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Transportation Lanes in TM
and APO

Version 2.0




                                                                        Paresh Bhagwatkar


 © Paresh Bhagwatkar, 2011
 May be used in whole or part with attribution and without permission
Content
 Transportation lane overview
 Transportation lane design
 Carrier cost and priorities




                                Paresh Bhagwatkar
Lane Overview




    PA2     PA1




                                      Somerset, NJ




                  Paresh Bhagwatkar         Paresh Bhagwatkarc
Structure of Transportation Lane


 Shipping Point
  US01 > PA1                                              Lane Header


                    TL
                                                        Means of Transport
                   LTL                                  (MOT)

              Std. Bulk Truck


                                SNBO                            Carrier

                                QLTY

                                SVTNParesh Bhagwatkar             Paresh Bhagwatkar
Transportation Lane Design




                                                                          Paresh Bhagwatkar


 © Paresh Bhagwatkar, 2011                                              Paresh Bhagwatkar
 May be used in whole or part with attribution and without permission
Key lane design considerations
  Lane granularity
  Transportation zone design
  • Regional zones
  • Grouping of shipping points in zones
  MOT granularity
  Carrier selection parameters




                                       Paresh Bhagwatkar
Granularity of Lanes

Type             Origin           Destination            Example
Point-to-Zone    Shipping point   Transportation         SPFPT1 > US-PA1
                                  Zone
Point-to-Zone    Shipping Site    Transportation         US-FRPT > US-
                 (zone)           Zone                   USAPA1
Zone-Zone        Transportation   Transportation         US-TX1 > US-PA1
                 Zone             Zone
Point-to-Point   Shipping point   Customer               SPFPT1 > C12345
Point-to-Point   Shipping Site    Customer               US-FRPT > US-
                 (zone)                                  PA1


Point-to-Point   Shipping point   Plant                  SPFPT1 > PLT1
Point-to-Point   Shipping Site    Plant                  US-FRPT > PLT1
                 (zone)

                                     Paresh Bhagwatkar        Paresh Bhagwatkar
Lanes from a Site and Shipping Point(s)


         Point-Zone

          Zone-Zone                                             Customer
                                                                or Zone


                          Site Freeport, TX




                           Plant 2             Plant 4

            Plant 1

                      Plant 3

                                 Paresh Bhagwatkar       Paresh Bhagwatkar
Key Points

  Zone Assignment
   • In TM zone is determined in TM (using postal code, zone, etc)
   • In APO - Zone is assigned in the customer address from ERP
  In addition to lane selection and lane granularity, compatibilities and
  incompatibilities also come into play




                                         Paresh Bhagwatkar       Paresh Bhagwatkar
Sequence of Lane Search

Sequence   Type             Origin                 Destination
1          Point-to-Point   Shipping point         Customer
2          Point-to-Point   Shipping Site          Customer
                            (zone)
3          Point-to-Zone    Shipping point         Transportation
                                                   Zone
4          Point-to-Zone    Shipping Site          Transportation
                            (zone)                 Zone
5          Zone-Zone        Transportation         Transportation
                            Zone                   Zone




                               Paresh Bhagwatkar           Paresh Bhagwatkar
Lane Overview



                Cust 1
                         Cust 2
    Zone PA2

                   Zone PA1

    Cust 3                                        Somerset, NJ

                                                    Zone NJ




                              Paresh Bhagwatkar         Paresh Bhagwatkar
Best Practices for Lane Definition

  Point-Point Lanes
   •   Usage
        - High volume between certain plants/ points
        - Carriers give discount on a point to point basis based on volume or other reason
   •   Considerations
        - More data maintenance
  Point-Zone Lanes
   •   Usage
        - Customers strewn across region
        - No specific customer has especially high volume
        - No appreciable discounts on point-point basis
   •   Considerations
        - Lower data maintenance
  Zone-Zone Lanes
   •   Usage
        - Good to have as catch all in case lanes are missing
        - Customers with very sporadic orders may not warrant maintaining lane from Point to
          Zone
        - Some companies may be able to rely totally on zone-zone lanes


                                                    Paresh Bhagwatkar              Paresh Bhagwatkar
Carrier Cost and Priorities




                                                                          Paresh Bhagwatkar


 © Paresh Bhagwatkar, 2011                                              Paresh Bhagwatkar
 May be used in whole or part with attribution and without permission
Carrier Cost and Priority
  Carrier selection can be based on various combinations of cost and
  priority
  Carrier selection strategy
   • Maintained on MOT level of lane
   • Drives which combination of cost and priority is used
  Carrier level of lane has
   • Cost
   • Priority
  Cost
   • Costs maintained on lane
   • Costs retrieved from ERP system
   • Costs calculated in TM
  Priority



                                         Paresh Bhagwatkar   Paresh Bhagwatkar
Carrier Selection Strategy and System Behavior
Carrier Selection           System Behavior                                  Usage
Strategy (on MOT level)

Neither Cost Nor Priority   Carriers from lane ranked in the order of        No real applicable scenario
                            maintenance of lane


Cost (only)                 Carriers from lane ranked in increasing order    Used when lowest cost carrier is
                            of cost                                          desired

Priority (only)             Carriers from lane ranked in increasing order    Used when service is most
                            of priority (Priority 1 being high)              important and cost is not a
                                                                             consideration
Cost + Priority             System gets cost for each carrier                Used as a tie-breaker when
                            Priority is mathematically added to cost         carriers tie at cost
                            Resulting number is used for sorting in
                            increasing order
Cost * Priority             System gets cost for each carrier                Used when service is much
                            Cost and priority are mathematically             more important than cost.
                            multiplied
                                                                             Priority is used as a magnifier of
                            Resulting number is used for sorting in
                                                                             differences in cost.
                            increasing order


                                                             Paresh Bhagwatkar                  Paresh Bhagwatkar
TSP Selection Strategy - Neither Cost Nor Priority
Lane Data
    Carrier              Priority on lane      Cost Determined
                                               During TSP
                                               Selection
    Schneider National   3                     $1100
    CH Robinson          4                     $1000
    Celadon Trucking     1                     $1200
    Swift                2                     $1000




TSP Selection Result

              Rank       Carrier
              1          Schneider National
              2          CH Robinson
              3          Celadon Trucking
              4          Swift

                                              Paresh Bhagwatkar
TSP Selection Strategy - Cost (only)
Lane Data
     Carrier                           Priority on lane            Cost Determined
                                                                   During TSP Selection
     Schneider National                3                           $1100
     CH Robinson                       4                           $1000
     Celadon Trucking                  1                           $1200

     Swift                             2                           $1000



TSP Selection Result
 Rank        Calculation     Carrier              Summary
             Result (Cost)
 1           $1000           CH Robinson
 2           $1000           Swift                Comes after CHR because of the order of
                                                  maintenance in the lane
 3           $1100           Schneider National
 4           $1200           Celadon Trucking

                                                     Paresh Bhagwatkar
TSP Selection Strategy - Priority (only)
Lane Data
           Carrier              Priority on lane         Cost Determined
                                                         During TSP
                                                         Selection
           Schneider National   3                        $1100
           CH Robinson          4                        $1000
           Celadon Trucking     1                        $1200

           Swift                2                        $1000



TSP Selection Result
       Rank                         Calculation Result         Carrier
                                    (Priority)
       1                            1                          Celadon Trucking
       2                            2                          Swift
       3                            3                          Schneider National

       4                            4                          CH Robinson
                                               Paresh Bhagwatkar
TSP Selection Strategy – Cost + Priority
Lane Data

      Carrier                Priority on   Cost Determined        Cost + Priority
                             lane          During TSP
                                           Selection
      Schneider National     3             $1100                  1103
      CH Robinson            4             $1000                  1004
      Celadon Trucking       1             $1200                  1201

      Swift                  2             $1000                  1002


TSP Selection Result
          Rank      Calculation       Carrier                          Comment
                    Result (C+P)
          1         1002              Swift                            Priority used as tiebreaker
          2         1004              CH Robinson                      Priority used as tiebreaker
          3         1103              Schneider National

          4         1201              Celadon Trucking
                                                   Paresh Bhagwatkar
TSP Selection Strategy – Cost Times Priority
Lane Data
        Carrier                  Priority on     Cost Determined        Cost * Priority
                                 lane            During TSP
                                                 Selection
        Schneider National       3               $1100                  3300
        CH Robinson              4               $1000                  4000
        Celadon Trucking         1               $1200                  1200

        Swift                    2               $1000                  2000



TSP Selection Result
    Rank          Calculation Result   Carrier              Comment
                  (C+P)
    1             1200                 Celadon
    2             2000                 Swift                Swift comes second though they are
                                                            lowest cost
    3             3300                 Schneider
    4             4000                 CH Robinson          Though CHR is low cost they come last
                                                         Paresh Bhagwatkar
Other “tweaks”
  Cost + Priority – Spacing out priorities
   • Possible to space out priority so that effect of priority is more for closely
     costed carriers
   • Use when small cost differences should take less effect on TSP
     selection
  Priority Only – Maintaining in steps
   • Priorities maintained in steps of 10, 20, 50 or 100
   • Use when there is an anticipation that later another carrier may be
     placed between two existing carriers in the “gap”




                                            Paresh Bhagwatkar
Tweak: Cost + Priority – Spacing Out Priorities
Lane Data                                                             Exaggerated Example
       Carrier                  Priority on   Cost Determined          Cost * Priority
                                lane          During TSP
                                              Selection
       Schneider National       300           $1100                    1400
       CH Robinson              400           $1000                    1400
       Celadon Trucking         100           $1200                    1300

       Swift                    200           $1010                    1210



TSP Selection Result
Rank     Calculation        Carrier            Comment
         Result (C+P)
1        1210               Swift              Swift costed marginally more than CHR. If priorities were
                                               maintained in steps of 1 CHR would have been chosen
2        1300               Celadon
3        1400               Schneider
4        1400               CH Robinson
                                                        Paresh Bhagwatkar
Contact
 Paresh Bhagwatkar
  •    paresh@pareshbhagwatkar.com
  •    973-495-9913
 This document may be used without any permission, but, with attribution in whole or part, with or without changes,
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                                                             Paresh Bhagwatkar

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Transportation Lanes in SAP TM and SAP APO - PDF - V2.0 - Paresh Bhagwatkar

  • 1. Transportation Lanes in TM and APO Version 2.0 Paresh Bhagwatkar © Paresh Bhagwatkar, 2011 May be used in whole or part with attribution and without permission
  • 2. Content Transportation lane overview Transportation lane design Carrier cost and priorities Paresh Bhagwatkar
  • 3. Lane Overview PA2 PA1 Somerset, NJ Paresh Bhagwatkar Paresh Bhagwatkarc
  • 4. Structure of Transportation Lane Shipping Point US01 > PA1 Lane Header TL Means of Transport LTL (MOT) Std. Bulk Truck SNBO Carrier QLTY SVTNParesh Bhagwatkar Paresh Bhagwatkar
  • 5. Transportation Lane Design Paresh Bhagwatkar © Paresh Bhagwatkar, 2011 Paresh Bhagwatkar May be used in whole or part with attribution and without permission
  • 6. Key lane design considerations Lane granularity Transportation zone design • Regional zones • Grouping of shipping points in zones MOT granularity Carrier selection parameters Paresh Bhagwatkar
  • 7. Granularity of Lanes Type Origin Destination Example Point-to-Zone Shipping point Transportation SPFPT1 > US-PA1 Zone Point-to-Zone Shipping Site Transportation US-FRPT > US- (zone) Zone USAPA1 Zone-Zone Transportation Transportation US-TX1 > US-PA1 Zone Zone Point-to-Point Shipping point Customer SPFPT1 > C12345 Point-to-Point Shipping Site Customer US-FRPT > US- (zone) PA1 Point-to-Point Shipping point Plant SPFPT1 > PLT1 Point-to-Point Shipping Site Plant US-FRPT > PLT1 (zone) Paresh Bhagwatkar Paresh Bhagwatkar
  • 8. Lanes from a Site and Shipping Point(s) Point-Zone Zone-Zone Customer or Zone Site Freeport, TX Plant 2 Plant 4 Plant 1 Plant 3 Paresh Bhagwatkar Paresh Bhagwatkar
  • 9. Key Points Zone Assignment • In TM zone is determined in TM (using postal code, zone, etc) • In APO - Zone is assigned in the customer address from ERP In addition to lane selection and lane granularity, compatibilities and incompatibilities also come into play Paresh Bhagwatkar Paresh Bhagwatkar
  • 10. Sequence of Lane Search Sequence Type Origin Destination 1 Point-to-Point Shipping point Customer 2 Point-to-Point Shipping Site Customer (zone) 3 Point-to-Zone Shipping point Transportation Zone 4 Point-to-Zone Shipping Site Transportation (zone) Zone 5 Zone-Zone Transportation Transportation Zone Zone Paresh Bhagwatkar Paresh Bhagwatkar
  • 11. Lane Overview Cust 1 Cust 2 Zone PA2 Zone PA1 Cust 3 Somerset, NJ Zone NJ Paresh Bhagwatkar Paresh Bhagwatkar
  • 12. Best Practices for Lane Definition Point-Point Lanes • Usage - High volume between certain plants/ points - Carriers give discount on a point to point basis based on volume or other reason • Considerations - More data maintenance Point-Zone Lanes • Usage - Customers strewn across region - No specific customer has especially high volume - No appreciable discounts on point-point basis • Considerations - Lower data maintenance Zone-Zone Lanes • Usage - Good to have as catch all in case lanes are missing - Customers with very sporadic orders may not warrant maintaining lane from Point to Zone - Some companies may be able to rely totally on zone-zone lanes Paresh Bhagwatkar Paresh Bhagwatkar
  • 13. Carrier Cost and Priorities Paresh Bhagwatkar © Paresh Bhagwatkar, 2011 Paresh Bhagwatkar May be used in whole or part with attribution and without permission
  • 14. Carrier Cost and Priority Carrier selection can be based on various combinations of cost and priority Carrier selection strategy • Maintained on MOT level of lane • Drives which combination of cost and priority is used Carrier level of lane has • Cost • Priority Cost • Costs maintained on lane • Costs retrieved from ERP system • Costs calculated in TM Priority Paresh Bhagwatkar Paresh Bhagwatkar
  • 15. Carrier Selection Strategy and System Behavior Carrier Selection System Behavior Usage Strategy (on MOT level) Neither Cost Nor Priority Carriers from lane ranked in the order of No real applicable scenario maintenance of lane Cost (only) Carriers from lane ranked in increasing order Used when lowest cost carrier is of cost desired Priority (only) Carriers from lane ranked in increasing order Used when service is most of priority (Priority 1 being high) important and cost is not a consideration Cost + Priority System gets cost for each carrier Used as a tie-breaker when Priority is mathematically added to cost carriers tie at cost Resulting number is used for sorting in increasing order Cost * Priority System gets cost for each carrier Used when service is much Cost and priority are mathematically more important than cost. multiplied Priority is used as a magnifier of Resulting number is used for sorting in differences in cost. increasing order Paresh Bhagwatkar Paresh Bhagwatkar
  • 16. TSP Selection Strategy - Neither Cost Nor Priority Lane Data Carrier Priority on lane Cost Determined During TSP Selection Schneider National 3 $1100 CH Robinson 4 $1000 Celadon Trucking 1 $1200 Swift 2 $1000 TSP Selection Result Rank Carrier 1 Schneider National 2 CH Robinson 3 Celadon Trucking 4 Swift Paresh Bhagwatkar
  • 17. TSP Selection Strategy - Cost (only) Lane Data Carrier Priority on lane Cost Determined During TSP Selection Schneider National 3 $1100 CH Robinson 4 $1000 Celadon Trucking 1 $1200 Swift 2 $1000 TSP Selection Result Rank Calculation Carrier Summary Result (Cost) 1 $1000 CH Robinson 2 $1000 Swift Comes after CHR because of the order of maintenance in the lane 3 $1100 Schneider National 4 $1200 Celadon Trucking Paresh Bhagwatkar
  • 18. TSP Selection Strategy - Priority (only) Lane Data Carrier Priority on lane Cost Determined During TSP Selection Schneider National 3 $1100 CH Robinson 4 $1000 Celadon Trucking 1 $1200 Swift 2 $1000 TSP Selection Result Rank Calculation Result Carrier (Priority) 1 1 Celadon Trucking 2 2 Swift 3 3 Schneider National 4 4 CH Robinson Paresh Bhagwatkar
  • 19. TSP Selection Strategy – Cost + Priority Lane Data Carrier Priority on Cost Determined Cost + Priority lane During TSP Selection Schneider National 3 $1100 1103 CH Robinson 4 $1000 1004 Celadon Trucking 1 $1200 1201 Swift 2 $1000 1002 TSP Selection Result Rank Calculation Carrier Comment Result (C+P) 1 1002 Swift Priority used as tiebreaker 2 1004 CH Robinson Priority used as tiebreaker 3 1103 Schneider National 4 1201 Celadon Trucking Paresh Bhagwatkar
  • 20. TSP Selection Strategy – Cost Times Priority Lane Data Carrier Priority on Cost Determined Cost * Priority lane During TSP Selection Schneider National 3 $1100 3300 CH Robinson 4 $1000 4000 Celadon Trucking 1 $1200 1200 Swift 2 $1000 2000 TSP Selection Result Rank Calculation Result Carrier Comment (C+P) 1 1200 Celadon 2 2000 Swift Swift comes second though they are lowest cost 3 3300 Schneider 4 4000 CH Robinson Though CHR is low cost they come last Paresh Bhagwatkar
  • 21. Other “tweaks” Cost + Priority – Spacing out priorities • Possible to space out priority so that effect of priority is more for closely costed carriers • Use when small cost differences should take less effect on TSP selection Priority Only – Maintaining in steps • Priorities maintained in steps of 10, 20, 50 or 100 • Use when there is an anticipation that later another carrier may be placed between two existing carriers in the “gap” Paresh Bhagwatkar
  • 22. Tweak: Cost + Priority – Spacing Out Priorities Lane Data Exaggerated Example Carrier Priority on Cost Determined Cost * Priority lane During TSP Selection Schneider National 300 $1100 1400 CH Robinson 400 $1000 1400 Celadon Trucking 100 $1200 1300 Swift 200 $1010 1210 TSP Selection Result Rank Calculation Carrier Comment Result (C+P) 1 1210 Swift Swift costed marginally more than CHR. If priorities were maintained in steps of 1 CHR would have been chosen 2 1300 Celadon 3 1400 Schneider 4 1400 CH Robinson Paresh Bhagwatkar
  • 23. Contact Paresh Bhagwatkar • paresh@pareshbhagwatkar.com • 973-495-9913 This document may be used without any permission, but, with attribution in whole or part, with or without changes, and for any commercial or non-commercial purpose (under the creative commons “CC by 3.0” license) Paresh Bhagwatkar