Freight order date modification

The shipment of goods to customers or warehouses can be delayed due to stock shortages, transport capacity issues or problems at the receiving side. When freight orders are delayed, the planned load/unload dates and the tolerance dates are no longer applicable.

It is rare that all the lines in a freight order are delayed. Most often, some freight order lines are successfully shipped and others are delayed, due to inventory shortages. To process these freight orders or lines at a later stage, you can adjust the following:

  • Loading/unloading dates
  • Tolerances

When you adjust the dates ( Planned Load Date or Planned Unload Date) and tolerances ( Earliest Load Date and Earliest Unload Date; Latest Load Date and Latest Unload Date), LN planning engine retrieves the affected order lines and includes the order lines in a new freight plan that is scheduled to be executed at a later date.

To maintain dates or tolerances on individual freight order lines

To view the list of delayed freight order lines, open the Freight Order Lines (fmfoc2101m000) or the Freight Order Lines (fmfoc2101m100) session. Click appropriate > View > Overdue Lines. All the delayed freight order lines with the following status are displayed:

  • Expected
  • Planned
  • Actual

You can modify the planned load/unload dates and/or the tolerance dates only for order lines with the Expected, Planned, and Actual status.

When you modify the Planned Load Date, the tolerance dates are calculated automatically, based on the original tolerance agreements. To calculate the Planned Unload Date, click Calculate. The related tolerance dates are calculated automatically.

When you modify the Planned Unload Date, the tolerance dates are calculated automatically, based on the original tolerance agreements. To calculate the Planned Load Date, click Calculate. The related tolerance dates are calculated automatically.

Note

If the dates on a freight order line are moved to a future date and afterwards the tolerance dates on the order header are modified, the date adjustment on the order line holds and is not impacted by the tolerance change on the order header.

To maintain tolerances on individual freight order

For a freight order, you can only modify the Tolerance dates ( Earliest Load Date and Earliest Unload Date; Latest Load Date and Latest Unload Date) on the header. The tolerance dates of the freight order lines with the Expected, Planned, and Actual status are modified.

Collective change of dates or tolerances on freight orders

You can modify the planned load/unload dates and tolerance dates for a range of freight orders and order lines using the Change Planned Load/Unload Date (fmfoc2201m000) session. The session can be started from the appropriate menu of the following sessions:

You can use the following sessions:

  • Freight Order Lines (fmfoc2101m000)
  • Freight Order Lines (fmfoc2101m100)
  • Freight Orders (fmfoc2100m000)
  • Freight Order (fmfoc2100m100)
Operational Procedure for the transport planner

  1. Open the Freight Order Lines (fmfoc2101m000) or the Freight Order Lines (fmfoc2101m100) session. Click appropriate > View Overdue Lines Only.The freight order lines with the following status are displayed:

    • Expected
    • Planned
    • Actual

  2. You can take one of the following actions:

    • Change the Planned Load Date and Planned Unload Date and/or the Tolerance dates ( Earliest Load Date and Earliest Unload Date; Latest Load Date and Latest Unload Date) on individual orders lines.

    • Change the Planned Load Date and Planned Unload Date and/or the Tolerance dates ( Earliest Load Date and Earliest Unload Date; Latest Load Date and Latest Unload Date) for a range of orders or lines.

  3. Run the Generate Plan (fmlbd0280m000) session for a specific future period, for example, next day or next week. This date range will include the delayed orders from a previous period, for which you have reset the dates.

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