Example of freight order grouping without shipping office matrix

Shipping office New York 1 handles transport planning for all goods issued and received by Warehouse New York 1. For transport planning to run smoothly, freight orders are automatically created from sales orders, and if a sales order lists goods that are issued by Warehouse New York 1, the freight order generated from the sales order is automatically allocated to Shipping office New York 1.

Shipping office New York 1 operates two planning groups: Planning group HMAT and planning group RMAT. Planning group HMAT has two planners, who plan transportation for hazardous materials. Planning group RMAT has five planners, who deal with regular, non-specialist goods transports.

If a freight order lists hazardous materials, transportation is handled by planning group HMAT, and if the goods are non-hazardous, planning is handled by planning group RMAT. If an order lists both hazardous and non-hazardous goods, the hazardous goods are planned by planning group HMAT and the non-hazardous goods by planning group RMAT.

In LN, this organizational structure can be supported in various ways. The following data setup is one way in which you can support such structures:

  1. In the Shipping Offices (fmfmd0180m000) session, define Shipping Office New York 1. In the Items - Sales (tdisa0501m000) session, link items that are stored in Warehouse New York 1 to Warehouse New York 1.
  2. In the Warehouses by Shipping Office (fmfmd0185m000) session, link Warehouse New York 1 to Shipping Office New York 1.
  3. In the Transport Means Groups (fmfmd0150m000) session, define the transport means groups HMAT and RMAT. Transport means group HMAT must include special safety trucks for the transportation of hazardous materials, and RMAT must include regular, non-conditioned accommodation for regular goods transports. Note that instead of transport means groups, you can also use transport types to accomplish this setup. It depends on how you categorize means of transport into transport means groups and transport types. For further information, see The use of transport means groups and The use of transport types.
  4. In the Items - Freight Management (fmfmd1100m000) session, link transport means group HMAT to items that are classified as hazardous materials, and link transport means group RMAT to regular items without any special classification.
  5. In the Planning Groups (fmfoc0150m000) session, define the planning groups HMAT and RMAT.
  6. In the Planning Group - Shipping Office (fmfoc1100m000) session, link planning group HMAT and planning group RMAT to Shipping Office New York 1.
  7. In the Plan Matrix Definitions (fmfoc1110m000) session, define the following matrix definitions: HMAT and RMAT, and select matrix attribute Transport Means Group for both matrix definitions.
  8. In the Plan Matrix Definitions by Shipping Office (fmfoc1115m000) session, link both matrix definitions to Shipping Office New York 1. The priority sequence numbers that you set for these matrix definitions are of no consequence, because no freight order lines will match both attributes, as is made clear in the next point.
  9. In the Plan Matrix (fmfoc1120m000) session, define the following two plan matrices:
    1. Plan matrix 1: Select matrix definition HMAT and planning group HMAT, and select transport means group HMAT.
    2. Plan matrix 2: Select matrix definition RMAT and planning group RMAT, and select transport means group RMAT.