Carrier ID: Mandatory. Unique identifier of the carrier associated with the lane constraint. Editable only when the List of Lane Constraints page is accessed directly from the navigation pad. Not editable when the List of Lane Constraints page is accessed from the List of Carriers and List of Services for Tariff pages.
Carrier Name: Description of the carrier.
Lane Control Information
Tariff Number: The tariff number for the lane constraint. It is optional and cannot be modified after a lane constraint is created. If specified, it must refer to a tariff for the applicable carrier. If Tariff Number is specified, Service ID must also be provided.
Tariff Description: Description of the Tariff Number.
Tariff ID: Tariff ID corresponding to the Tariff Number.
Active: Indicates whether this lane constraint is active. It can be modified in update mode. If not selected, lane constraint is not considered by Transportation Planner.
Service ID: The Service ID for the lane constraint. It is optional and cannot be modified after a lane constraint is created. If Service ID is specified, Tariff Number must also be specified. The Tariff / Service combination must be valid for the applicable carrier.
Service Description: Description of the service.
Division: The division for the lane constraint. It is optional for users that are not restricted to a specific division. It can be modified in update mode if the Enforce Division and Logistics Group Relationships check box is not selected in the Global Settings. If a division is not specified, lane constraint can be used for loads and trips in all divisions. During optimization, Transportation Planner considers lane constraints where lane constraint and applicable load plan have same division along with the lane constraints where division is not defined. For route, rate and scheduling process, if the lane constraint has a division, it must be same as the division for load or trip.
CEA Grouping: Mandatory. It can be modified in Update mode. The values in the drop-down list are based on the user-definable CEA Groupings Domain table. Applicable only when Enforce Constraints as a Percentage is selected. When a value is defined, the percentage denominator will be all loads/trips, which are eligible for any lane constraint that refers to the same CEA Grouping, plus all loads/trips for which there is no lane constraint for the load/trip but where a CEA Grouping has been enabled for the applicable tariff service.
Origin
Origin Zone: Lane constraint must refer to either an Origin Zone or Origin Hub, but not both. If specified, zone must be a valid zone. Origin Zone cannot be modified after the lane constraint is created. A zone can refer to one or more locations of any type.
Origin Zone Description: Description of the origin zone.
Origin Hub: Lane constraint must refer to either an Origin Hub or Origin Zone, but not both. If specified, hub must be a valid hub. Origin Hub cannot be modified after the lane constraint is created.
Origin Hub Name: Description of the origin hub.
Destination
Destination Zone: Lane constraint must refer to either a Destination Zone or Destination Hub, but not both. If specified, zone must be a valid zone. Destination Zone cannot be modified after the lane constraint is created.
Destination Zone Description: Description of the destination zone.
Destination Hub: Lane constraint must refer to either a Destination Hub or Destination Zone, but not both. If specified, hub must be a valid hub. Destination Hub cannot be modified after the lane constraint is created.
Destination Hub Name: Description of the destination hub.
Constraints
Note: All fields in this section are editable in update mode.
Minimum Number of Loads/Trips: Specifies the minimum number of loads or trips for the lane defined by the lane constraint that is assigned to the designated carrier, tariff, and service combination to avoid the corresponding load and trip penalty. This value represents the percentage of total loads or trips on the lane, instead of an absolute number when Enforce Constraints As Percentage is enabled.
Maximum Number of Loads/Trips: Specifies the maximum number of loads or trips for the lane defined by the lane constraint that is assigned to the designated carrier/tariff/service combination to avoid the corresponding load and trip penalty. This value represents the percentage of total loads or trips on the lane, instead of an absolute number when Enforce Constraints As Percentage is enabled.
Start Date/Time: Start date and time of the time period for the lane constraint. If the lane constraint is associated with a tariff, the start date and time must be within the effective and expiration dates of the associated tariff.
Notes:
If the time is not defined, one minute before midnight (23:59) is considered by default.
If only the start date and time is defined without defining the end date and time, then the lane constraint applies to any load or trip with a dispatch date and time greater than or equal to the designated start date and time. This is applicable only when the bucket type is not defined.
The start date/time and end date/time range overlap is not allowed for lane constraints having the same division, carrier, tariff, service, lane, equipment type, commodity, bucket type, resource project ID, CEA grouping, and percentage-based condition.
Lane Constraints that do not refer to a start date/time and end/date/time are not considered by routing/rating/scheduling calls. These are considered during optimization.
End Date/Time: End date and time of the time period for the lane constraint. If the lane constraint is associated with a tariff or service, the end date and time must be within the effective and expiration date of the associated tariff.
Notes:
If time is not defined, midnight (00:00) is considered by default.
If only the end date and time is defined without defining the start date and time, the lane constraint applies to any load or trip with a dispatch date and time less than or equal to the end date/time.
The start date/time and end date/time range overlap is not allowed for lane constraints having the same division, carrier, tariff, service, lane, equipment type, commodity, bucket type, resource project ID, CEA grouping, and percentage based condition.
Enforce Constraints As Percentage: Indicates whether the values in the Minimum Number of Loads/Trips and Maximum Number of Loads/Trips fields represent percentages or absolute numbers. For example, if unselected, these values represent an actual count of loads on the lane.
Equipment Type: Optional. Type of equipment associated with the lane constraint. The lane constraint is considered for loads or trips that have the same equipment type defined for the lane constraint. If Tariff Number and Service ID are specified, Equipment Type must be enabled for the applicable tariff/service combination.
Note: Equipment category cannot be a trailer for equipment type referenced by lane constraints.
Commodity: Optional. Type of commodity associated with the lane constraint. The lane is considered for loads or trips that have the same commodity type defined for the lane constraint.
Commodity Description: Description of the commodity.
Apply FEU Factor: Indicates whether the FEU factor must be applied when calculating the resource usage. If enabled, calculations for the lane constraint vs. minimum and maximum will be based on the FEU Factor for the applicable trailer equipment type for the load. Not applicable when lane constraints are used for trips.
Backup Resource: Indicates whether this lane is considered as a backup resource for loads or trips during the optimization and route, rate, and scheduling processes. If selected, the backup resource is used only when other feasible resources are not available for optimization and route, rate, and scheduling processes.
Note: Only applicable when Enforce Constraints As Percentage is not enabled.
Bucket Type: Optional. Defines the start date/time and end date/time of the time period for the lane constraint. Following are the possible bucket types that can be defined:
Daily: Both start and end date must have same calendar date.
Weekly: The start and end date must be in the same week with seven calendar days apart. For example, if start date is on Monday, then the end date must be on the following Sunday.
Monthly: The start date must be on the first day of a month and the end date must be on the last day of the same month.
Note: If the bucket type is not defined, the lane constraint can be configured for any date range.
Resource Project ID: The CEA resources having same value as selected resource project ID from optimization request will be used to evaluate loads and trips during optimization. All loads and trips that are created or modified by optimization will be set to the Resource Project ID (RPID) associated with the optimization request. When creating an optimization request, the RPID associated with the Plan is assigned to the optimization request, by default. For loads assigned to a trip, the RPID on loads do not have to be the same across all loads and also does not have to be the same as for the trip. Trip level RPID will be honored when assigning CEA Resources to a trip. A load level RPID that is different from a trip level value would be used only if the load is subsequently removed from the trip. Similarly, a booking may contain loads having different RPID although the booking itself does not refer to a RPID.