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Mantis Category: Ocean Status
Wiki category: Category:Ocean Status - see all related wikis there
Definitions
- VAN - A Value-added Network (VAN) is a hosted service offering that acts as an intermediary between business partners sharing standards based or proprietary data. In the context of this project we use VAN as an intermediary between Jaguar and all carriers for message exchange.
- GLN - VAN owned by Descartes
- Descartes - EDI vendor
- Cargosmart - EDI vendor
Business Need
Core needs is to automate the following:
- booking ocean with carrier
- sending Shipping Instructions to carrier
- receiving updates from carrier
Business Analysis and Requirements
Current Biz Process
Currently operators book with and get updates from ocean carriers manually. After that they manually update CT/Master record with the information they received.
Phases
Phase one will cover OOCL carrier only.
General and Preliminary
General Ocean Status Admin
Add UI Admin for:
- FTP credentials: url, uname, pwd
- outbound and inbound
- for test and prod envir
- Period (min)
- on/off switch for transmission/receiving each of four types of messages
- list of steamshiplines participating: On/Off switch
- email notification groups
- Location:
- Admin > EDI > Ocean Status
- move all EDIs to Admin > EDI (EUAN/Air Status, D2L, Trendset)
- Access: restrict access (add line to access table)
Message Transport Level and Scheduled Process
Message Transport level
FTP protocol will be used on a transport level.
Location of Inbound and Outbound folders TBD.
FTP credentials are defined in Admin.
Message process
One process will send/receive all messages accordingly to frequency defined in Admin.
HTS Feature
Common info
- Harmonized System (HS) Codes are part of a standardized number system to codify internationally traded commodities.
- HS Code is a 6-digit number to identify basic commodities. It is the same for all countries and has following levels of specification:
- 2-digit HS-Chapter. Example: 29 ORGANIC CHEMICALS.
- 4-digit HS-Headings. Example: 2907 phenols, phenol-alcohols.
- 6-digit HS-Subheadings. Example: 290711 Phenol (Hydroxybenzene) and Its Salts.
- Each country is allowed to add additional digits for duty or statistical purposes.
- Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) of the United States contains HS codes with additional subheadings (also units of quantity and rates of duty):
- 2907.11.0000 Phenol (Hydroxybenzene) and its salts [1]
What:
- Add this field to commodity table (for each line): HTS Number
(commodity customs code). See http://www.foreign-trade.com/reference/hscode.htm
- This field should be presented and (be required only) for records that will be booked/processed through EDI
- For both ASN and CT records
How: (ideas):
- UI: combobox? tree?
- how to upload into system and how to maintain it there?
- for ASN recs entered by Shipper on Client
HTS Automation
- postpone for phase 2?
- remember link btw HTS and SKU as it gets entered so we can do "auto-suggest"?
- upload xls with link btw SKU and xls? (PO Issued By specific?)
All Message Types
This is a list of EDI messages being used here to exchange info between Jaguar and Steamshiline through VAN - see below.
Booking Request
See EDI 300
Booking Update and Cancellation
See EDI 300
Booking Confirmation
See EDI 301
Ocean Shipping Instructions
See EDI 304
Shipment Status
See EDI 315
Message Exchange Scenarios
Example 1
day 1: (Booking Request 300) JAG -> VAN -> CARRIER . day 1: (Booking Confirmation 301) JAG <- VAN <- CARRIER . day 3: (Booking Update 300) JAG -> VAN -> CARRIER . day 3: (Booking Confirmation 301) JAG <- VAN <- CARRIER . day 10: (Shipping Instructions 304) JAG -> VAN -> CARRIER . day 15: (Shipment Status 315) JAG <- VAN <- CARRIER . day 35: (Shipment Status 315) JAG <- VAN <- CARRIER
Reporting and Notifications
Master Comments Tab
Post all events/updates related to all messages here:
- Every time message was sent or received, content of the message, operator who initiated
Email Notifications
Notify group defined in Admin when these messages are received:
- Booking Conf 301
- Status 315
Reports
Option 1
Increment existing List Masters report to enable operator to look at EDI activity for desired group of Masters singled out by applying certain filters such as Steamshipline and Estimated day of Departure or port.
Add these filters to List Masters:
- MOT
- Master#Steamshipline
- Master#Origin Terminal Estimated Date
- more filters TBD
Add these output fields:
- 300 message Status: yet, sent
- 301 message Status: confirmed, rejected, conditionally accepted, pending
- 304 message Status: yet, sent
- 315 message status: there are 10-20 possible values, show the last received
- more fields TBD
Option 2
Dashboard for exceptions (rejected messages, etc).
Details TBD.
Option 3
Impending cargo cut off report/dashboard.
Impending documents cut off report/dashboard
Log
Log all related events.
Human initiated:
- send 300
- send 304
EDI initiated:
- received 301
- received various 315