| Freight Management Master DataMaster data is used to make Freight work in
the desired way. Freight include the following types of master data: General data General data include shipping offices, planning groups,
freight specific address data, and user profiles. Planning groups Planning groups are used for load building and/or freight order
clustering purposes. Planning groups are allocated to freight order lines as a
preparatory step for transportation planning or freight order clustering. Shipping offices Address data Address data includes loading and unloading lead times and load
and unload date tolerances. Address lead times indicate the time required for
loading and unloading at addresses, including loading and unloading tolerances.
Tolerances indicate the time span by which you are allowed to deviate from
planned load or unload dates. For further information, see Load and unload date/time tolerances and Address lead times. User profiles User profiles are used to allocate number groups for shipments,
loads, load plans, and freight order clusters to individual users. Individual
users have their own groups of shipments, loads, and so on to avoid locking
problems that result if several users try to access the same
records.
Transportation master data The purpose of transportation master data is to provide the
load building and freight order clustering engines with information about
required types of transport, transport conditions, and information as to the
possibility of combining particular items with other items. For example, if
sending an armored truck to pick up a consignment of garden furniture would be
the result of our transport planning efforts, reconsidering the master data
setup would seem appropriate. Also, to prevent, for example, foodstuffs from
being put in a load that also carries toxic materials, the combineability of
items must be set up properly. Transportation data can also be used as criteria
to group freight order lines into planning groups. Therefore, an additional
purpose of transportation data is to provide information for the freight order
grouping process. Transportation master data include the following
data: Combination codes Transport types Transport means groups Means of transport
Freight order control master data Freight order control master data include the following
data: Freight order types Volume classes A volume class is allocated to a particular range of volumes,
for example, from one cubic foot to five cubic feet. Volume classes can be used
to determine the planning group of freight order lines. Weight classes A weight class is allocated to a particular range of weights,
for example, from 10 kg to 50 kg. Weight classes can be used to determine the
planning group of freight order lines. For further information, see The use of volume and weight classes. Freight service levels Freight classes Freight classes are used to calculate the transportation costs
of freight orders. For further information, see The use of freight classes. Matrix definitions A matrix definition is a key element of a plan matrix. Matrix
definitions are defined in the Plan Matrix Definitions (fmfoc1110m000) session. For further information, see Plan matrices and matrix definitions. Planning group priorities Define planning group priorities by linking matrix definitions
to shipping offices in the Plan Matrix Definitions by Shipping Office (fmfoc1115m000) session. For further
information, see Plan matrices and matrix definitions. Plan matrices A plan matrix can be used to select the planning group that
must be allocated to freight order lines. A plan matrix consists, basically, of
a planning group and a group of attributes and attribute values that serve as
selection criteria for planning groups. You can define plan matrices in the Plan Matrix (fmfoc1120m000) session.
Item master data Item master data include freight related attributes for items. Default item data You can define default item data in the Items - Freight Defaults (fmfmd1101m000) session. Item data for specific items You can define data for specific items in the Items - Freight Management (fmfmd1100m000) session. Item dimensions by unit You can specify transport related item dimensions in the Item Dimensions by Unit (fmfmd1110m000) session. Item data by item/business partner You can define freight related data for combinations of items
and business partners in the Items - Ship-from/to Business Partner (fmfmd2100m000) session. For further
information, see The use of items in Freight Management.
FRC and FRI master data The purpose of defining freight rating and costing master data
is to create a framework of rates and criteria for rate allocation that enables
the freight cost calculation functionality to reference the correct freight
rates. The FRC and FRI master data group includes the following
data: Additional cost data Additional cost data constitute a framework for defining extra
charges and criteria to allocate extra charges to shipments and freight order
cluster lines. When a shipment or particular freight order cluster lines meet
the criteria for extra costs, the extra costs are added to the normal
transportation costs. For further information, see To allocate additional costs. Rate basis numbers Rate basis numbers consist of various criteria that are used to
determine the normal costs of transportation of freight orders or shipments.
When a freight order or shipment matches the criteria of a particular rate
basis number, the freight rate book associated with the rate basis number is
used to determine the transportation costs. For further information, see Calculation of estimated freight costs and Rate basis numbers and rate books. Zones Zones are regions defined by zip code ranges, city ranges or
distances within which particular transport rates apply. These zones are used
in Pricing to define
freight rate books. For further information, see Zones.
Load building master data The purpose of defining load building master data is to
provide the load building engine with information about fixed routes. The load
building master data includes the following data: Standard routes Route plans You can define route plans in the Route Plans (fmfoc1150m000) session. For further information, see The use of route plans.
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