Load Uses

A load consists of one or more shipments moving from one or more origins to one or more destinations. On a common carrier, a load is generally associated with a vehicle type, which provides capacity information for the vehicle that is expected to pick up the shipments. If you use a private fleet, the load is generally associated with a physical vehicle and the load is defined as a trip. A trip is a scheduled movement of a physical vehicle on a specific date and time.

A load can contain shipments that are made up of combinations of these transaction types:

• Normal sales order delivery.

• Direct ship order pickup and delivery.

• Transfer order delivery.

• Customer return pickup.

• Purchase order pickup and delivery.

You can use loads to create pooled shipments that go to a consolidation or distribution center. To pool shipments, you define the destination for the load as an intermediate destination. The system validates the load to ensure that the pooled shipments on a load are compatible with the vehicle and with the other products on the load.

You can track in-transit inventory by load. Tracking in-transit inventory is generally required only for shipments that are free on board (FOB) destination or for transfer shipments. When you place shipments on a load, you can separate the load confirmation from the delivery confirmation and record the quantity of products on the vehicle (both in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Inventory Management and General Accounting systems) between these confirmation steps.

In addition to combining shipments into loads, you can:

• Rate loads.

• Modify the options and equipment that is required for a load.

• Assign products to compartments.

• Print a loading note or load tender report.

• Approve all shipments on the load.

• Confirm all shipments on the load.

• Print delivery documents for all shipments on the load.

This diagram illustrates the tables that are updated when you enter information on loads: