TM 202 · DETERMINATION
What determines a transport result in TM?
A freight order, carrier, route, or charge is an outcome—not an explanation. TM determines it from demand, master data, planning settings, business constraints, and commercial rules. Diagnose the decision chain before forcing a document or overwriting a status.
DETERMINATION MAP
From visible outcome to the controls to inspect
These are connected layers rather than an app or configuration recipe. Available settings depend on the TM deployment, release, and activated scope.
One source demand becomes one or several planning units.
InspectSource attributes, transportation relevance, freight-unit-building rule, conditions, compatibility, product and handling data.Freight is consolidated, excluded, or placed on capacity.
InspectPlanning profile, horizon, lane, route, dates, capacity, equipment, stop sequence, incompatibilities, and optimizer or manual decision.A carrier is proposed, selected, accepts, rejects, or times out.
InspectEligibility, agreement validity, rates, allocation, tendering profile, communication recipient, response window, and event log.A transport appears ready, loaded, departed, arrived, delayed, or cancelled.
InspectDocument and stop status, source event, warehouse and delivery evidence, event mapping, message processing, and recovery owner.Freight cost is calculated or missing.
InspectAgreement, calculation sheet, rate table, scale, units, distance, currency, validity, charge type, and accessorial input.Demand, a plan, a tender, an event, or settlement does not exist.
InspectTrigger, status prerequisite, master-data completeness, background processing, application log, authorization, and interface monitoring.PROJECT MOMENT
The cheapest carrier is not selected
The carrier may be ineligible for the lane, have an expired agreement, lack compatible equipment, fall outside allocation, or be excluded by the tendering and planning context. Compare the candidate evidence before changing a freight order by hand.
- Start with the chosen document and its status
- Identify the relevant decision layer
- Compare candidate inputs and validity
- Make the recovery decision explicit
Use the determination model to trace freight-unit creation and changes.