Vehicle Resource

Definition

Resource that is used in the Transportation Planning/Vehicle Scheduling (TP/VS) component.

Use

You use vehicle resources as planning objects in TP/ VS. Vehicle resources map the capacity and availability of vehicles that you want to use for transportation.

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  • You cannot define the available capacity for this resource type dependent on time.

  • However, you can define a time-dependent availability using shift sequences.

You can choose up to eight dimensions and units of measurement to describe the capacity ( Weight and Volume are predefined by default). Only if these correspond to the dimensions and units of measurement that you have defined in a split rule can the optimizer take into account the vehicle capacity. For more information, see Dimensions and Units of Measurement .

  • If you want to check the capacity using the dimensions, set the Finite Planning indicator.

  • In manual planning, you can overload the capacity of a resource.

Integration

To be able to define vehicle resources, you must have defined means of transport. The following figure represents the relationship between vehicle resources, means of transport, and transportation modes.

The vehicle resource is a concrete means of transport, for example, the ship “Santa Maria”. Means of transport are classes of vehicle resources, for example, a container ship or cargo ship. You assign a means of transport to each vehicle resource. The transportation mode specifies how the goods are transported, for example, as a sea shipment. You assign transportation modes to means of transport.

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You define modes of transportation in Customizing. They must agree with the modes of transport that you have defined in the ERP system.

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Schedule Vehicles

In TP/VS you can plan with schedule vehicles, in other words, vehicle resources with a schedule. To do this, you must set the Schedule indicator for the means of transport that you want to assign to the vehicle resource. You can then assign this vehicle resource to a schedule. For more information about schedules, see Definition of Schedules .

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  • Only if you have assigned a means of transport suitable for schedules to a vehicle resource after creating a shipment, can this vehicle resource also be used for other shipments for the duration of the transportation.

  • The optimizer does not consider opening times at the locations which the schedule vehicle visits as constraints.

Your Own Vehicle Resources

You define your own vehicle resources using the means of transport by specifying that it is your own means of transport. You then assign this means of transport to your vehicle resource You can assign your own vehicle resource to a depot location.

Trailer

You can define vehicle resources that cannot move by themselves. For more information, see Trailer .

Vehicle Combination

You can combine vehicle resources to make vehicle combinations. For more information, see Means-of-Transport Combination .

Compartment

You can divide the loading space of a vehicle resource into compartments .