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   <Header>
      <Title>The use of route plans</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e491457">
         <Level1>Route plan</Level1>
         <Level2>master data</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>A route plan is a network
		of loading and unloading addresses, one of which is a pooling point. A route
		plan can consist of more than one <Link href="/baanerp/fm/glossary/glossary#000027" role="glossary">leg</Link>. Route plan legs are
		defined in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/foc/fmfoc1151m000" role="session">Route Plan Legs (fmfoc1151m000)</GUIRef> session, which you can start from the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/foc/fmfoc1150m000" role="session">Route Plans (fmfoc1150m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Route plans are linked
		to addresses. Addresses are defined in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4530m000" role="session">Addresses (tccom4530m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>If you use the pooling
		algorithm, the load building engine uses the carrier selection criterion field
		setting to look for a route plan that has addresses that match the addresses of
		the freight order. For this purpose, the load building engine checks carriers
		to find route plans that are linked to the carriers. The load building engine
		then uses the route plan to determine the loads and shipments.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>You can also manually
		add a route plan to a freight order or freight order line. If you enter a route
		plan in the freight order header, the route plan is taken as the default value
		in the freight order lines. You can overwrite a default route plan in a freight
		order line. The load building engine uses the route plan entered in a freight
		order line to create a load plan, regardless of the planning algorithm used.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>If a freight order has a <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#Routes_tc" role="glossary">route</Link>, all route plans defined for the route are
		considered in the route plan selection.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>If you enter various
		route plans in the freight order lines of a freight order, the load building
		engine builds a separate load for each route plan. Therefore, if you want the
		load building engine to calculate the most cost-effective and efficient route,
		the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/foc/fmfoc2101m000#fmfoc201.rtpn" role="field">Route Plan</GUIRef> field in the freight order lines must be left
		empty. If you want to use a specific route plan regardless of any route plan
		that the load building engine can return, you must manually enter a route plan
		in the freight order lines.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Route plans are also
		used as freight order grouping criteria, you can include route plans in a plan
		matrix.</Paragraph>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Route plan legs</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>Advance, main, and
		  beyond legs are used in multi-modal routes, where the pooling planning
		  algorithm is used.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>The advance leg is the
		  first part of the route where goods are picked up and transported to a pooling
		  point, such as an airport, a train station, or a port.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>The main leg starts at
		  that pooling point and ends at the intermediate destination. The intermediate
		  destination is a distribution center. At the pooling point, the goods from the
		  advance leg are loaded into an aircraft, ship, train, or truck, and brought to
		  the distribution center.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>The beyond leg spans
		  the intermediate destination and the final destination. At the intermediate
		  destination, the goods are transferred from the airplane to trucks to bring the
		  goods to their final destination.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>A route plan can
		  consist of more than one advance leg and beyond leg, but one main leg.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <ExampleSection>
         <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>Some goods must be
		  transported from Amsterdam to Hyderabad, and another lot from The Hague to
		  Hyderabad along the following routes:</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>Amsterdam - Rotterdam
		  - Bombay - Hyderabad and The Hague - Rotterdam - Bombay - Hyderabad. In this
		  case, the legs would be defined as follows:</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>Advance: Amsterdam to
		  Rotterdam and The Hague to Rotterdam (by truck). Main: Rotterdam to Bombay (by
		  aircraft). Beyond: Bombay to Hyderabad (by truck).</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>Note that in this
		  example, the route plan has two advance legs.</Paragraph>
      </ExampleSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Leg identification: lines and sequence numbers</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>Legs are identified by
		  line numbers and sequence numbers. A route plan has one main leg and can have
		  multiple advance and/or beyond legs. The advance and beyond legs of a route
		  plan may or may not be in line, as is shown in the following diagram. Legs that
		  are in line can be given the same line number, but must have different sequence
		  numbers. For advance and beyond legs, lines that are not in line must have
		  different line numbers.</Paragraph>
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         <List>
            <ListIntro>Legend</ListIntro>
            <ListItem>A - X: cities, of which D and E are ports.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>10, 1: line number, sequence number</ListItem>
         </List>
         <Paragraph>A to B, B to C, and C
		  to D are advance legs. These advance legs are in line. Therefore, you can give
		  these legs the same line numbers and ascending sequence numbers. In the
		  diagram, the line number is 10 and the sequence numbers are 1, 2, and 3.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>X to D is another
		  advance leg, but it has a different starting point and follows a different
		  route to reach D. This leg has line number 20 and sequence number 1.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>D to E is the main
		  leg. Goods travel by sea from D to E. The line number is 10 and the sequence
		  number is 1. Because there is only one main leg, the sequence and line numbers
		  are not important.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>E to G, and G to H are
		  beyond legs. These legs are in line. Therefore, you can give these legs the
		  same line numbers and ascending sequence numbers. In the diagram, the line
		  number is 10 and the sequence numbers are 1 and 2. E to F is another beyond
		  leg, but it follows a different route and has a different destination. In the
		  diagram it has line number 20 and sequence number 1.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000019" role="manual">The load building process</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000020" role="manual">Planning methods</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000011" role="manual">The use of shipping offices and planning groups</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000037" role="manual">Freight order grouping</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>