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ASN 20 Solution

1 About
2 Preliminary Remarks
3 Misc Set 1
4 Misc Set 2
- 4.1 Add TMS E0 attribute
- 4.2 Tune Role Admin
5 Misc set 3
- 5.1 Add FTL vs LTL flag and add Truck table for FTL
- 5.2 ASN transmit
6 Portal
- 6.1 List of Portals and Portal Profile
7 Shipper Related Functionality
8 Planner Related Functionality
9 Jaguar Operator Related Functionality
- 9.1 ANA report
- 9.2 Jaguar Misc functionality
10 Final Tasks
11 Statements Of Work
12 CRWs

About

This wiki defines both Requirements and Solution for ASN 20 project.

Primary audience - Development Team (leads, developers) and Product Team (prod manager, business analysts).

Author: alex@jaguarfreight.com

Preliminary Remarks

Core Needs

Copied from #ASN 20 BR wiki.

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 (such as Additional MOT Air approval)

introduce some changes (such as FTL/LTL logic)

some not directly related to ASN functionality (such as merging Com and EQuery)

ASN 2.0 vs ASN 1.X

ASN 2.0 is an extension of ASN 1.X functionality.

This wiki maintains focus on explaining what to add and change without repeating in details what to carry over from previous version (ASN 1.X). At the same time I do briefly mention some of the major functionality that needs to be preserved.

ASN 2.0 vs International Portal

Originally this scope was kept under larger International Portal project. Most recently it was decided to extract ASN related functionality and implement it as soon as possible. This project is to be called ASN 2.0.

Some features that were developed or half-developed under I-Portal such as Flexible CT editor, merging of Client and Internal App were put on hold and are out of scope for this project.

Some features such as new User Roles Manager will be used for this module. But some adjustment is required (example: some Roles will be defined as Flexible and some as Built In).

Also we need to clearly define in the system option for Truck Domestic mode: TMS vs non-TMS.

Rapid development for ASN 2.0

We should try to take such development approach that allows for rapid first version that could change after we get additional understanding soon after (if we sell this solution). Ideally code that we write should not affect existing code that already supports ASN 1.X and CT2. Same would be true for database structure that supports existing data.

Demo version first

It is requested to produce demo version first (limited set of features, no need for production quality) within first 4-5 weeks of development.

Misc Set 1

These are Non Core (Peripheral) tasks.

Add Clone User feature

BR: ASN_20_BR#Add_Clone_User_feature

On UI level there would be "Clone" button on Admin > Users Admin panel.

Selecting one user and pressing "Clone" would open up Add New User panel with all info pre-populated from selected user except (these fields should be empty):

username
First / Last name
password
SkypeId
birthday
phone

Note to Developer
-----------------
We used to have this feature. After we merged Jag and Non-Jag profiles it disappeared. 
Search for this code and re-use if possible.

Post Impl Notes.

Implemented as defined in spec.

Add Create GRP action to Virtual Group

BR: ASN_20_BR#Add_Create_GRP_action_to_Virtual_Group

See mock up below.

On "Create GRP" load "Add shipment group" window:

List all CT numbers there.
if all CTs have same E0 and MOT then pre-fill these fields
if these CTs can't be grouped together provide Error message (try to re-use existing logic/code)

Create and consolidate TMS and ASN Admins

Create and consolidate TMS Admin

1) Create Admin > TMS menu item

2) Move Admin > Client Application > Admin > TMS to Admin > TMS

3) Associate Trailer payload Admin with TMS:

Move Admin > Transportation > Trailer Payload panel to Admin > TMS

Create and consolidate ASN Admin

1) Create Admin > ASN menu item

2) Move Admin > Client Application > Admin > Shipper Portal to Admin > ASN

Re-design SKU Map

SKU Map.

"SKU Map" aka "SKU to Planner mapping" as defined in ASN 1X is a table (uploaded in the form of xls) that links unique SKU# to SKU description and to planners name.

It provides auto-suggest for SKU description on ASN form and planner filter for List CTs under Planners login.

It was required only for CTs that are associated with one particular PO Issued By value.

Link to ASN 1X spec: ASN_1.X#SKU_to_Planner_Mapping_Feature.

SKU Map browser.

We need to add one simple important table: history of uploaded files with ability to View files and with these attributes per File entity:

file-name
file size
time-stamp when uploaded
who uploaded (username)

Currently, it is not possible to see even currently uploaded xls.

Figure below suggests possible UI design to satisfy stated functionality.

Upload button - to upload new files.
View button - to view existing.

Option with No:

Option with Yes:

Misc Set 2

Add TMS E0 attribute

Currently "TMS solution" supports only one Client Company (E0) at a time - we can not send shipments to TMS that are identified by more than one E0 - this case is not defined - no code or business process exists to handle this case properly. This restriction will remain in ASN 2.0.

We need to add parameter to the system that defines clearly what E0 "is linked to" Descartes TMS currently. This will help in :

reporting
- for example for DR/KPI reporting we will know in this case what CTs are linked to cost that we receive from TMS vs costs entered by operators. It is important because we keep these costs in different database tables for these two cases.

validation
- to make sure we do not send CTs from more than one E0 to TMS

See mock up below.

Tune Role Admin

Add Role Type attribute: Built In vs User Defined User Roles.

We have to distinguish between Built In and User Defined User Roles.

Also this should be obvious for the user - what role is of what type.

This is a new attribute of User Role Entity.

User Defined Role is a role that can be created and fully defined by user through Admin > Security > User Roles panel.

See UI changes on the Figure below:

1 - change button label

2 - add "Role Type" column

Add Generic Shipper and Generic Planner Built In User Roles.

Currently the only Shipper and related Planner roles defined in the system are "EA Shipper" and "EA Planner". These are built in roles.

They currently support only Elizabeth Arden (EA) Domestic Trucking workflow.

Since it is intention to increment/change EA workflow and also to add support for any Client Company without distracting existing operations we need to create two new built in roles "Generic Shipper" and "Generic Planner" that would fully satisfy ASN 2.0 requirements.

See #3 and #4 on the Figure above.

Deploy this into production. After release we should:

EA Shipper
EA Planner
Generic Shipper
Generic Planner

At that point In production we could:

start creating new Generic Shippers/Planners for any E0
transfer all users from EA Shipper to Generic Shipper
transfer all users from EA Planner to Generic Planner
remove EA Planner, EA Shipper (in the following Rel to Prod)

Important Note to Developer
------------------------
Code should be re-used by both EA and Generic Shipper/Planners. 
Obviously we should not create separate similar code for EA vs Generic roles.

Misc set 3

Add FTL vs LTL flag and add Truck table for FTL

BR/ISA: ASN 20 BRBA#Add FTL vs LTL flag and add Truck table for FTL

ASN transmit

BR/ISA: ASN_20_BRBA#ASN transmit

ASN transmit: Admin

Admin user should be able to add ASN Transmit Option.

Each ASN Transmit Option has the following attributes:

Name
- defined by user text; examples: Jaguar(CT2), Panalpina(3PL)

Type
- possible values: {System, User Defined}
  - System - hard coded option; for now it is only one: Jaguar(CT2)
  - User Defined - user can add and define options in this admin

Method
- for "Jaguar(CT2)" it should say "native/internal". In this case CT2 will internally open access to CT record to Jag Ops
- for all user defined it should provide drop down with one option: "email"

UI mock up: TBD.

Components using this:

#Create and Submit ASN Form
#Portal Profile: MOT Settings

ASN transmit: email option

option 1) One e-mail will have two attachments:

commodity info
- utilize existing "Download to xls format" but remove totals info

non-commodity info
- create similar format to above but list attribute/value vertically

option 2) One e-mail will have one attachment

Portal

ASN Portal is created for particular Company and its Supply Chain. Example: EA.

Therefore we need to create such entity in the system so we can define all properties associated with it.

We could have used Client Company E0 for that purpose but unfortunately we sometimes create multiple E0s for the same Company/Supply Chain. For example for EA we have:

"EA DOM PORTAL" E0 for USA Trucking Domestic shipments
"Elizabeth Arden" E0 for Air and Ocean shipments

So in the case above we will create Portal named "EA" and associate it with all relevant E0s: in this case "Elizabeth Arden" and "EA DOM PORTAL".

List of Portals and Portal Profile

List of Portals

Add this to Admin > ASN .

This is a panel that lists all existing Portals in the system.

Each portal listed with some additional information:

number of linked E0s
number of linked users that are just Shippers
number of linked users that are just Planners
number of linked users that are both Shippers and Planners

On "Add" or "Edit" system shows #Portal Profile.

See mock up below.

Portal Profile

Portal Profile has several sections - see below.

Note to developer
-----------------
I suggest that we implement UI similarly to Client Companies:
a) Add/Edit results in a pop-up window.
b) We utilize a mix of <tabbox/> and <groupbox/> with <caption/> to present various sections.

Portal Profile: General Settings Section

In this section the following 3 parameters have to be defined:

Portal Name:
- user will name it here

Portal Note:
- some useful memos could be posted here to preserve knowledge for other admin users

Related E0s:
- list of E0s that would be used "under this Portal"

See UI mock up below.

Portal Profile: MOT Settings Section

In this section we define all desirable configurations under specific portal that relates to the following parameters:

MOT:

- "native" to CT2 MOTs

Synonym (mode) and Synonym (sub-mode)

- this combination is just a synonym for MOT

- two values define two dropdowns on ASN form

From:

- options:

- Regions (multi with any)

- Countries (multi with any)

- Shippers (multi with any)

- see also #ASN transmit

To:

- options:

- Regions (multi with any)

- Countries (multi with any)

- Shippers (multi with any)

- see also #ASN transmit

Transmit To:

- see also #ASN transmit

Link to E0:

- see explanation here: #Portal

See UI mock up below.

List:

Edit:

Portal Profile: Approval Settings Section

Specific portal could have option to transmit all ASNs to 3PLs for transportation as they get submitted by Shippers or could provide separate layer for approval workflow:

option 1) All ASNs will be transmitted to 3PLs for transportation automatically
option 2) At least some ASNs needs to go through approval process

If option 2 is selected then additional information needs to be defined such as:

PO Issued By list
approval mode for every PO Issued By/MOT combination

- possible values: {Auto, Single, Double}

Air Approval and Cargo Due date settings

UI mock-up:

Note to developer
-----------------
Feel free to implement another UI equivalent to above.

Edit or Delete Portal

Select portal from #List of Portals and apply action.

Make PO Issued By List Portal specific

This feature is already in the system.

Since every Supply Chain/Company has its own PO Issued By List it has to be defined in Portal profile - see #Portal Profile.

Since approval type will be Portal specific we have to move related parameters there as well - - see #Portal Profile.

Existing list is located under Admin > Transportation > PO Issued By.

It needs to be again defined for Portal once we migrate from EA Shipper to Generic Shipper.

SKU Map should be PO Issued By specific and Portal specific

This feature is already in the system.

Now SKU Map should become Portal specific - see #Portal Profile: Approval Section.

Y vs N indicate if SKU Map is used for selected PO Issued By or not.

SKU Map is not required feature therefore default is N.

On "Add" the following pop-up will be produced - see #Re-design SKU Map.

Shipper Related Functionality

New Shipper Profile

Shipper Profile: General section

We have the following fields:

Portal:
- change: used to be linked to (create ASNs for) one E0

Shipper (T1):
- remains the same

Shipments weight in:
- remains the same

See mock up below.

Shipper Profile: Portal specific section

For every Portal defined in General section we can define the following:

Approval mode for every PO Issued By/MOT combination
- By default these settings are taken from Portal profile

Air Approval and Cargo Due date settings
- By default these settings are taken from Portal profile

Available MOT setting
- we define can Shipper select mode at all or not
- if Yes then we define what mode (out of defined in Portal modes) he can select

See mock up below.

New ASN Form

ASN form and logic: list of changes.

Here is a brief list of changes for ASN form and on submit logic:

Add mode/sub-mode fields
Show truck table for FTL
Show container table for FCL
on submit create CT records based on new special algorithm
new dims and CBM management

ASN form mock up.

See below mock up for Ocean FCL case.

Add mode and submode.

Add (Transport) "Mode" + "Sub-Mode" as defined through "MOT synonym" - see #Portal Profile: MOT Settings Section.

Truck and container tables on ASN form.

Show truck table for FTL
Show container table for FCL

New dims and CBM management

Add choice to enter cbm or dims per line item vs per table.

On submit algorithm.

If ASN is associated with E0 that is associated with TMS (see #Add TMS E0 attribute)

Then keep existing ASN 1.X logic (create separate CT for each commodity table)

Else create one CT with multiple lines in commodity table (as defined on ASN form).

This CT will have status new and appear under radar of appropriate planners.

Preview and Confirmation Screen.

Preserve such logic defined in ASN 1.X.

Show these screens on submit:

Preview Screen
Confirmation Screen

See it defined here: ASN 1.X#Create_CT_record. (NOTE: This wiki might not be completely up to date, functionality in production is more relevant).

Email Notifications on ASN submit.

Send Notification email to Shipper who created record on ASN submit (as defined in ASN 1.X).

ASN info access after submit

To remind once ASN is submitted the following could happen in terms of ASN info access:

if no approval process defined then:
- CT record created based on ASN will show up on #ANA report or be transmitted to other 3PLs

if approval process is defined then:
- CT record created based on ASN will become available to Jag Ops or other 3PLs
- It will become available for planners for approval process

In both cases above shipper user can edit CT record until "ASN locked for edit condition":

Actual pick up date is set.

Shipments List for a Shipper user

Add mode and sub-mode columns and filters.

Preserve existing logic. See ASN_1.X#View_list_of_CT_records_as_a_shipper.

But need to add mode and sub-mode columns.

See (1) and (2) on mock up below.

Add Display one line per CT option.

If un-selected then show all commodity items.

If selected then fields that have different values across commodity items should show "var" (for various) and ideally on mouse over show all values.

See (4) on a mock up below.

Shippers UI in case of multiple Portals.

In this case Shipper need to choose from the list of Portals to see shipments for particular Portal.

See (3) on a mock up below.

This is due to business requirement to not mix CTs within different Portals.

Edit, Clone, Delete CT records as a Shipper

Preserve existing logic. See ASN_1.X#Core Shipper Functionality.

Shipments List mock up.

See mock up below.

Planner Related Functionality

New Planner Profile

Each Planner is associated with multiple Portals.

Under each Portal we need to define his role separately for each PO Issued By.

See mock up below.

Planners that handle #Air Approval Type defined as Air Planners.

Shipments List for a Planner user

Preserve existing functionality: ASN_1.X#View_list_of_CT_records_as_a_planner

Planners UI in case of multiple Portals.

Please apply same approach to UI as for Shipper in this case.

Add type of planner to UI.

Add type of planner to Planner UI.

It should be a simple label. Examples:

You are a Super Planner
You are a Regular and Air Planner

Shipments List for a Planner mock up.

See below.

Additional features (1),(2),(3),(4) are defined in #Shipments List for a Shipper user

Approval related logic

Preserve existing functionality: ASN_1.X#Authorize_CT_records.

Also introduce some additional functionality and changes as defined below.

Approval algorithm

Under one ASN planner might set different status for every commodity line. Every time Planner process multiple lines:

create one CT for all rejected records
create one CT for all on hold records
create one CT per MOT for all approved records

NOTE: all commodities that are combined in one CT must have same "header" info (origin, destination, etc).

Note to developer.
-------------------
CT# that was created from ASN originally will not be re-used in above process or not.

Approval types summary

single - defined in ASN 1.X
double - defined in ASN 1.X
no approval - new type - see below
air approval - new type - below

Air Approval Type

This is an additional layer of approval for Air shipments that is required before CTs become visible to Jag Ops.

CTs created by Shipper Users that have this approval type selected would require Planner User who's is "Air Planner" to approve these shipments.

No Approval Type

This is a.k.a. Auto Approval.

CTs created by Shipper Users that have this approval type selected would be automatically available for Jag Ops bypassing any approval layer (unless Air Approval is required).

After Approval logic

Reminder that once CT is approved one of these two things would happen:

it becomes available on dashboard for Jaguar Ops
it is transmitted to other 3PLs

Notifications by Planner

Preserve ASN 1X notification:

on any approval related status assignment/change (by Planner) - email to Shipper

Jaguar Operator Related Functionality

There are number of changes required on internal for ASN 20 version. See below.

ANA report

As in ASN 1X shipments that are approved (or not require approval) are ready for Transportation and need to come under radar of operators so that they can be handled.

This is achieved by Approved But Not Actioned shipments Dashboard Report (aka ANA Report).

It is similar in spirit and functionality to TDS Dashboard in ASN 1X for TMS (Truck Dom Stats) shipments for EA.

Newly approved shipments should appear on DR and stay there until they are noticed and acted on by an operator.

NOTE(!): TMS CTs should not be a part of this report as they are part of TDS.

ANA report level 1

Information is structured by Client and by #Transport Mode.

See mock up below.

For every such group of shipments two counters provided in the form of X/Y.

ANA status

ANA - approved (but not yet actioned);

CT has AR status if both conditions below are met:

approved: CT "passed approval process" - approved by all planners involved or no approval was required

not actioned: PU Trucker not assigned AND CTs not grouped AND Master not created AND none of Ref Num is assigned

ANA report level 2

Display (as on TDS):

shipments with details (selected attributes)
filters

Note that the following columns have been added in ASN 20:

MOT
Orig country
Dest country
CBM
Haz, Y/N

Add to table below and filters.

Please note that in comparison with TDS there are no tabs here.

Instead there is a label identifying Client E0 and ANA status.

See mock up below:

ANA report on Reports Scheduler

Should be managed through Reports Scheduler (with dashboard option).

Filters:

E0 multiselect - limits list of client companies available on DR
MOT multiselect - limits list of MOTs available on DR - see below

E-mail option was not requested so please disable that option.

Jaguar Misc functionality

Add some fields on Internal to Gen Tab

All new fields defined for AS 20 needs to be shown/managed on internal (at the bottom of Gen Tab for all MOTs):

cargo available
cargo due
planner (uname/fname/lname)
shipper (uname/fname/lname)
PO Issued By
Approval type

Notifications by Jag Ops.

The following ASN 1X notification should remain:

on Trucker assign (by Jag Ops) - email to Shipper

Final Tasks

Add Standard Archiving and Logs

For all new entity admins Standard Archiving functionality needs to be implemented
All user actions needs to be logged using Standard Logs

Add E0 specific Pick Up and Delivery Addresses

On ASN Form it would make most sense to display only Pick Up (Origin Door) and Delivery (Destination Door) Locations that are relevant to specific Supply Chain (E0).

These two lists could be defined in a Client Company profile.

One Shipper normally has many Pick Up and many Delivery Locations of course so wee need multiselect on UI.

Add these controls to a separate tab.

We also have to provide alternative to use addresses defined here or any address from Address book.

To achieve that:

create 2 radio buttons separately for Pick Up and Delivery
option 1: "Use addresses defined here"
option 2: "Use Pick Up (T4 list) and Delivery Locations (T7 list) from CT2 Address Book"

Default is option 2 and therefore shippers will choose from any address available in the system.

[Mock Up TBD]

VG number feature (Optional task)

Add possibility to generate unique number associated with current VG.

Benefits:

it works like "saved filter": by entering this number operator can quickly re-create CT list and continue working with this group
helps in communication between operators
helps in communication between operators and non jaguar users
can be used in the future:
- to generate docs, in accounting docs
- each shipment leg can be associated with separate VG and hold specific to that leg values

Notes:

- see mock up below
- button "Generate" - see 1
- VG Note (hint on what type of CTs are in this group) - see 2

Display list of generated VG numbers:
- show it under Main menu > Virtual Group > History
- display a table
- columns:
  - date/time
  - VG #
  - who generated
  - VG Note
- most recent records first
- checkbox filter: show my VG only