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 Route Determination Profile

Definition

Profile that contains control parameters for dynamic route determination.

Use

You can use the route determination profile to define the steps that route determination is to execute and for which orders.

Structure

You can define the following parameters, for example, in the route determination profile:

  • Strategy

    The strategy controls the steps that dynamic route determination performs. SAP delivers a standard strategy. You can define your own strategies in Customizing for Transportation Planning/Vehicle Scheduling (TP/VS) under Dynamic Route Determination .

  • Sorting

    You use the Sorting indicator to define how the system is to sort the results of dynamic route determination, for example, by total costs.

  • Simulation mode

    You use the Do Not Save/Block indicator to control whether the system is to save shipment proposals and block resources.

    Note Note

    Note that you block resources for other users if you do not set the indicator.

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  • Interactive selection

    You can use the Interactive Selection indicator to control whether the system displays all the shipment proposals that it determines during dynamic route determination on the user interface, or if it is to automatically select the best shipment proposal in the background.

    If there are multiple freight units assigned to different route determination profiles and you have set this indicator in at least one of these route determination profiles, the system displays the shipment proposals for all the freight units on the user interface. The system only automatically selects the best shipment proposal in the background if you have not set this indicator in any of the route determination profiles assigned.

  • Order filtering

    The system determines the route determination profile with the suitable condition and the highest priority for each order or freight unit.

    Recommendation Recommendation

    We do not recommend that you use the Product field in the condition. If a freight unit consists of multiple order items with different products, the Product field is not filled at header level in the freight unit. For this reason, the system might not be able to take into account this condition correctly.

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  • Fixed transportation duration

    You can specify whether the system is to use a fixed transportation duration or is to take into account the transportation lane as the basis for scheduling.

  • Delivery group correlation

    In the case of the delivery group correlation, the system tries to schedule the shipment proposals in such a way that all the items in a delivery group fall within a tolerance that you have defined.

  • Planning horizon

    You use the planning horizon to define the time period in which the system can schedule shipments. When you call dynamic route determination from the planning view, the system takes into account the planning horizon from the optimization profile.

  • Windows

    You can specify whether the system is to take into account pickup or delivery windows during dynamic route determination, or if it is to schedule on the basis of the requested delivery date/time.

  • Cost profile

    Dynamic route determination determines the TSP-dependent costs on the basis of the cost profile .

  • Resource and transportation service provider assignment

    You can specify the resources, transportation service providers (TSPs), and means of transport that dynamic route determination is to take into account.

    Note Note

    To define route determination profiles, on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Start of the navigation path Advanced Planning and Optimization Next navigation step Transportation Planning/Vehicle Scheduling Next navigation step Environment Next navigation step Current Settings Next navigation step Dynamic Route Determination Next navigation step Define Route Determination Profile. End of the navigation path

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