SAP TM Freight unit building rule FUBR

[former_member645126]

Hi experts,

I created Forwarding order with 1 position (product) and there should be a FUBR.

I also have 4 trucks with capacities 5, 7, 10 and 13 tons. That is why, I don't know how should we split freight units by 5, by 7, by 10 or by 13 tons. If I make a FUBR with split = 5 tons I will not be able to plan this FUs with for example 7 ton-capacity truck, because I MUST load my truck full.

So, how should I split my Freight units in FUBR? 1 FU = 1 ton?

Thanks,

Georgiy Savlaev

[jpbernals · Accepted solution]

As it was already mentioned, this depends on your scenario. In my various implementations, the rule we try to follow is, try to set the split as big as the transportation operation lets you, trying to reduce the quantity of FUs for the optimizer to consider.

This are the implications:

- if you choose a very small quantity, you will be sending a lot of FUs to the Optimizer and this will impact in performance (time to get the best possible solution).

- if you choose a big split quantity, you can fall in that scenario were you have a resource with capacity of 5 Tons and 2 FUs of 3 Tons each, so only one of them will be planned.

Its important also to consider that, according to the material properties, you may also have partial FUs, this means that, for example, for Material 1 - 1PC=500KG, you have a FWO with 3PC for Material 1 and your FUBR is set to a split of 2 Tons. this will create just 1 FU with 1.5 Tons, so you will have 0.75 FUs.

If you handle different products with different properties, you could set your split to 5 Tons, understanding that not all the FUs will come out as 5 Tons.

If you want a more standardized solution and considering that your resources capacities doesn't have a common multiple, I would recommend you go with the 1 Ton split.

Again, it's all about your scenario,don't forget to keep it simple and, the less variables you send to the optimizer the fastest you will receive the best possible solution.

[former_member645126 · Accepted solution]

Hi Juan,

Thank you very much.

Regards,

Georgiy

[robenm]

As other have already mentioned this is escenario dependent.

However, according yo what you mention, there are two possible solutions to your requirement and it depends on what's more common.

Is it more common for the LSP/FF to have a big quantity of small orders (5 tons or less)? Then set the split limit to the lowest resource capacity.

Is it more common for the LSP/FF to have a big quantity of big orders (more than 7 tons but less or equal to 10 tons)? Then set the split limit to the highest resource capacity.

You could also take into account how many vehicle resources they have of each capacity. If they have few 10 tons vehicles then it isn't good to set the split limit to that capacity since there would be many orders left unplanned because of a lack of resources.

If they consolidate transportation requirements for multiple customers then the optimizer should fill the gaps to have good utilization with other smaller loads.

Expecting to always have 100% resource utilization is not realistic. So I doubt you can fulfill a full truck 100% of the time.

Regards,

Roberto Nanga

[01a02b03c]

There isn't a golden rule for it. It depends on your scenario. Small split quantity will plan more in detail. But more FU's will ask more Optimizer performance, so you have to find out the best solution for your scenario.

[01a02b03c]

This depends on your scenario. Are you using the VSR Optimizer for planning or are you planning manual? In case of Optimizer planning you have to create a split quantity that will fit in all resource types. For manual planning you can for example create 1 FU per FWO and split it manual in the Transportation Cockpit if needed.

Regards,

René

[former_member645126]

Hi René,

I am using VSR optimizer. So there can be resources with various capacities from 5 to 30 ton. That is why I should split my FUs by 1 ton. Am I right?

Thanks,

Georgiy