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   <Header>
      <Title>Freight Management in multisite environments</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e502984">
         <Level1>Multisite</Level1>
         <Level2>Freight management</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e502989">
         <Level1>Freight management</Level1>
         <Level2>multisite</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <Paragraph>In multisite environments, freight orders can be generated from
		originating orders created in various logistic companies. The freight orders
		are planned or clustered and executed in one or more designated freight
		planning companies. When the freight order generation process is performed, the
		freight orders are allocated to a freight planning company.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Actual loads and shipments are sent to the originating companies
		where <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh" role="package">Warehousing</GUIRef> can execute them. The actual shipping information is then sent back to the
		freight planning company. In the freight planning company, the loads can be
		completed and closed.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Most freight master data is shared across the logistic companies
		within the multisite setup. All freight planning and executing information is
		only available in the freight planning company, this is the company of the
		freight order. The freight planning company can be any logistic company in the
		multisite structure. If any information is requested for a freight order line
		from an originating company, ERP Enterprise automatically displays or returns the
		required information from the freight planning company of the freight order
		line. Similarly, if a process in freight management requires information from
		or sends information to the originating company, ERP Enterprise automatically goes to the originating company.</Paragraph>
   </AimSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm" role="package">Freight</GUIRef> supports the following multisite scenarios:</ListIntro>
         <ListItemHead>Centralized transportation planning</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>All originating orders from multiple logistic companies are
		  planned and executed in a single central freight planning company.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Centralized and local transportation
		  planning</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>The majority of originating orders from multiple logistic
		  companies are planned and executed in a central freight planning company. Other
		  originating orders are planned and executed in the local logistic companies.
		  The local logistic companies are freight planning companies as well in this
		  scenario. You can setup as many central freight planning companies as
		  required.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Multicompany Warehouse Transfers</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem> 
            <List>
               <ListIntro>Goods are transferred from a warehouse in one company to a
				warehouse in another company. In this scenario, no more than three logistical
				companies can be involved:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>The company of the from-warehouse where the originating
				warehouse order creates the freight order. The from-warehouse ships the goods
				based on the freight planning.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>The freight planning company, which plans and executes the
				transport between the warehouses.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>The company of the to-warehouse, which receives the goods
				and sends actual receipt information to the freight planning company.</ListItem>
            </List>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>In multisite environments, the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm" role="package">Freight</GUIRef> processes
		  work as follows:</ListIntro>
         <ListItemHead>Create or generate freight order</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Freight orders can be generated for orders in other ERP Enterprise packages.
			 When a freight order is generated, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm" role="package">Freight</GUIRef> selects a shipping office based on
			 the originating order attributes. The freight planning company defined for the
			 shipping office determines the company in which the freight order will be
			 created, and in which it can be planned and executed. For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000037" role="manual">Freight order grouping</Link>.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Generate load plan and freight order cluster</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>The load building and freight order clustering processes are
			 performed in the freight planning company, for these processes there is no
			 difference between multisite and single-site environments. For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000037" role="manual">Freight order grouping</Link>, <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000097" role="manual">Introducing load building</Link>, and <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000060" role="manual">How ERP Enterprise creates freight order line clusters</Link>.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Actualize load plan or freight order cluster</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000103" role="manual">Actualize load plan or freight order cluster in multisite environments</Link>
            </Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Subcontracting</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>The subcontracting process is performed in the freight
			 planning company, for this process there is no difference between multisite and
			 singlesite environments. For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000054" role="manual">Subcontracting</Link>.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Receive or confirm shipments in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh" role="package">Warehousing</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>If a warehousing order line exists for a freight order line,
			 shipments and loads are present in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh4180m000" role="session">Planned Loads/Shipments (whinh4180m000)</GUIRef> session in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh" role="package">Warehousing</GUIRef>. These
			 loads and shipments are created by <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm" role="package">Freight</GUIRef> if the freight order line has status <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/domains/foc.lnst#actl" role="option">Actual</GUIRef>,
			 or by <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh" role="package">Warehousing</GUIRef> if the freight order line is not yet actual.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>If inbound or outbound shipments are confirmed in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh" role="package">Warehousing</GUIRef>, this
			 information is updated via the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh4180m000" role="session">Planned Loads/Shipments (whinh4180m000)</GUIRef> session to the freight order clusters,
			 loads, and shipments in the freight planning company. The loads and shipments
			 in the freight planning company are the counterparts of the shipments and loads
			 in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh4180m000" role="session">Planned Loads/Shipments (whinh4180m000)</GUIRef> session, see <Link href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh4180m000" role="session">Planned Loads/Shipments (whinh4180m000)</Link> for further
			 information.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Close loads</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>This process is performed in the freight planning company,
			 for this process there is no difference between multisite and single-site
			 environments. For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000015" role="manual">Freight order statuses</Link> and <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000024" role="manual">Load plan, load, and shipment statuses</Link>.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Calculate freight invoice amount for sales</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>When the freight invoice amount is calculated on a sales
			 order line, the freight planning company is not yet known because a freight
			 order is not yet created for the sales order line. In this case, a shipping
			 office must be selected during the calculation process. Selecting a shipping
			 office is performed in the same way as during freight order generation. The
			 calculation of the invoice amounts takes place in the freight planning company
			 of the selected shipping office. For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000028" role="manual">Freight cost revenue calculation at order line entry</Link>
            </Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Freight invoicing</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Carrier invoicing takes place in the freight planning
			 company. Client invoicing takes place in the originating company of the freight
			 order line when the freight order line is released to invoicing. For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000029" role="manual">The invoicing process</Link>
            </Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Multicompany warehouse transfer</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000104" role="manual">Multicompany warehouse transfer</Link>
            </Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Lead time calculations</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>This process takes place in the current company. For lead
			 times in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm" role="package">Freight</GUIRef>,
			 this is the freight planning company, for lead times in other ERP Enterprise packages,
			 this is the current logistic company of the user. As freight master data is
			 shared across companies, this should not lead to different results in different
			 logistic companies.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Other integrations</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000105" role="manual">Integrations in multisite environments</Link>
            </Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000106" role="manual">Limitations in multisite Freight Management</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>