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   <Header>
      <Title>Means of transport selection</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e460035">
         <Level1>MOT</Level1>
         <Level2>select</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e460040">
         <Level1>Means of transport</Level1>
         <Level2>select</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph> 
         <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm" role="package">Freight</GUIRef> enables
		transport planning for individual <Link href="/baanerp/fm/glossary/glossary#000017" role="glossary">means of transport</Link>. This functionality supports transport
		planning for organizations that run their own fleet, but it can also plan for
		means of transport that are not self-owned.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>When load building is
		carried out for a range of freight orders, available means of transport are
		scheduled for the load created from the selected freight orders. If no means of
		transport have been defined, loads are created without allocating specific
		means of transport. If insufficient means of transport are available , the
		available means of transport are scheduled for the first loads created for the
		freight orders, and no means of transport are scheduled for the following
		loads. In such cases, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm" role="package">Freight</GUIRef> does not display a warning that no means of transport will
		be assigned.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Means of transport are first assigned to loads with the longest
		trip time (from start date to end date). If loads have identical trip times,
		the load with the earliest start date is taken. This helps you avoid multiple
		means of transport being assigned to a large number of short trips. If several
		means of transport were to be assigned to numerous short trips, no available
		means of transport might be left for the longer trips.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>After you carry out load
		building, you can manually change or assign means of transport to loads.</Paragraph>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Actual load plans</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>When a load plan is
		  made <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/domains/foc.lnst#actl" role="option">Actual</GUIRef>, LN checks if the means of
		  transport in the load plan are still available. A means of transport can become
		  unavailable because the means of transport was allocated to another load plan
		  that was made <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/domains/foc.lnst#actl" role="option">Actual</GUIRef> earlier, or the
		  calendar might have changed (different availability hours).</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>If the means of
		  transport is no longer available, an error message appears. In such cases, you
		  must select another available means of transport. If no available means of
		  transport is left, you can carry out planning without means of transport. In
		  that case, you must remove the means of transport from the loads.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Planned loads</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>If you manually change
		  the means of transport on a planned load, the availability of the means of
		  transport is checked. If the changed means of transport is not available, a
		  warning to that effect is displayed.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Expired loads</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>If a load plan is set to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/lbd/fmlbd0110m000#fmlbd010.expr" role="manual">Expired</GUIRef>, the means of transport allocated to the
		  loads of this plan become available again for other plans, provided that the
		  availability criteria are met.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>Load building works in
		  a different way for means of transport entered manually in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/lbd/fmlbd0560m000#fmlbd060.motr" role="manual">Means of Transport</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/foc/fmfoc2101m000" role="session">Freight Order Lines (fmfoc2101m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Means of Transport availability criteria</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>To be scheduled for a
		  load, a means of transport must be available. The availability of a means of
		  transport is displayed on the means of transport calendar. This calendar
		  appears in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/lbd/fmlbd0560m000" role="session">Means of Transport Calendar (fmlbd0560m000)</GUIRef> session. The means of transport calendar shows data
		  from the actual calendar used for the means of transport and the unavailability
		  resulting from the means of transport being scheduled for particular loads.</Paragraph>
         <List>
            <ListIntro>The availability or unavailability of a means of transport
			 is determined by the following criteria:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem>A means of transport
			 must be available according to the actual calendar selected for the means of
			 transport. If no actual calendar is defined for the means of transport, the
			 calendar of the business partner of the carrier associated with the means of
			 transport, or the company calendar can be selected for the means of transport.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Means of transport
			 are first assigned to loads with the longest trip time (from start date to end
			 date). If loads have identical trip times, the load with the earliest start
			 date is taken. This helps you avoid multiple means of transport being assigned
			 to a large number of short trips. If several means of transport were to be
			 assigned to numerous short trips, no available means of transport may be left
			 for the longer trips.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>The means of
			 transport's carrier and transport means group or transport means combination
			 must be the same as those selected for the load.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>A means of transport
			 is not available if it already exists on a load in the same load plan during
			 the same time period.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>A means of transport
			 is available for more than one load in a load plan if the loads do not overlap.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>If a means of
			 transport exists in an <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/domains/foc.lnst#actl" role="option">Actual</GUIRef> load plan during a specific period, the means of transport is not available for
			 any other load plans during the same period.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>A means of transport
			 is available for a load plan if the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/lbd/fmlbd0280m000#mot.multi.plan" role="manual">Allow Means of Transport in Multiple Plans</GUIRef> check box is selected for this load plan , and the
			 means of transport already exists in another plan that is not yet made <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/domains/foc.lnst#actl" role="option">Actual</GUIRef> during the same time period (so if the means of transport exists for <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/domains/foc.lnst#plnd" role="option">Planned</GUIRef> loads in other plans, the means of transport is available). If a means of
			 transport can be planned in multiple plans, the means of transport that are
			 used least in the existing plans are selected first. This option enables the
			 user to avoid conflicts that arise when the same means of transport are
			 assigned to multiple plans that will all be made <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/domains/foc.lnst#actl" role="option">Actual</GUIRef>.
			 Only one load plan can be made <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/domains/foc.lnst#actl" role="option">Actual</GUIRef>.
			 For the other load plans, you must select another means of transport.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>A means of transport
			 is not available for a load plan if the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/lbd/fmlbd0280m000#mot.multi.plan" role="manual">Allow Means of Transport in Multiple Plans</GUIRef> check box is not selected for this load plan, and the
			 means of transport already exists in another load plan that is not yet made <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/domains/foc.lnst#actl" role="option">Actual</GUIRef> during the same time period. Note that, if you generate a large number of
			 alternative load plans, from which you will use and make <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/domains/foc.lnst#actl" role="option">Actual</GUIRef> only one, you can run out of available means of transport.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>A means of transport
			 is only available if it can travel from a previous load's unloading address to
			 a following load's loading address in time. This applies to all loads in the
			 same load plan and for all <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/domains/foc.lnst#actl" role="option">Actual</GUIRef> loads in any other load plan to which the means of transport is assigned.</ListItem>
         </List>
      </GeneralSection>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000044" role="manual">Means of transport manually selected for freight order lines</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000108" role="manual">Multiple means of transport by load</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>