Tour Determination 

Use

The system uses tour determination during Dynamic Transportation Planning.

The system also uses tour determination when creating shipments (manually) for entering default values in the following shipment header fields:

·        Tractor

·        Trailer

·        Driver

·        Alternate driver

Process Flow

       1.      The system uses tour determination in Dynamic Transportation Planning as follows:

If no vehicle or driver is specified in the visit list, the system uses the route, visit plan type, and transportation planning point to read the first tour. The system adopts the tour data (tractor, trailer, driver, alternate driver) and the capacity limits Number of Stops and Max. Duration from the tour. The system assigns deliveries to the tractor and trailer until there are no deliveries left to be distributed, or until the first capacity limit has been reached. If one of the named criteria is met, the shipment is completed in the system. If the settings for the visit plan type allow this, the system reads the second tour and assigns the other deliveries.

       2.      For manual creation of shipments the system uses tour determination as follows:

If you enter a route and a sequence number in the shipment header, the system uses the visit plan type for which the Manual shipment flag is set in Customizing to read the relevant tour. The system copies the values maintained during this tour for tractor, trailer, driver, and alternate driver to the fields with the same name in the shipment header.