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:
- A shipment must have been created.
- The shipment must have the same site as the consolidated shipment.
- The shipment must not be connected to another consolidated shipment.
- The shipment and the consolidated shipment must not have been delivered.
- The shipment must not have the Cancelled or Closed status.
- Loading must not be finished
- If you want to evaluate the transport capacity, this must have been defined either by manually entering the
weight and volume capacity in the consolidated shipment, by manually entering a transport unit type in the
consolidated shipment or by getting the transport unit type defaulted from the ship-via code.
To disconnect a shipment from a consolidated shipment:
- The shipment must be connected to a consolidated shipment.
- The shipment must not have been delivered.
- The shipment must not have the Cancelled or Closed status.
- Loading must not be finished
System Effects
When connecting a shipment to a consolidated shipment:
- The shipment is included in the consolidated shipment and can benefit from the features of the consolidated
shipment.
- The weight and volume of the shipment is added to the consolidated shipment.
- If any parameter is no longer common for all connected shipments, the parameter will no longer have any value
in the consolidated shipment. For example if the connected shipments have the same ship-via and then you connect
another shipment with a different ship-via, then the ship-via will no longer have any value in the consolidated
shipment.
When shipments are disconnected from a consolidated shipment:
- The shipment is excluded from the consolidated shipment.
- The weight and volume of the shipment is removed from the consolidated shipment.
- If any parameter from now on is common for all connected shipments, the parameter will have that value in the
consolidated shipment. For example if the disconnected shipment have a different ship-via than the rest of the
connected shipments, then the ship via from now on will have the common value in the consolidated shipment.