Select Shipments: Utilization of Capacity 

Use

This report enables you to combine shipments as efficiently as possible by allowing you to enter, in the selection screen of the list, the percentage of weight and volume for shipment utilization for the shipments you wish to display. For this purpose, you specify the packaging material type and the percentage rate of shipment utilization with respect to weight or volume allowed for the handling units in the shipment and for the specified packaging material type. Using this report you can determine which shipments are not utilized to the full extent and are therefore to be considered "inefficient"; on the basis of this information you can then take appropriate measures, for example, by assigning additional deliveries.

Features

The system selects all those shipments whose weight or volume percent of utilization is equal to or less than the level you specify in the selection screen. You can select two different views on the list screen. The first view contains exact details on the percentage of the shipment capacity utilized in terms of weight and volume as well as general data, such as the transportation planning point, shipment type, and forwarding agent. The second view contains the deadline specifications. The functions are the same as those provided for transportation planning.

Processing

From this list you can branch directly to the selected shipment documents in order to execute changes in the shipments and assign additional deliveries to the shipments.

Example

A planner wants to find out how the planned shipments are utilized so far, that is, shipments that are planned, but not yet finally scheduled. In addition to the standard selection criteria (shipment type, total status of shipment, planning final date), the planner can specify the packaging material type Truck, and a maximum weight utilization of 70%.

See also:

Editing Shipment Lists

Creating Utilization Lists