Pool Point
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There are 2 levels on how to decipherer if a shipment should go through a pool point. | There are 2 levels on how to decipherer if a shipment should go through a pool point. | ||
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* NY, NJ, CT, going to destination states VA, ME | * NY, NJ, CT, going to destination states VA, ME | ||
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* ME, going to VA (this is a rarer business case, about 20%) | * ME, going to VA (this is a rarer business case, about 20%) | ||
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* Total gross weight is less than 44000 LB | * Total gross weight is less than 44000 LB | ||
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* Total pallet count (stackable) is less than 60 | * Total pallet count (stackable) is less than 60 | ||
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| + | It is possible that CT records can meet the above criteria and the business side would not want to send it through the pool point for a few different reasons. It could be the shipment is very urgent or it could be that it's not cost effective as the number of pallets and gross weight are high, but less than the criteria. | ||
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Revision as of 21:22, 1 December 2010
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This article is about adding the concept and functionality into CT2 for pool point shipments according to the Arden domestic business process.
Business Requirements
Core Business Need: Currently the Arden domestic team is using the TMS to create and tender loads from the same origin company/city going to VA and/or ME by using a pool point. One trucker who collects all of the pickups through out the day and another trucker who picks up all of them to deliver. Since the Arden team creates multiple pool point loads throughout the day from different origins, the TM will always create 2 loads - one from the pickup location to the pool point and the other from the pool point to the delivery location. But in reality the delivery will only be 1 or maybe 2 trailer loads and this is causing inaccurate trailer counts for reporting purposes.
Pool Point Criteria
Currently there is 1 pool point - Jewels Transportation, who are in Newark, NJ. They collect all of the Tri-State area (NY, NJ, CT) pickups and once the shipments are back in their warehouse, they load empty trailers for the delivery carriers (Lawrence Transportation &/or Albert Farms).
There are 2 levels on how to decipherer if a shipment should go through a pool point.
1st are the origin & destinations:
- NY, NJ, CT, going to destination states VA, ME
- TN, GA, NC, SC & VA, going to destination city/state NY, NY (Manhattan, aka NYC)
- ME, going to VA (this is a rarer business case, about 20%)
2nd are the total number of pallets & total gross weight:
- Total gross weight is less than 44000 LB
- Total pallet count (non-stack) is less than 28
- Total pallet count (stackable) is less than 60
It is possible that CT records can meet the above criteria and the business side would not want to send it through the pool point for a few different reasons. It could be the shipment is very urgent or it could be that it's not cost effective as the number of pallets and gross weight are high, but less than the criteria.
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Design Ideas
To have the system check every approved CT record to see if meets the #pool point criteria before sending them to the TM.
- If record meets the criteria: have the system would then create 2 copies of that 1 record in the background - 1 from the pickup location to the pool point and 1 from the pool point to the deliver to location.
- IE CT 121245 has
