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Control Tower v22.0.0 - Operations Guide

Navigation: Transport Order

Create TO

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Menu Navigation: Transport Order  > Create T.O

Go to Transport Order > Create T.O.

The system displays the Transport Order Creation screen.

Fill the mandatory fields.

 

Field Description

Field Name

Authorization

Description

Customer

Mandatory

Enter the customer’s company name.

(If a user from the customer company raises the TO, customer name appears by default).

(or)

Enter search parameters in the respective field, the relevant list of values will be displayed to select the required a customer company.

(Based on Client Criteria added in Company Relation, customers flow into this field).

Transaction Type

Optional

Select a value from the drop-down list.

 

Origin Location

Mandatory

Enter origin location.

PO_Create_Screen_Fields_Action system is modified to include two more fields Origin Location and Destination Location to mandate or make optional in P.O. screen.

Supplier

Optional

Select a value from the drop-down list.

Req. ETD

Optional

ETD means Estimated Time of Departure of shipments from the origin. Click on the calendar icon to select date and time.

The system allows users to enter both date and time manually. 

The system displays the default text message in the field as DDMMYYYY HHMM for fields where the user is allowed to enter both date & time manually.

Note: 

Space should be added between date & time.

If the user adds date & time without space in between, it alerts a user with a message 'Invalid Date and Time format entered'.

If the user adds the only date without time, the system needs to default time as 00:00.

If T.O is created based on PO Confirmation(s), TO Req. ETD defaults to current system date in Dispatch.

Business Unit

Optional

Select a value from the dropdown list.

Mode of Transport

Mandatory

Select a value from the dropdown list.

Destination Location

Mandatory

Enter Destination location.

PO_Create_Screen_Fields_Action system is modified to include two more fields Origin Location and Destination Location to mandate or make optional in P.O. screen.

Consignee

Optional

Select a value from the dropdown list.

Req. ETA

Optional

ETA means Estimated Time of Arrival of shipments at the destination. Click on the calendar icon to select date and time.

It allows users to enter both date and time manually. 

It displays the default text message in the field as DDMMYYYY HHMM for fields where the user is allowed to enter both date & time manually.

Note: 

Space should be added between date & time.

If the user adds date & time without space in between, it alerts a user with a message 'Invalid Date and Time format entered'.

If the user adds the only date without time, the system needs to default time as 00:00.

If T.O is created based on PO Confirmation(s), T.O Req. ETA defaults as the earliest date of selected PO(s) Requested ETA and PO Items Requested ETA in the Dispatch.

Template Name

Optional

T.O. Template

 

There are three options with the relevant buttons to create Transport Order.

 

Create Based On

Create Transport Order

T.O. Template
 

Option 1: Create Based On

Click [Create Based On].

If there is a matching workflow profile, the system displays 20 latest (sorted descending based on creation date) TO transactions, based on the entered criteria. Otherwise, the system displays “Roll Back Error” message. Again, there are two options to navigate to the next page.  

Click [Continue without Selection] to navigate to the normal Create T.O dynamic screen.

(Or)

Click on a TO from the list.
 

The system displays a screen to create the T.O.  The system duplicates the values of the selected transaction, but the user can overwrite the information entered in the Create T.O screen.

 

Option 2: Create Transport Order

Click [Create Transport Order].

Click [Ok] to proceed with the creation of T.O.

Some of the field data appear based on the search parameters filled in the Create T.O dynamic screen.

 

Option 3: T.O. Template

Select T.O. Template from T.O. Template section.

Click [Ok] to proceed with the creation of TO, a screen appears.    

Some of the field data appear based on the search parameters filled in the Create T.O dynamic screen. This screen has sub-frames as highlighted.  These are the additional information needed to complete the T.O.

Mandatory fields in the sub-frames are red highlighted*.
 

Field Description

Field Name

Authorization

Description

Business Unit

Optional

Select business unit from the drop-down list.

Entry No

Optional

Enter the TO entry number

Req. ETA

Optional

The default value flows from “Transport Order Creation” screen. The user can edit the value using the calendar icon.

T.O. Created

Optional

The default value flows in the field.

Mode of Transport

Optional

This is the shipment mode of transportation. Select MOT from the drop-down list.

Terms of Delivery

Optional

This is shipment delivery terms. Select terms of delivery from the drop-down list.

Transaction Type

Optional

The default value flows from “Transport Order Creation” screen.

Delivery Location

Optional

This is shipment delivery location. Enter location name.

Cargo PT

Optional

Select Cargo PT from the drop-down list.

Goods Description

Optional

Enter the goods description

Volume

Optional

Enter cargo volume.

Delivered TO

Optional

Enter to whom the shipment is to be delivered.

Destination

Optional

Enter the destination location.

Origin

Optional

Enter origin location.

Flex Boolean

Optional

Select the option Yes or No.

Flex Decimal

Optional

Enter the decimal limit.

Flex Date

Optional

Select the date.

Flex Number

Optional

Enter the flex number.

Flex Text

Optional

Enter the flex text.

Shipment Type

Optional

Select type of shipment from the drop-down list.

Actual Ship Date

Optional

Click the Calendar icon to select a date.

Line Order No

Optional

Enter the value.

Docs Ready Date

Optional

Click the Calendar icon to select a date.

House NO.

Optional

The system generates ‘House number’, in case of selecting auto number generation. If the Auto Number generation is not set, the user can enter the number manually.

Backbone Ref

Optional

Enter the backbone reference number.

Requested ETD

Optional

The default value flows from “Transport Order Creation” screen. The user can edit the value using the calendar icon.

axsSCM ID

Optional

The default value flows in the field.

Main Carrier

Optional

Enter the main carrier or click LOV to select a carrier.

NotifyEmail

Optional

Enter the email address.

Job Type

Optional

Select the job from the drop-down list.

InternalRefNo

Optional

Enter the internal reference number.

Sub Frames:

TO Parties

Optional

 

Select this subframe to view a list of TO Parties. The user can also add more parties to T.O or modify existing parties.

TO Item

Optional

Select this subframe to view/add/modify TO items.

TO Routing Info

Optional

Select this subframe to view / add / modify T.O Routing Info.

TO Container

Optional

Select this subframe to view / add / modify T.O container Info.

TO Multiple Container

Optional

Select this subframe to add multiple containers of one type at once to T.O.

T.O Charges

Optional

Select this subframe to view/ add / modify the charges assigned to T.O

 

Steps to Access the Sub-Frames:

It has following sub-frames,

T.O. PARTIES

T.O. ITEMS

T.O CONTAINER

TO Multiple Container

T.O. ROUTING INFO

T.O CHARGES

 

Accessing the sub-frames is as similar as explained in the P.O.

 

All the fields and sub-frames are dynamic. The admin user can add/modify the screens according to the business requirements.

From T.O dynamic header screen, if the screen navigates to any other menu in the application, a warning message appears as “Do you want to save the details.”

Click [Ok] to save the modified data.

Click [Cancel] to cancel the save.

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