TM 202 · PLAN
How does TM create a feasible transportation plan?
Planning assigns compatible freight units to road freight orders, rail or air documents, or ocean freight bookings. A good result meets service windows, capacity, route, equipment, compatibility, and cost requirements—and can be explained.
READ FROM RESULT BACK TO RULE
Create feasible capacity and routes
TM combines a business requirement, a planning decision, and operating proof. A visible document status alone rarely explains whether the plan is feasible or recoverable.
ONE TRANSPORT STORY
Follow the decision through its evidence
Each hand-off has a different owner and a different proof. Preserve the hand-off rather than repairing a later status in isolation.
- 01INPUTFreight units
Demand supplies quantities, dates, locations, and compatibility.
- 02DECIDEPlanning profile
Strategy and constraints evaluate feasibility and consolidation.
- 03COMMITFreight document
Capacity, route, stops, schedule, and assigned freight become visible.
DIAGNOSTIC EVIDENCE
Ask the question at the correct layer
Transport problems become recoverable when the team checks the decision, source data, document, and event evidence in that order.
Check planning horizon, release state, locations, dates, compatibility, and relevant profile.
Compare capacity, stop sequence, equipment, time window, and consolidation constraints.
Check lanes, route, duration, distance, calendars, and manual overrides.
PROJECT MOMENT
One route must leave a pallet behind
A planned vehicle has no remaining compatible capacity. The planner protects the accepted commitment, examines another resource or a later departure, and records the service decision instead of overloading the order or hiding the exception.
- Capacity is verified
- Service effect is visible
- Alternative is evaluated
- Unassigned demand remains explainable
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