Freight Planning Parameters (fmlbd0100m000)

Field Information

Effective Date

effective date.

In the actual set, or parameter set, the Effective Date field is empty, but the effective date is taken as the default value in the Description field.

In parameter sets that precede the actual set, the effective date is displayed in the Effective Date field.

If you make a change in the actual set, the changed set becomes the new actual set.

Shipments

The number group that must be used for shipments.

Series for Shipments

The series that must be used for shipments originating from Freight .

Loads

The number group that must be used for loads.

Series for Loads

The series that must be used for loads created in Freight .

Log Planning History

The available settings in this field control the way planning history is recorded. Load Plan Logging

Performance aspects

The setting of this field could affect system performance and database growth. For more information, refer to History data.

Actualize Plan with Planned WH Orders

If this check box is selected, you can actualize load plans based on freight orders generated from warehousing orders with status Planned.

Trace Load Plan Changes

The available settings in this field control the way LN records load plan changes. Load Plan Logging

Performance aspects

The setting of this field could affect system performance and database growth. For more information, refer to Trace load plan changes.

Search Sequence Standard Route

Use these options to set the order in which the available standard routes are searched. Standard Route Search Sequence.

Default Planning Algorithm

The planning algorithm that is taken as default in the Generate Plan (fmlbd0280m000) session.

Check TMG and TMC Availability

If this check box is selected, the capacity of the available transport means groups or transport means combinations is checked when load building is carried out.

The capacity of a transport means groups is calculated by multiplying the transport means group capacity defined in the Transport Means Groups (fmfmd0150m000) session by the number of vehicles defined in the Transport Means Groups by Carrier/LSP (fmfmd0152m000) session.

The capacity of a transport means combination is calculated by multiplying the transport means combination capacity defined in the Transport Means Groups (fmfmd0150m000) session by the number of transport means combinations defined in the Transport Means Combinations by Carrier/LSP (fmfmd0144m000) session. Note that the capacity of a transport means combination is derived from the transport means groups attached to the vehicle types of the transport means combination.

For example, carrier ABC has transport means combination TMC1. The number of combinations defined in the Transport Means Combinations by Carrier/LSP (fmfmd0144m000) session is 10. Transport means combination TMC1 has vehicle type TRAILER with transport means group TMG A. The loading capacity of TMG A is 20 tons. Therefore, the total loading capacity of TMC1 is 10 (number of combinations) * 20 tons (capacity of the transport means group) = 200 tons.

The load building engine checks how much of the total loading capacity of the available transport means groups or transport means combinations is allocated to loads with the Actual or higher than Actual status. A load plan cannot be created for a particular group of freight orders if the capacity of the available transport means groups or transport means combinations is insufficient.

The load building engine checks both the capacity and the numbers of both transport means groups and transport means combinations, as you can see in the following example. The numbers of available transport means groups are maintained in the Number of Means of Transport field of the Transport Means Groups by Carrier/LSP (fmfmd0152m000) session, and the numbers of available transport means combinations are maintained in the Number of Combinations field of the Transport Means Combinations by Carrier/LSP (fmfmd0144m000) session.

A carrier has the following fleet:

• Eight trucks, each with a capacity of 10 tons. These trucks are defined as TMG1.
• Five large trailers, each with a capacity of 20 tons. These trailers are defined as TMG2.
• Four smaller trailers, each with a capacity of 15 tons. These trailers are defined as TMG3.

You can attach a large trailer or a small trailer to a truck. The carrier has modeled this as follows:

• Transport means combination TMC1 includes five combinations consisting of one truck and one large trailer.
• Transport means combination TMC2 includes four combinations consisting of one truck and one small trailer.

In this situation, you cannot plan, for example, five TMC1 and four TMC2 simultaneously, because the carrier has only eight trucks (as defined in TMG1). Thus in the load building process both the number of TMGs and the number of TMCs is taken into account if this check box is selected.

If this check box is cleared, transport means group or transport means combination capacity is not taken into account in load building. If your organization does not have a fleet of its own, the option to include transport means group capacity is, generally speaking, of minor importance.

External updates on actual plans allowed

If this check box is selected, LN allows unauthorized users from other packages such as Warehousing and Invoicing to confirm shipments or process invoices. If this check box is selected, LN allows users to modify actual information in freight sessions directly.

Note: The freight loads and shipments only in the Actual status can be updated.

If this check box is cleared, you must define the users in the Users by Shipping Office and Planning Group (fmfoc1105m000) session to allow the users to create or update freight information .

Route Plans by Shipping Office and Planning Group

If this check box is selected, you must link route plans to shipping office and planning group combinations in the Shipping Office (fmfmd0680m000) session.

Standard Routes by Shipping Office and Planning Group

If this check box is selected, you must link standard routes to shipping office and planning group combinations in the Shipping Office (fmfmd0680m000) session.

Carrier/TMG/TMC by Route Plan

If this check box is selected, you can specify carriers, transport means groups, or transport means combinations by route plan leg in the Carrier/TMG/TMC by Route Plan (fmfoc1153m000) session.

Carrier/TMG/TMC by Standard Route

If this check box is selected, you can specify carriers, transport means groups, or transport means combinations by standard route in the Carrier/TMG/TMC by Standard Route (fmlbd0153m000) session.

Plans

The number group that must be used for load plans.

Plans

The number group that must be used for load plans.

Series for Plans

The series that must be used for load plans created in Freight .

Split Shipments during planning

If this check box is selected, the shipment lines created from a freight order line can go into different loads. If this check box is cleared, the shipment lines must be contained in one load. This can result in huge loads that may cause planning constraints.

Series for Loads

The series that must be used for loads originating from Warehousing . Loads created in Warehousing are not planned by the load building engine of Freight . They can be viewed in Freight , and you can calculate freight costs for such loads.

Series for Plans

The series that must be used for load plans created in Warehousing . Load plans created in Warehousing are not planned by the load building engine of Freight . They can be viewed in Freight , and you can calculate freight costs for such load plans.

Series for Shipments

The series that must be used for shipments originating from Warehousing . Shipments created in Warehousing are not planned by the load building engine of Freight . They can be viewed in Freight , and you can calculate freight costs for such shipments.

First Line for Additional Costs

The first position number for shipment lines that contain additional costs.

Step Size for Additional Cost Line

The interval for additional cost line numbers, for example 10, 20, 30, or 5, 10, 15.

Carrier/LSP Selection Criterion

The default value for the Carrier/LSP Selection Criterion field in the Generate Plan (fmlbd0280m000) session and the Generate Freight Order Clusters (fmfoc3200m000) session. The available carrier selection criteria are used to select the best combination of carrier, standard route, and route plan during load building, lead time calculation, or freight order clustering.

Cheapest

For load building, the carrier and related route plan or standard route with the lowest rates is selected. For freight order clustering, the carrier with the lowest rates is selected. The rates are defined in the carrier rate books in Pricing . For further information, refer to Defining freight rate books and Freight rate retrieval.

If more than one carrier can offer the cheapest rates, the fastest carrier is chosen from these carriers. If more than one carrier can offer the cheapest rates and the shortest delivery times, from these the carrier that takes the shortest route is selected.

Fastest

For load building, the route plan or standard route and related carrier with the shortest travelling time is selected. LN checks the average speed of the transport means groups of the available carriers, the calendars of the addresses, and standard routes. For freight order clustering, the carrier with the shortest travelling time is selected. LN checks the average speed of the transport means groups of the available carriers.

If more than one carrier can offer the shortest delivery times and the cheapest rates, the carrier that takes the shortest route is selected from these carriers.

Shortest

LN searches the route plan and/or standard route with the shortest distance and then searches an available carrier.

If more than one carrier takes the shortest route, the cheapest carrier is selected from these carriers. If more than one carrier takes the shortest route and offers the cheapest rates, the carrier with the shortest delivery times is selected from these carriers.

Automatically Change from 'Confirmed' to 'Shipped'

If this check box is selected, shipments and loads that receive the Confirmed status in the Planned Loads/Shipments (whinh4180m000) session of Warehousing , automatically receive the Shipped status in Freight . If this check box is cleared, you can change the status of Confirmed loads and shipments in the Confirm Delivery / Receipt (fmlbd3252m000) session.

External Planning Engine

If this check box is selected, external planning engines included in your configuration become available.

Step Size for Shipment Line

In this field you can define the interval for shipment line numbers, for example 10, 20, 30, or 5, 10, 15. Thus the first shipment line obtains number 10, the second obtains number 20, and the third obtains number 30; or the first shipment line obtains number 5, the second obtains number 10, and so on.

Update Actual Load Data

This parameter determines whether replanning of load plans that have the Actual status is enabled. If replanning is enabled, you can select how replanning is performed.

Performance aspects

The setting of this field could affect system performance and database growth. For more information, refer to Update actual load data.

Replanning of Freight Orders

The setting that you select in this session is taken as the default setting in the Replanning of Freight Orders field in the Generate Plan (fmlbd0280m000) session.

Replan Freight Order Lines Separately

New shipment lines are created for the freight order lines that are replanned. The new shipment lines are added to existing loads and shipments if they match with the existing loads and shipments. If they do not match, new shipments and loads are created for the replanned freight order lines.

Combine with Planned Freight Orders

The freight order lines that are replanned, are matched with existing freight order lines, and for these combined lines new shipment lines are created. If the new shipment lines match existing shipments, they are inserted in the existing shipments. If not, new shipments and/or loads are created.

Addition through Load/Shipment Status

Allow addition of lines to shipments and shipments to loads for loads and shipments with statuses up to and including the selected status.

Allowed values

• Actual
• In Progress
• Confirmed
• Shipped

Default value

Actual