses - Freight Management (fmfmd0110m000) session
  • Unload time at the receiving address in the Addresses - Freight Management (fmfmd0110m000) session

Wait time and load time are planned on the address calendar that is determined in the Addresses (tccom4530m000) session. Travel time is planned on the calendar that is linked to the carrier.

Travel time

Travel time, which is part of transportation time in Freight, can be determined as follows:

  • In the Route Plans (fmfoc1150m000) session
  • In the Standard Routes (fmlbd0150m000) session
  • By means of the carrier

The following sections describe each of these methods in detail.

Route plan

Neither the distribution order nor the purchase order specifies a route plan. Instead, the original address and the destination address must be determined for the order.

Using the Route Plans (fmfoc1150m000) session, the original address and the destination address must be retrieved from the Route Plan Legs (fmfoc1151m000) session.

The two addresses need not be in the same leg. However, the leg with the original address must always precede the leg that contains the destination address.

Example

The original address is in the second leg of the route plan, and the destination address is in the fifth leg.

The Carrier/LSP Selection Criterion field in the Freight Planning Parameters (fmlbd0100m000) session determines which of the available route plans is chosen:

  • Cheapest
  • Fastest
  • Shortest

You can retrieve the travel time from the Route Plan Legs (fmfoc1151m000) session:

  • The distance of a leg is divided by the average speed of a transport means group.
  • If no distance is specified, the leg travelling time is taken instead.

The calendar is retrieved through the carrier.

Standard route

Similar to route plans, all standard routes that match the original address and the destination address are selected.

For a route plan, you can define a sequence of ZIP codes in the ZIP Codes by Standard Route (fmlbd0151m000) session, and a sequence of areas in the Areas by Standard Route (fmlbd0152m000) session.

The Search Sequence Standard Route field in the Freight Planning Parameters (fmlbd0100m000) session determines whether ZIP codes or areas are used.

The addresses must match either the ZIP code or the area reference address.

The travel time is calculated for the total distance of the standard route sequence. The distances are retrieved from the distance tables in Common, as is described in the following subsection.

The distances are based on the transport category:

  • Transport Means Group (TMG) of the standard route
    Refer to the Transport Means Groups (fmfmd0150m000) session.
  • TMG of the order’s carrier
    Refer to the Transport Means Groups by Carrier/LSP (fmfmd0152m000) session.
  • TMG of standard route carrier
  • Carrier
  • TMG of the item
    Refer to the Items - Freight Management (fmfmd1100m000) session.

The calendar is retrieved through the carrier.

Carrier

The travel time is retrieved from the Common distance tables. The calendar is retrieved from the carrier.

The transport category is retrieved as follows:

  • From the carrier
  • From the transport means group (TMG) of the item

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