| The use of transport typesA transport type is a
code that refers to transport conditions and transport properties. You can use transport
types for the following purposes: - To ensure that items are
transported by means of transport with appropriate transport conditions. For
example, frozen foodstuffs must be transported in cold storage trucks,
airplanes with cold storage compartments, and so on. To achieve this, you must
add a relevant user-defined transport type code to items that require cold
storage. You must also add this transport types to the transport means groups
to which the means of transport belong that will transport the item.
- To determine the costs
of transportation for items. A transport type can be used as selection criteria
for freight rate books. If a freight order line has an item with a transport
type that matches the transport type associated with a freight rate book, the
freight rate book is used to determine the transportation costs of the freight
order line. For further information on transport rating, see Calculation of estimated freight costs.
- To determine the
planning group of the freight order lines to which they are allocated. A
transport type can be used as a selection criterion of a plan matrix. For
further information, see Plan matrices and matrix definitions.
To make this work, you
must link transport types to the following data entities: Combination codes You can add a combination code to a transport type. As a
result, the transport type is only available for items with the same
combination code as the one defined for the transport type. Transport means groups Items If you link a transport type to items, you ensure that the
load building engine only combines order lines with items with identical
transport types. You can link transport types to items in the Items - Freight Management (fmfmd1100m000) session. Matrix definitions and plan matrices A transport type can be used as a matrix attribute to
determine the planning group for freight order lines to which the transport
type is allocated. If a transport type is used as a matrix attribute in a plan
matrix, freight order lines with matching transport types are grouped into the
planning group specified in the plan matrix.
Adding a combination code to a transport
type If transport type A
has combination code B, then an item with a combination code other than B
cannot be transported in any means of transport that has transport type A. Alternatively, suppose you do not want seafood products to be
transported together with ice cream in the same refrigerated truck. In that
case, you can provide items of both types of products with the same
user-defined transport type, such as CLD for cold storage, and provide ice
cream items with a user-defined combination code such as ICR, and seafood
product items with a combination code such as SEA. | |