D34 - Transportation Management

A customer has signed a transport order with a Logistics Service Provider. The business process starts with creating a sales order and calculating the expected freight costs. Based on the LSP booking automatically an outbound delivery is created with the required handling units (pallets).

The outbound delivery serves as a basis for the required shipments (preliminary, main, subsequent). The shipments are planned and executed by the forwarding agents. The handling units are loaded at the customer departure point and unloaded at the customer ship-to address.

After the execution of the shipments the shipment costs are settled with the carriers. Finally the calculated shipment costs are billed to the customer.

Process Flow

• Creation of LSP booking including freight cost simulation.
• Report planned costs and revenues.
• Prepare delivery, handling units & HU labels.
• Create shipments (pre leg, main leg & sub leg)
• Send shipment documents to carrier.
• Load handling units at customer departure point.
• Shipment completion status (pre leg) via web.
• Plan main shipment & assign vehicle.
• Shipment completion status (main leg).
• Execute subsequent shipment.
• Unload HU's at customer destination point.
• Shipment completion status (sub leg) via web.
• Create customer invoice.
• Create shipment cost documents.
• Freight cost settlement (internal / external).
• Freight invoice check.
• Results analysis & profitability analysis.

Function List

• Create sales order incl. freight cost simulation.
• Automatic creation of delivery & handling units, print HU labels.
• Plan shipments (main leg, pre leg and sub leg).
• Assign vehicles & shipment execution.
• Load/unload handling units using mobile data entry (RF scanning).
• Customer billing.
• Freight cost settlement.
• Reporting: results analysis & profitability analysis.

Key Points

• LSP Order Management
• Freight Cost Simulation
• Transportation Planning & Execution
• Load / unload handling units using mobile data entry
• Shipment Cost Settlement
• For internal & external forwarding agent
• Customer Billing