Convert orders into shipments based on capacity, route, cost, and customer delivery conditions.
In wholesale distribution, shipment planning is not simply a matter of loading ready-made products onto a vehicle. The delivery date, address, volume, weight, transport conditions, customer appointment, and vehicle capacity of the orders must all be considered together.
Minerva Shipment Planning groups order lines according to delivery and logistics rules; it coordinates warehouse preparation, loading, transportation, and delivery processes. Company vehicles, carriers, cross-docking, or direct delivery from the supplier are all supported models.
Shipment planning components
Identifying orders and lines ready for shipment.
Consolidation based on customer, route, region, and delivery date.
Volume, weight, pallet and vehicle capacity checks.
Selection of carrier, vehicle, driver, and service type.
Collection wave, packing and loading sequence
Scheduled delivery and customer reception times.
Partial, bulk and combined delivery rules
Shipping document, label, SSCC and tracking information
The completed shipment, delivery, and proof of delivery.
Delay, damage, incomplete delivery, and reshipment management.
Optimize both cost and service level.
Full vehicle utilization can reduce logistics costs; however, it may delay customer delivery commitments. Shipping decisions should be made by considering cost, priority, delivery commitment, and customer service level together.
Manage shipments not as warehouse exits, but as the planned and traceable completion of the delivery promise made to the customer.