Load/Shipment Tracking (fmlbd4150m000)

Use this session to view or maintain progress information for a shipment, load, freight order cluster, or freight order cluster line through warehousing and transport.

 

Load

In LN, all goods and/or shipments carried by one means of transport on a specific date and time and using a specific route.

Shipment

The smallest consignment for which Freight plans transportation. A shipment is an identifiable part of a load, and contains a number of goods that are transported to a given destination on a given date/time via a specific route.

Line

The position number of the shipment line.

Freight Order Cluster

A freight order cluster is a group of freight order lines with matching properties, such as shipping offices, planning groups, overlapping time windows, transport means groups, and so on, that is subcontracted to a carrier. The carrier will plan and carry out the transportation of the goods listed on the freight order lines according to the subcontracting order.

Carrier Tracking Number

The number given by the carrier to identify the load. The carrier uses this number in the invoices it sends to the freight requestors. In the LN Accounts Payable module, the carrier pro number is used for invoice matching and approving purposes.

Status

The status of the load or shipment, which may or may not be associated with a freight order cluster. These statuses show the progress made by the shipment or load during transportation.

Status Origin

The origin of the load tracking statuses. A status is updated by EDI or entered manually.

Actual Unload Date

The confirmed date on which unloading takes place at the ship-to address.

User

The user logon-code of the user who modified the load data related to the current history information.

Date

The date on which the tracking data are maintained.

Carrier/LSP

An organization that provides transport services. To use a carrier for load building, freight order clustering, transport cost calculation, and invoicing, you must define the carrier both as a carrier and a buy-from business partner in Common.