Pool Point

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"Pool Point" is a project. Main goal is to add Pool Point concept to the CT2 system.

First attempt was in 2010. See #Ver 1. This was never implemented.

Second attempt is current (2013). See #Ver2.

Ver 1

This section was commented out.


Ver 2

Parent mantis: 4168

Definitions

Client Company

Company that contacted Jaguar to ask to assist in shipping some goods.

It will be billed by Jaguar.

CT

In CT2 system it is a certain amount of goods (aka commodities) combined together and associated with one shipment order made by a #Client Company.

It has a unique id# called CT# and properties such as weight, volume, Origin, Destination, etc.

Properties of commodities are defined in Commodity Table associated with CT. They are defined on one hand by packaging (pallets, loose count, etc) and on another hand by PO, SKU, Quantities.

MOT

MOT - Mode Of Transport.

In CT2 system it is a property of CT that classify it by several main categories.

For example:

  • MOT= Air if it is a multimodal move "truck -> Air -> truck"
  • MOT=Truck Air if it is an LDP Air move

CT Group

In CT2 system it is a number of CTs associated together. It is assigned a unique number (GRP#).

All CTs in the same group have same #MOT.

Shipment

Sometimes we use this word to call #CT or #CT Group.

Vehicle

It is a mobile machine that transports #CTs such as trucks, trains, ships, boats and aircraft.

Carrier

Company that operates #Vehicle.

Location

Location is a recorded in a CT2 system geographical position of #CT.

Not all locations are recorded in the system.

Location type

There are 3 types of locations:

Origin Door

aka Pick Up Location

Location where CT is originally picked up.

Mapped to 5. Export Pick-up (T4)

Destination Door

aka Delivery Location

Location that is a final delivery destination for CT.

Mapped to 6. Export Delivery To (T5)

Stop

For given CT Stop is a temporary location to which #Carrier delivers it.

Later same carrier or another carrier picks CT up from there to move to another Stop or Destination Door.

Not all stops need to be recorded in the system. But some of them are mandatory (example: Port of Origin).

One special type of stop is a #Pool Point.

Leg as entity has the following attributes:

  • Address
  • Date of arrival of CT to this stop
  • Date of departure from this stop
Pool Point

Pool Point is a special #Stop that is used for transferring and consolidation of CTs.

See example below.

Other important stops
  • Air:
    • Origin Airport
    • Destination Airport
    • Transshipment Airport
  • Ocean:
    • Origin Port
    • Destination Port
  • Misc:
    • Terminal
    • Warehouse

Leg

For given CT Leg is a one non-stop trip between Stops or between Origin Door and Stop or between Stop and Destination Door. It is done on the same #Vehicle with the same #Carrier.

Leg as entity has the following attributes:

  • Origin
  • Destination
  • transport mode (air vs LTL vs ... ), this is different from #MOT !
  • Carrier
  • Vehicle id (such as trailer id for MOT= Truck Dom)

Path

Full ordered sequence of #Legs that CT has.

Path could be:

Non Stop Path

CT is moving Non stop if it moves from #Origin Door to #Destination Door with one #Carrier without a #Stop.

In this case trip has one #Leg.

Multi Stop Path

In this case CT has at least one #Stop.

In some cases stops result in change of a carrier.

Such trips have more than one leg: 

"Pick Up Location -> Stop1 -> Stop2 -> ... Stop N -> ... -> Delivery Location"

Ver 2 Business Needs

  • add a concept of #Pool Point to CT2
    • store them in the system with associated address and name
  • when load info is passed from TMS to CT2:
    • identify if this CT travels through #Pool Point
    • tag CT as "delivered" / send "delivered" message to client users only if delivered to Delivery Location (not a Pool Point)

Above is possible due to recent fixes in TMS.

Above will eliminate workarounds operators have used so far to accommodate Pool Point moves.

Ver 2 Systems Analysis and Solution

Impact on ER Model

Decision is made to Implement #Multi Stop Path.

Now Truck - Domestic CT could be only part of one or two loads.

In case of two loads we are able to accomodate "Pick Up Trucker" (to Pool Point) and "Delivery Trucker" (from Pool Point) info:

  • carrier name
  • trailer id

It was suggested to increment ER structure to be able to collect info about #Multi Stop Path / multi leg trips.

For just 2 leg trips such as "Pick Up -> Pool Point/Stop -> Delivery" we could have created a simpler solution. But this would limit us in the future.

Note that this will be used across all MOTs in the future.

Impact on CT Editor

Idea:

  • Re-factor table on Dates tab to include all relevant info
  • This table will be somewhat different for these 3 cases below.

CT Editor in case of Descartes TMS Dom Trucking

  • ! only this case to be implemented in this release !
  • This is for our particular implementation of Descartes TMS
  • Add "Dates/Locations" tab. On this tab display info defined below in a table like form
  • Row in this table represents #Location with associated info for it and for each #Leg that initiates in that Location. Exception is the last row that represents only "final" Location (destination door)
  • Columns:
    • Location // #Location type - see below
    • Address // Location address
    • Status // If associated "Actual date" is defined then CT has reached (and possibly passed) this point and status is "actual". Else it is "estimated"
    • Arrived // date of arrival to this Location; use Actual date if defined, else use estimated
    • Departed // date of departure from this Location; use Actual date if defined, else use estimated
    • Transp Mode // comes from TMS
    • Carrier // trucker name, comes from TMS
    • Vehicle id // trailer id, comes from TMS
    • Load# // comes from TMS
    • Pro number //comes from TMS
  • Mock up:

CT Editor in case of non TMS Dom Trucking

Same as above but:

  • operator adds rows in the table identifying Location types and associated info
  • additional location types such as Warehouse and Stop

CT Editor in case of non Dom Trucking

  • operator adds rows in the table identifying Location types and associated info
  • more types of locations and legs that are associated with different MOTs such as Air and ocean (Examples: Ports/Airports, Terminals, etc)

CT Editor Open Questions

  • Should we also edit through this table?
  • Should we only edit through this table? (removing say Pick Up/Deliv Trucker from Gen Tab)
  • In non-TMS case and other MOTs case this table is created by oper:
    • adding locations/identifying what type of location
    • need some validations such as delivery location must always be last, etc

Impact on Reports

Interface will not change.

Known reports affected:

  • Main
  • DR/KPIs

Impact on DRs

TBD

Impact on pdfs

None.

Impact on Accounting

TBD

Impact on EDI interface

Increment code to capture moves through Pool Point.

Use AddressTypeDesc="Pool Point" attribute/value pair of ShipToInformation.

Update DB.

Impact on Notifications

Notify client users only if delivered to Delivery Location.

Do not notify that delivered to Pool Point.

Impact on Est Module

For every new load 2 lines will be added into Est Table (for freight and other charges).

TMS Load Viewer

Roma/Alex suggest simple TMS Load Viewer.

By entering LD# into quick link user is served page with the following info:

  • ld#
  • Carrier
  • List of CT# under this load

SOWs

SOW 1 Create architecture for Pool Point project

mantis: 0004228

spec: see #Ver 2


SOW 2 Implement Pool Point and related

mantis: 0004229

spec: see #Ver 2

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