Connect to/Disconnect from Consolidated Shipment

Explanation

This activity is used for deciding which shipments to include in a consolidated shipment. A shipment can either be connected to a consolidated shipment or disconnected from a consolidated shipment. A consolidated shipment is considered as a single departure of several shipments from a specific site, to all the delivery addresses of the connected shipments. E.g., multiple shipments are loaded on the same truck and unloaded on each delivery address by the same truck. A consolidated shipment is beneficial in order to plan, monitor and execute a departure of multiple shipments from your site. For instance activities can be executed for all shipments connected to the consolidated shipment, the progress of all connected shipments can be monitored, load sequence can be managed.

When connecting shipments to a consolidated shipment it is possible to compare the transport capacity with the weight and volume of all the connected shipments and all the shipments you intend to connect. This means that you can evaluate if the transport capacity will be exceeded before the shipments are actually connected to the consolidated shipment. This is done by marking the shipments you intend to connect on the Available Shipments tab.

Prerequisites

To connect a shipment to a consolidated shipment:

To disconnect a shipment from a consolidated shipment:

System Effects

When connecting a shipment to a consolidated shipment:

When shipments are disconnected from a consolidated shipment: