| # The use of addresses in Freight Management The addresses maintained in Freight originate from Common. You can add specific freight related data to each address, including: Areas Shipment procedures Lead times, including load and unload date/time tolerances Distances between addresses, which you can define in the following sessions: Distance Table by City (tccom4137s000) Distance Table by ZIP Code/Postal Code (tccom4138s000) The addresses maintained in Freight are used for the following purposes: To indicate the ship-to or ship-from address on freight orders. To provide, by means of the specific Freight data, some information about the ship-to or ship-from address on freight orders, such as lead times. To group freight orders as a preparatory step for transportation planning and/or freight order clustering. Transportation planning Transport costing LN uses the address lead times and the distances between the addresses for transport planning and transport costing. Related topics Address lead times Load and unload date/time tolerances Freight order grouping The load building process |