Quantities and Capacities
The following describes how quantities and capacities are used in freight orders and freight bookings. Quantities include weights.
Features
Quantities
The system copies planned quantities from the predecessor document, forwarding order for example, to your freight orders and freight bookings.
You can enter actual quantities manually in your freight orders and freight bookings. In the following cases, the system adds the actual quantities automatically:
If you set a business document item to
Quantity Received as Planned
Direct integration with SAP Extended Warehouse Management (see Delivery-Based Integration with SAP EWM and Transit Warehousing)
Integration with SAP Event Management
The table below illustrates how the system totals the quantities:
Level | Gross Weight | Gross Volume | Net Weight | Number of Pieces | Tare Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Booking (Header) | N/A | N/A | Weight of all containers, products and packages | Total number of containers | N/A |
Container | Weight of all packages and products in this container plus the weight of the container | Volume of container | Weight of all packages and products in this container | Number of containers | Weight of container |
Package | Weight of all packages and products in this package plus the weight of the package | Volume of package | Weight of all products and packages in this package | N/A | Weight of package |
Product | Weight of product | Volume of product | N/A | Number of products | N/A |
The gross weight is made up of the net weight and the tare weight. The net weight corresponds to the gross weight of the underlying item.
Note
For air freight bookings, the system does not take into account the tare weight when calculatiing the gross weight.
The total number of TEUs is displayed in the header level of the posting.
The totaling takes place from item level to header level. For more information about totaling, see Example of Quantity Totaling.
You can enter discrepancies (see Discrepancies and Events).
You can enter shipper's load and count (SLAC) for freight bookings. For freight bookings with reference to a forwarding order, the system copies SLAC from the forwarding order. SLAC denotes the total number of pieces of the smallest packaging unit in a container. The system also displays SLAC at container level. The system automatically calculates the total number of pieces of the largest packaging unit in a container (packages contained).
Example
A forwarding order comprises 3 pallets, each with 25 boxes. Each box contains 12 plates.
Packages contained: 3 (pallets)
SLAC: 75 (3 x 25 boxes)
Capacities
For freight orders, the system copies over the capacities from the vehicle resource that you enter in the freight order (also applies to passive vehicle resources).
You have the following options for freight postings:
You enter the equipment group and the equipment type. The system uses the corresponding capacities that you defined in Customizing (see Consideration of Equipment Data During FU Creation).
You specify the number of TEUs.
Utilization
To calculate the utilization of a freight order, the system compares the planned quantities and actual quantities. The relevant utilization is displayed at stage level. The maximum utilization of the most critical quantity of the most critical stage is displayed at header level. If confirmed quantities exist for an item, the system uses these to calculate the utilization.
You can display the utilization of a freight order for each stage and each relevant dimension in the form of a diagram. This function is also available in the transportation cockpit.
The utilization of a freight posting refers to the number of containers used. A container is classed as used in the following cases:
You have loaded it with goods. It does not matter if the container is full or not.
It is a FCL container (FCL = Full Container Load). This means the customer has already included the container as a FCL container in the forwarding order.
Example
A freight posting is made up of five containers. You load three containers with goods. This means the utilization of the freight posting is 60%.
On header level, the system displays the utilization of all loaded forwarding orders (that is, freight units) with regards to the total booked capacity for air freight bookings.