Show TOC

Object documentationTransportation Stops

 

For a business document in freight order management (in other words freight order, freight booking, freight unit, and transportation unit), a transportation stop describes the following:

  • An action that is performed at a particular location

  • The time at which this action is performed

Each business document includes at least two transportation stops.

The sequence of transportation stops is defined solely using the stop successor.

  • The stop successor is a subnode of a transportation stop.

  • The stop successor can be viewed as a transportation stage.

Current Transportation Stop

The current transportation stop is the stop where you are working at a particular time. In freight order management, the concept of the current transportation stop supports multi-pickup and multi-delivery scenarios.

Example Example

You have created a freight order for a multi-pickup going from A to B to C. Goods are to be loaded at A and B. Goods are to be unloaded at B and C.

In the course of transportation planning, the system views A, B, and then C as the current transportation stop:

  • First, A is the current transporation stop.

  • After you have reported that the truck has left A, the system views the inbound stop at B as the current transportation stop, as the unloading at B will be the next activity.

  • After you have reported the end of unloading, the outbound stop at B becomes the current transportation stop.

  • After you have reported that the truck has left B, the system views the inbound stop at C as the current stop.

  • If there were additional transportation stops, the system would view them one after the other as the current transportation stop.

End of the example.

The concept of the current transportation stop has the following consequences:

  • Items tab page

    On this tab page, the current transportation stop is displayed. In the Change Hierarchy field, you can choose between the following views:

    • Display cargo that is only relevant for the current transportation stop

    • Display cargo that is relevant for all transportation stops

    Note Note

    The Items tab page replaces the Cargo Management tab page in the freight order and in the ocean freight booking. You can personalize your user interface in such a way that the system displays the old tab page.

    This information is displayed on the Capacity and Cargo tab page in the air freight booking. This information is displayed on the Cargo tab page in the transportation unit (trailer unit, railcar unit, and container unit).

    End of the note.

  • Execution activities

    If, for example, you set a freight order to Departed at header level, the system automatically triggers the departure event for the current transportation stop.

Structure

The transportation stop comprises the following data:

  • Stop ID

  • Stop type

    Each intermediate stop has an inbound and an outbound stop.

  • Stop role, for example standard stop or freight unit stop

  • Fixing

  • Information about whether the stop can be used as capacity

  • Location data, in other words logistical location and address

  • Times, for example pickup and delivery times, planned transportation times, appointments

    For more information, see Dates/Times in Freight Order Management.

  • Assignment to capacity

    For freight units, trailer units, and railcar units, the assignment to resources and freight documents is displayed in the transportation stop.