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   <Header>
      <Title>Introducing load building</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e463532">
         <Level1>Load building</Level1>
         <Level2>introduction</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e463537">
         <Level1>Freight planning</Level1>
         <Level2>introduction</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e463542">
         <Level1>Planning</Level1>
         <Level2>introduction</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <Paragraph>Load building is the core functionality of <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Freight Management</GUIRef>. The primary purpose of load building is to plan the
		transportation of goods from your warehouse to the customer, from your supplier
		to your warehouse, or from a supplier directly to your customer, in the most
		efficient and cost-effective manner. Alternatively, you can employ this
		functionality for goods movements between your warehouses, or from warehouse to
		production environment and vice versa.</Paragraph>
   </AimSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Freight orders</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>Load building is based on freight orders. To plan the
		transportation of a particular number of goods, you must select the freight
		orders and freight order lines on which these goods are listed and start up the
		load building engine. The result is a <Link href="/baanerp/fm/glossary/glossary#000028" role="glossary">load plan</Link> for the selected freight orders and freight order lines that
		consists of a number of loads and <Link href="/baanerp/fm/glossary/glossary#000018" role="glossary">shipments</Link>.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Planning methods and planning options</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>The load building engine offers various planning options and
		three basic <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000020" role="manual">Planning methods</Link>.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>You can create various load plans from the same freight orders,
		each time using a different planning method and/or different planning options,
		to see which method or options provide the best result.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Setup</SectionTitle>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>To optimize planning results, set up your master data along
		  the following lines:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Make sure carriers are entered for freight orders during
		  freight order creation (both manually and automatically).</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Define appropriate master data, such as addresses, transport
		  means groups, route plans, and so on.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Define carriers and transport means groups with specified
		  transport categories.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Define carriers and transport categories for standard routes
		  and route plans.</ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
      <Paragraph>In this way, you prevent the load building engine from selecting
		undesirable carrier or transport means group combinations, such as transport by
		ship where you need trucks.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Create required capacity overviews</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>Before you start load building, you can generate required
		loading capacity overviews for a given period of time. Required capacity
		overviews are based on the aggregated volumes and weights listed on freight
		orders existing in LN over a time span specified by the user. Required capacity overviews can help
		you, for example, to anticipate sudden rises in required loading capacity.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>To generate general capacity overviews, open the <Link href="/baanerp/fm/rpg/fmrpg1200m000" role="session">Generate Rough Planning (fmrpg1200m000)</Link> session.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Graphical Plan Board (fmlbd0215m000)</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>In addition to the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/lbd/fmlbd0280m000" role="session">Generate Plan (fmlbd0280m000)</GUIRef> session, you can use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/lbd/fmlbd0215m000" role="session">Graphical Plan Board (fmlbd0215m000)</GUIRef> session to create load plans. The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/lbd/fmlbd0215m000" role="session">Graphical Plan Board (fmlbd0215m000)</GUIRef> session provides an intuitive graphical
		interface that you can use to create and maintain load plans.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Note that the graphical planboard is only available to Worktop
		users. Webtop users are referred to the <Link href="/baanerp/fm/lbd/fmlbd0710m000" role="session">Load Plan Gantt Chart (fmlbd0710m000)</Link>.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>You can access the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/lbd/fmlbd0215m000" role="session">Graphical Plan Board (fmlbd0215m000)</GUIRef> session from the following
		  locations:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>The <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu or the toolbar of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/lbd/fmlbd0110m000" role="session">Plans (fmlbd0110m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>The <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu or the toolbar of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/lbd/fmlbd4100m000" role="session">Loads (fmlbd4100m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>The <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu or the toolbar of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/foc/fmfoc2100m000" role="session">Freight Orders (fmfoc2100m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>The <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu or the toolbar of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/foc/fmfoc2101m000" role="session">Freight Order Lines (fmfoc2101m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>The <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu or the toolbar of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/lbd/fmlbd0120m000" role="session">Freight Order Lines to Be Replanned (fmlbd0120m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000088" role="manual">To create load plans using the Graphical Plan Board (fmlbd0215m000)</Link>
      </Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection ID="000097_Gantt_chart">
      <SectionTitle>Load Plan Gantt Chart (fmlbd0710m000)</SectionTitle>
      <Keyword type="section" order="d1e463674">
         <Level1>Gantt chart</Level1>
         <Level2>load plan</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="section" order="d1e463679">
         <Level1>Gantt chart</Level1>
         <Level2>plan</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="section" order="d1e463684">
         <Level1>Gantt chart</Level1>
         <Level2>freight planning</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="section" order="d1e463689">
         <Level1>Chart</Level1>
         <Level2>freight planning</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="section" order="d1e463694">
         <Level1>Planning</Level1>
         <Level2>Gantt chart</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Paragraph>From the Webtop menu browser, you can start the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/lbd/fmlbd0710m000" role="session">Load Plan Gantt Chart (fmlbd0710m000)</GUIRef> session that you can use to generate a timeline
		overview of selected loads and shipments as well as a resource capacity
		overview.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Note that the load plan Gantt chart is only available for Webtop
		users. For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/fm/lbd/fmlbd0710m000" role="session">Load Plan Gantt Chart (fmlbd0710m000)</Link>.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Hand over the load plan to Warehouse
		Management</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>After you create a load plan, the load plan must be carried out.
		This means that the goods must be collected in the warehouse and loaded onto a
		truck or other vehicle on the date and time specified in the load plan, or, in
		case of incoming goods, receipt procedures must be started up.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>The normal procedure to carry out a load plan is to pass on the
		load plan to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh" role="package">Warehousing</GUIRef>. To pass on a load plan to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh" role="package">Warehousing</GUIRef>, you
		must make the load plan actual. The load plan then obtains the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/domains/foc.lnst#actl" role="option">Actual</GUIRef> status. For further information on load and shipment handling in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh" role="package">Warehousing</GUIRef>, see <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000351" role="manual">Shipments and loads</Link>.</Paragraph>
      <Important>
         <SectionTitle>Important!</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>In direct delivery scenarios, however, warehouses and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh" role="package">Warehousing</GUIRef> are not
		  involved. For further information, see <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000098" role="manual">To use Freight Management for direct deliveries</Link>.</Paragraph>
      </Important>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Planning data and warehouse updates</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>If you are primarily interested in planning data such as
		loading and unloading dates, routes, and freight costs, you can use manually
		created freight orders to perform <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm" role="package">Freight</GUIRef> load building on a stand-alone
		basis.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>If you require warehouse processing updates in addition to
		planning and freight cost data, to create load plans, you must use freight
		orders that are based on <Link href="/baanerp/fm/glossary/glossary#000048" role="glossary">originating orders</Link>.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>The reason is, that <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh" role="package">Warehousing</GUIRef> needs warehousing orders to
		process the loads and shipments and to update <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm" role="package">Freight</GUIRef> on the
		progress, but in LN, you
		cannot create warehousing orders for manually created freight orders.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>A warehouse order is generated when the originating order of a
		freight order is released to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh" role="package">Warehousing</GUIRef>. Manually created freight orders
		have no originating orders, and therefore, these orders cannot be released to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh" role="package">Warehousing</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Similarly, loads and shipments based on freight orders, whose
		originating orders are not released to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh" role="package">Warehousing</GUIRef>, cannot
		be processed in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh" role="package">Warehousing</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Load plan, load, and shipment statuses</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>In <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh" role="package">Warehousing</GUIRef>, the progress of load plan processing is expressed in
		various statuses. This process-progress information is passed on from <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh" role="package">Warehousing</GUIRef> to <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Freight Management</GUIRef>. <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Freight Management</GUIRef>, in
		turn, checks this information and displays its own statuses to express the
		various stages of completion of loads, shipments, and freight orders. For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000024" role="manual">Load plan, load, and shipment statuses</Link> and <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000015" role="manual">Freight order statuses</Link>.</Paragraph>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>For direct deliveries, warehouses and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh" role="package">Warehousing</GUIRef> are not
		  involved. Freight orders based on direct delivery sales orders and purchase
		  orders are only updated from <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td" role="package">Order Management</GUIRef>. For direct deliveries, the full freight planning
		  functionality is available. For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000098" role="manual">To use Freight Management for direct deliveries</Link>.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
   </GeneralSection>
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      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
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      </RelTopic>
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