Separate Freight Order created for each stage

[Former Member]

Hello,

Issue: The requirement is to create a single freight order for multiple stages of a forwarding order

Details: A default route is being used from A => B => C => D, each leg is a separate stage, i.e. stage 1: A=>B, stage 2: B=>C , Stage 3: C=> D.

Now, on planning with the optimizer the requirement is that a single freight order should be created for multiple stages of the FWO (Stage 1, stage 2, stage 3 - Freight Order 1).

Currently an individual freight order is being created for every stage (stage 1 - freight order 1, stage 2 - freight order 2, stage 3 - freight order 3).

Forwarding Order Setup:

A (Pick Up) => B (Pick Up)
B (Pick Up) => D (drop)

Default Route:

A => B
B=> C
C => D

Current Optimizer Result:

FO1 => Stage 1 - A=> B
FO2 => Stage 2 - B=> C
FO3 => Stage 3 - C=> D

Expected Optimizer Result: (only 1 freight order should be created for all three stages)

FO1 => Stage 1 - A=> B
FO1 => Stage 2 - B=> C
FO1 => Stage 3 - C=> D

Regards,
Sourav

[sarah_moes]

A default route has stops which are considered transshipment locations, so the optimizer generates a freight order for each stage when considering the default route. This occurs because goods are unloaded and reloaded at a transshipment location.

If you would still like to use a default route to control the freight order stages per your requirements, you can adjust your planning settings so the optimizer does not consider default routes. Instead, customize your planning strategy (i.e. VSR_1STEP) to include a Z method at the end to look up the relevant default route and insert its intermediate stops. (I have used this solution in the past)

Alternatively, you can consider using a road carrier schedule which also has a stop sequence. With schedules, the goods aren't unloaded and reloaded, so the stages are planned together on one freight order. But it may not make sense to maintain the schedule data for your scenario.