The first free number of the load. This serves as the load identification.
Load (fmlbd4100m000)Use this session to view and maintain loads. You can create loads with the Freight load building engine, an external planning engine, or manually. A load is a part of a load plan. You can manually create a load and add shipments to it or remove shipments from it. However, the load status determines whether you can delete or make a change to a load, and if changing is allowed, what changes you can make. Print options On the Print submenu of the File menu, the following print options are available:
Note When you change the Planned Start Date and Planned End Date of a load, the Planned Load Date and Planned Unload Date of the shipments that are linked to the load are also changed. Options on the Specific menu You can access the following options on the Specific menu of the current session:
Load Load Status The status of the load. Shipping Office The shipping office that handles the load. Planning Group An entity that is used to group freight order lines into
shipments and loads or freight order clusters. Each freight order line is allocated to a planning group. Freight order lines with different planning groups cannot be in the same shipment, load, or freight order cluster. For example, all goods destined for Belgium are subdivided into planning group Belgium. From a hierarchical perspective, the planning group is one level below the shipping office. A shipping office has one or more planning groups. Freight orders are grouped into shipping offices, the underlying freight order lines are grouped into the planning groups of the shipping office. Plan The load plan to which the load belongs. Reference Load The reference load is the identification code of the
corresponding load in Warehousing. Number groups for loads in Warehousing are
different from those used in Freight. Shipping Carrier The carrier that is to transport
the goods included in the current load. Note If you manually create a load, the Default Carrier from the Carriers by Shipping Office and Planning Group (fmfrc0160m000) session is taken as the default value for this field. Transport Means Group The transport means group of the means of transport that is to transport the current
load. For the transport means group selected in this field, the Independent Use Allowed check box must be selected.
Note that if you select a transport means group, you cannot select a transport means combination. If a transport means
combination is selected, you cannot select a transport means group. Transport Type The transport type of the transport means group. The value in this field is taken from
the transport means group or the transport means combination of the current
load. Transport Means Combination If a transport means group is selected in the Transport Means Group field, you cannot select a transport means combination. If a carrier is inserted for the current freight order line, the transport means combination must be attached to this carrier. In the Transport Means Combinations by Carrier (fmfmd0144m000) session, you can attach transport means combinations to carriers. You cannot change the transport means combination if the load has any of the following statuses:
If delivery terms and a transport means combination is filled for the load, and the delivery terms stipulate that transport is to be by ship, the transport category of the transport means combination must be one of the following:
Carrier PRO Number The number given by the carrier to identify the load or
shipment. The carrier uses this number for tracking purposes. Addresses and Dates Start Address The code of the (first) loading address of the goods that
must be transported. A load can have more than one loading and unloading
address. This address is replaced if a new shipment is added that has an
address with a earlier start date. End Address The last unloading address. A load can have more than one
unloading address. This address is replaced if a new shipment is added that has
an address with a later end date. Planned Start Date The start date of load. This is the load date of the first
shipment of the load. Planned End Date The (last) unload date of the load. A load can have more than
one unloading address, and each address has a different load and/or unload date
and time. Invoicing Estimated Freight Cost The estimated freight costs are derived from the carrier agreements maintained in the LN Pricing module,
or they can be entered manually. If entered manually, the difference between
the manually entered freight costs and the calculated freight costs are
displayed in the Manually Added Cost field of the Freight Costs Inquiry (fmfrc0540m000) session. Carrier Invoice If this check box is selected, the carrier invoices
your organization with transportation costs. To invoice the business partner to
compensate for the costs incurred from the carrier invoice, the actual costs
are taken from the carrier invoice, which is stored in the Accounts Payable module
of Financials. If this check box is cleared, the carrier does not invoice your organization for transportation costs. To invoice the business partner with the actual costs, you can make the estimated costs actual when the final changes to the estimated costs are made on the load. To make the estimated costs actual, on the appropriate menu, select Set Actual Cost--> Final. Invoice-from BP The business partner that sends invoices to your organization.
This usually represents a supplier's accounts receivable department. The
definition includes the default currency and exchange rate, invoicing method
and frequency, information about your organization's credit limit, the terms
and method of payment, and the related pay-to business partner. Pay-to BP The business partner to which you pay invoices. This usually
represents a supplier's accounts receivable department. The definition includes
the default currency and exchange rate, the supplier's bank relation, the
number of days within which you must pay the invoices, and if the business
partner uses a factoring company. Load Text Additional information about the load. To start up the text
editor, click ![[...]](../images/start_the_text_editor.gif){kind=small} or
press Ctrl-T.Payment Terms The payment terms that
apply to the current load or freight order. The default value in this field is
taken from the Payment Terms of
the originating order. Payment Method The way in which the payment (purchase invoice) or the direct
debit (sales invoice) takes place. The payment method defines details such as,
the maximum amount, the type of due date, if foreign currencies are allowed,
and which details must be printed on the report. These details are default values that you can change on the order or invoice as necessary. Payment Agreement A schedule for the generation of monthly billing invoices. For
example, you can define a closing method to generate two monthly billing
invoices during a month: one on the 15th day and one at the end of the
month Purchase Type A purchase order property that enables you to identify the kind
of purchase made and in this way, the kind of payable. This property is used to
post the purchase to the correct Accounts Payable account when the invoice is created. To
post a purchase invoice, LN retrieves the control account from the purchase type linked to the
purchase order line. Currency The currency used to
express the freight costs. This is the currency defined for the buy-from
business partner of the carrier that transports the current load. Exchange Rate Type A way to group currency exchange rates. You can assign
different currency exchange rates to different invoice-to business partners
and/or to different types of transactions (purchase, sales, and so on). Rate Determiner The exchange rate agreed upon by contract with your bank or
business partner (in order to avoid a currency loss). Currency Rate The factor by which an amount in a different currency is
multiplied to calculate the amount in the currency base. Rate Factor The rate factor related to the home currency of the company. Actual Freight Cost The estimated freight costs set to Actual Cost Final for a load or a freight order
cluster by the user, or the actual amount invoiced by a carrier to the shipping
office to carry out the transportation of particular goods. Freight All Kinds Freight All Kinds is a special freight cost rating agreement with the carrier.
If the carrier and the transport requestor agree on rating according to Freight
all kinds, the official freight classes of the items will be substituted by the
Freight all kinds agreement. In LN, Freight all kinds is defined as special freight class. Means of Transport The means of transport that is to transport the load. You can select a Means of Transport that belongs to the transport means group defined for the current load. If no
transport means group is selected for the load or if no means of transport is
defined for the selected transport means group, this field is disabled. Combination Code The combination code of the transport means group. The value in this field is taken from
the transport means group or the transport means combination of the current
load. Piece Unit The piece unit for the items contained in the load. If a piece unit is filled for
the transport means group or the transport means combination of the current
load, the value in this field is taken from the transport means group or the
transport means combination. Planned Distance The total planned distance covered by the load to travel from
the first load address to the last unload address. Planned Distance The distance unit used to express the planned
distance. Actual Distance The total planned distance covered by the load to travel from
the first load address to the last unload address. You can enter the actual
distance when the carrier has provided you with this information. Travel Time The planned time required for the load to travel from the
ship-from address of the first shipment of the load to the ship-to address of
the last shipment of the load. The planned travel time is calculated by adding
up the travel times of the shipments of the load. A load can have more than one
shipment. Waiting Time The total planned waiting time spent at all addresses visited
by the load. LN calculates the total planned waiting by adding the waiting times of the
addresses of the shipments of the load. The waiting times of the addresses of
the shipments are taken from the waiting times defined in the Addresses - Freight Management (fmfmd0110m000) session for the shipment addresses, or from
the waiting times defined in the Freight Order Control Parameters (fmfoc0100m000) session. Visiting Time The total planned visiting time at all addresses visited by the
load. The visiting time is the time spent waiting, loading, and/or unloading at
an address. LN calculates
the planned visiting time by adding up the visiting times of the addresses of
the shipments of the loads. The visiting times of the addresses of the
shipments are taken from the waiting times and the loading and/or unloading
times defined in the Addresses - Freight Management (fmfmd0110m000) session for the shipment addresses, or from
the waiting and loading and/or unloading times defined in the Freight Order Control Parameters (fmfoc0100m000) session. Start Date The date and time the load is actually loaded. This information
is filled by the user after the actual date and time is known. You can use this
information to compare the planned and the actual dates and times. End Date The date and time the load is actually unloaded. This
information is filled by the user after the actual date and time is known. You
can use this information to compare the planned and the actual dates and
times. Travel Time The actual time required for the load to travel from the
ship-from address of the first shipment of the load to the ship-to address of
the last shipment of the load. A load can have more than one shipment. You can
enter the actual travel time when the carrier has provided you with this
information. Waiting Time The actual time required for the load to travel from the
ship-from address of the first shipment of the load to the ship-to address of
the last shipment of the load. A load can have more than one shipment. You can
enter the actual travel time when the carrier has provided you with this
information. Visiting Time The total actual visiting time at all addresses visited by the
load. The visiting time is the time spent waiting, loading and/or unloading at
an address. You can enter the actual visiting time when the carrier has
provided you with this information. Subcontracted If this check box is selected, the subcontracting
instructions are printed for the load. You can print the subcontracting
instructions for the load by selecting Subcontracting Instructions on the Print
submenu of the File menu. Route Plan The route plan along which the load travels. Standard Route The standard route along which the load travels.
Log Calculate Freight Cost Generates a report/display of the steps that are executed in
the freight cost calculation process. The report also shows the setup
information used to retrieve a rate. The report is displayed at the end of the
carrier/LSP selection- and costing process. The report shows, for example, why
a specific rate is used or why no rate is retrieved at all, why a certain
carrier/LSP is selected and so on. For more information, refer to Carrier selection and cost calculation in Warehousing Print Loads Starts the Print Loads (fmlbd4400m000) session. By default, LN starts this session
to print the report.
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