Direct Truck Load Shipment Scenario

Bangalore,INDIA

Truckload

Bombay, India

Basic Set-up Steps (Business Modelling Function)

1. Defining Locations and Corporations for the source and destinations.
2. Creation and Assignment of a Calendar to the location.
3. Defining a Contact and assigning it to the location
4. Create a Commodity , Item and associate the Item to the Commodity
5. Create a Equipment Group, Equipment Group Profile and associate the
Equipment Group to the profile
6. Defining of Service Providers
7. Create Rate Service and Rate Offerings for Service Providers
8. Associate Rate Service to the Rate Offerings
9. Create a Rate Record associated to the Rate Offerings
10. Create a Itenary for scenario

Steps in Simulation (Order Management, Transportation Planning and

Shipment Execution)

Creation of a Simple Order (Order Management >>Purchase Order>>Simple

Order

Build Shipment from the automatically created release. (Order

Management>>Order Release>>Order Release>>Actions>>Buy Shipment
>>Direct)

View the Shipment on a Map (Shipments>>Actions>>View>>Map related

shipments)

Tender the shipment to the service provider (Shipments View Page

>>Actions>>Tender>>Secure Resources)

Acceptance of the Tender by the Service Provider (Shipments View Page

>>Actions>>Tender>>Accept Tender)

Create an Invoice from the Buy Shipment (Shipments View Page

>>Actions>>Settlement>>Create Invoice)

DEFINING BUSINESS OBJECTS

1

Defining Locations
and Corporations

A. Transportation Planning and Execution: Location

Management>>Location Manager>>New
Identification tab:
---------------------Location Id: TR_BANGALORE
Corporation ID: AM
City: BANGALORE
Country Code: IND
Time Zone: Asia/Calcutta
Latitude: 12.95
Longitude: 77.61
Roles tab
-----------Location Role: Ship From/Ship To
Calender Id: Define calender BAN_CAL
Communications and Remarks tab
-----------------------------------------Communication Method: E-mail
E-mail address: xyz.com
B. Click Finished to complete Location Creation

Define Commodity ,
Item

C. Create another Location: AM_BOMBAY as per steps above

A. Order Management>>
MaterialManagement>>Commodity>>New
Commodity Id: COMNEW
Commodity Name: NEW COMODITY
B. Order Management>>Material
Management>>Commodity>>New
Item Id: ITEM1

Commodity Id: COMNEW

Click New Package Item Id: ITEM1_PACK
Packaging Unit: STANDARD PALLET
Package Weight: 2 KG
C. Click Save and Finished

Defining Equipment
Groups and
Equipment Group
Profile

A. Asset Management>>Equipment Group Management

>>Equipment Group>>New
Equipment Group Id : TRUCK
Effective Volume: 18.79 CUM
Effective Weight: 80.00 KG
Length: 0.25 M
Weight: 0.25 M
Volume: 0.25 M
B. Click Finished
C. Asset Management>>Equipment Group Management
>>Equipment Group Profile>>New
Equipment Group Profile Id : TRUCK_PROF
Compatible: Checked
Equipment Group Id: Select TRUCK and Save

4.

Define Service
Provider

D. Click Finished
A. Contract and Rate Management>>Service Provider
Management>> Service Provider Manager>>New
Service Provider Id: DHL
Corporation Id: AM
Mode Profile: TL
Invoicing Process: STANDARD
City: BANGALORE
Country Code: IND
Communications and Remarks tab
-----------------------------------------Communication Method: E-mail
E-mail address: xyz.com

D. Click Finished
5

Define Rate Service

A. Contract and Rate Management>>Contract Management>>
Rate Service>>New
Rate Service Header tab
------------------------------Rate Service Id: AM_RATE
Rate Service Type: LOOKUP

Rate Service Details

-------------------------A. Define New Lane
Lane Id: LANE_B
Source Geo Hierarchy: COUNTRY
Destination Geo Hierarchy: COUNTRY
Country Code: IND
B. Click Finished
C. Service Time: 1 DAY
D. Click Finished
6

Define Rate
Offering

A. Contract and Rate Management>>Contract Management>>

Rate Offering>>New
Rate Header tab
-------------------Offering Id: AM_OFFER
Offering Type: TL
Rate Service Id: AM_RATE
Service Provider: DHL
Transport Mode: TL
Perspective : ALL
Currency: USD
Version: 2005_2010
Exchange Rate Id: DEFAULT
Active Checkbox: CHECKED
Attributes Tab
--------------------Rate Distance Id: LOOKUP ELSE ESTIMATE
B. Click Finished

Define Rate Record

A. Contract and Rate Management>>Contract Management>>

Rate Record>>New
B. Enter AM_OFFER>>Search>>Select AM_OFFER>>Finish
Lane Info Tab
-----------------Rate Record Id: RR1
Source Geo Hierarchy: LOCATION
Destination Geo Hierarchy: LOCATION
Attributes Tab
------------------Source Geo Location Id : TR_BANGALORE
Destination Geo Loaction Id: AM_BOMBAY
Rate Costs Tab
-------------------Click Add a Cost
Amount: 1 USD
Basis: SHIPMENT
Save

Define Itinerary

C. Click Finished
A. Transportation Planning and Execution: Itinerary
Management>> Itinerary Manager>>New
Parameters Tab
--------------------Itinerary Id: IT_DT
Perspective: ALL
Itinerary Type: ACTIVE
Source Geo Hierarchy: LOCATION
Destination Geo Hierarchy: LOCATION
Lane Definitions Tab
---------------------------Source Geo Location Id : TR_BANGALORE
Destination Geo Loaction Id: AM_BOMBAY
List Legs Tab
--------------------

Click New Leg

Sequence Number: 1
Primary Check box: CHECKED
Equipment Assignment Type: OPTIMIZE EQUIPMENT

Calculate Contracted Rate: CHECKED

Calculate Service Time: CHECKED
Mode Profile Id: TL
Equipment Group Profile Id: TRUCK_PROF
Save
B. Click Finished

SIMULATION OF A DIRECT TRUCK LOAD SHIPMENT FLOW

1

Create Order Base

and Order Release

A. Order Management>>Purchase Order>>Simple Order

Simple Order Tab
-----------------------Order Base Id: OB_DT
Source Location: TR_BANGALORE
Destination Location: AM_BOMBAY
Ensure Radio Button on LINE ITEM
Click on Ship Unit button
Line Item Tab
-----------------Click New Line Item button
Packaged Item Id: ITEM1_PACK
Total Weight: 1 KG
Total Volume: 1 CUFT
Total Package Count: 1
Save
B. Click Finished
C. Query the Order Base: OB_DT >Do a right click or Click on
Smart Links icon>Select Related Order Releases
D. Order Release Id : OB_DT_001

Plan Order Release

on to a Shipment

A. Order Management>>Order Release>>Order Release

Query Order Release: OB_DT_001
Select the Order Release>Actions>Create Buy Shipments>Direct
Click OK on the Equipment Selection Page
Buy Shipment is created.

Tender the
Shipment

Transportation Planning and Execution: Shipment Management>>

Buy Shipments
Search Shipment
Select Shipment>Actions>Tender>Secure Resources
Query Shipment: Observe Status: SECURE_RESOURCES_TENDERED

Accept Tender

Transportation Planning and Execution: Shipment Management>>

Buy Shipments
Search Shipment
Select Shipment>Actions>Tender>Accept Tender
Query Shipment: Observe Status: SECURE_RESOURCES_ACCEPTED

Create an Invoice

Transportation Planning and Execution: Shipment Management>>

Buy Shipments
Search Shipment
Select Shipment>Actions>Settlement>>Create Invoice