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Trailer units make up the logistic processing of transports with trailers.

 

You need a trailer unit if a trailer is moved by more than one tractor.

You configure the most important settings for the trailer units in the transportation unit type. For more information, see   Freight Order Management   Transportation Unit   Define Transportation Unit Types  .

You cannot perform subcontracting for trailer units.

Structure

Trailer units contain the following information:

  • General data such as locations and dates

    You can enter one-time locations at stage level. The system stores these new locations and adjusts stages in the document. It also adjusts the locations in the assigned execution documents.

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    However, you should continue to make changes to existing locations in the master data.

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  • Transportation stages

    On the Stages tab, you see the following information:

    • Assignment of the trailer to one or more tractors

    • Route the trailer will take

    • Transportation stage types

    You can also apply a standard route (see Standard Route) and perform a simple scheduling.

  • Freight

    On the Freight tab page, the following information is displayed:

    For more information, see Cargo Management.

  • Overview

    The Overview tab is an integrated view of the Stages and Freight tabs. It contains the following information:

    • Assignment of the trailer to one or more tractors

    • Route the trailer will take

    • The maximum utilization as well as planned departure and arrival times

  • Execution information, for example, actual departure times

    Furthermore, you can directly report events.

  • Document dependencies as well as predecessor and successor documents (document flow)

  • Status information and blocking information (see Statuses of Business Documents and Blocking Information)