ASN 20 BR
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ASN 20 Core Needs
ASN 20 will extend ASN 1.X to provide the following functionality - see below.
- extend Shipper / ASN / Planner / Jaguar Ops functionality to:
- other MOTs (Air, Ocean, etc)
- any Client Company
- add some additional features
- introduce some changes
General BRBA
ASN Portal
When communicating with / selling to prospective clients we use term "Portal".
ASN Portal "automates" segment or entire supply chain for given company.
Client specific MOTs
We need ability to name MOTs using language of particular client.
Example: for Arden in terms of MOT Domestic Trucking there would be the following MOT options defined:
- Inbound Trucking - for all US/Canada moves
- Other trucking - for any other truck domestic such as in Europe
Also, we would like to have two level hierarchy for MOT:
- 1st level called mode
- 2nd level called submode
PO Issued By logic
- "PO issued by" logic will remain. PO issued by list will be complemented by several more items to cover International moves. This is how we define what planner manages what CTs (Shipper sets PO issued by tag on CT and Planner profile has a list of PO issued by values).
Shipper and ASN form
Choice of mode for Shipper
Particular Shipper user should have options:
- can not indicate MOT on ASN
- can indicate just some MOTs
Commodity line splits
If Planner would like to approve smaller quantity then system will create CT with rejected status notifying Shipper that he needs to re-submit.
For FCL offer Shipper to enter Container info
He should enter container info and link commodity lines to containers (optional).
If planner approves only partial ASN then drop this info.
Dims and CBM management
- add choice to enter cbm or dims per line item vs per table
Planner and Approval process
Approval mode is not same for all ASNs
Approval mode is MOT / PO Issued By / Shipper specific.
Air Approval
This is an additional approval layer. Some Air ASNs needs to pass it before being finally approved. Some planner users have this right.
Misc
Add Create GRP action to Virtual Group
After ASN 20 is deployed more shipment will require grouping. Need additional mechanism to facilitate that.
Add Clone User feature
We need to add Clone User feature.
It is required for this project because:
- new Shipper profile has many options to set and therefore it is time-consuming
- many shipper users will have similar profile
- we do not have mechanism in place (yet) to set Shipper values for multiple users at one time due to absence of such entity as Shipper Company with users linked to it
Simultaneous access to record by Shippers Planners and 3PL users/system for update
Open access to ASN record for edit to Shippers, Planners and 3PL users/systems for update until Pick Up actual date is set.
Shippers and 3PLs might add info after Planner edited it.
Some rules still exists as far as what can be edited and when. See list below:
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Add FTL vs LTL flag and add Truck table for FTL
- FTL - full truck load. Paid per track regardless of weight/volume. For very large shipments.
- LTL - less than truck load. Paid based on weight/volume. For small and medium shipments.
In ASN 2.0 we would like to request shipper to indicate what kind of shipment he is requesting.
Also this should be a sub-type of MOT offered to Shipper/Planner.
For FTL type of shipment we also would request truck related info - see below.
Add Truck info
For FTL shipments need truck related info such as:
- truck size
- trailer id
- seal number
- ability to map commodity items to particular truck
We want to request this info from Shippers when they submit ASN for FTL shipments.
Typical truck size values: 48 ft, 53 ft.
ASN transmit
- Need option to automatically forward approved shipment info to another company (to handle transportation instead of Jag Ops).
- Possibly need options:
- send as an xls attachment
- EDI/XML transfer
- other as defined by systems we interface with
- Options to:
- auto send based on MOT/lanes
- manually send
- Option to batch (send multiples in one transmission)
Preliminary demo to EA
IMPORTANT
Need to soon show core functionality to first prospective client - EA:
- create ASN for Air / Ocean with typical Arden approval options
Due date: end of 1st or 2nd week of Oct.
