Work Assignment Planning

For work assignment planning and optimization, this page is accessed via:

Shipment Management > Buy Shipment > Actions > Fleet management > Manage Work Assignment > Optimize Work Assignments
Fleet Management > Process Management > Optimize Work Assignments
Fleet Management > Planning Results > Work Assignment Planning

For Logistics Network Modeling scenario work assignment optimization, this page is accessed via:

Logistics Network Modeling > Modeling Project > Actions > Scenario Work Assignment Optimization
Logistics Network Modeling > Modeling Scenario > Actions > Scenario Work Assignment Optimization

Note: You can also access Work Assignment Planning from Bulk Plan, when the Fleet Aware Bulk Plan parameter is set to true. This parameter allows the creation of any work assignments in a bulk plan. For more information, see Fleet and Bulk Planning.

Select multiple shipments and a parameter set to achieve work assignments for shipments. This process considers the resource scheduler parameters configured in the parameter set. Oracle Transportation Management (OTM) considers Resource Schedule Instances to determine which shipments need to be strung together to form optimal work assignments.

When you perform Work Assignment Planning, you can enter a unique ID for the work assignment and informational attributes are provided about the work assignment results such as:

Start and end time of the work assignment planning process
Number of shipments selected for work assignment planning
Number of shipments that were assigned for better shipping opportunities
Distance and duration of shipments
Number of resource schedule instances available
Number of work assignments created
Total weighted cost and actual cost of assigned shipments

Refer to the Optimize Work Assignments Action page to see the list of shipments which are not considered when you perform the Optimal Work Assignments action.

Note: Terminate action enables you to terminate the selected work assignments. Includes time and reason for termination.

Results Tab

You can use Work Assignment Planning to review the results of any work assignments, regardless of how you initiated it.

The fields displayed are based on the multiple shipments you selected.

Work Assignment Planning	Description
Work Assignment Planning ID	The ID is automatically generated using the default format in the Business Number Generator. You can use the Work Assignment Planning ID to search for shipments that are part of the plan using the Shipment Manager and Fleet Manager.
Shipment Query Name	The name of the Saved Query that was used to select the shipments for the Work Assignment Planning if you performed Optimize Work Assignment using the Process Manager.
Parameter Set ID	The set of parameters that was used to process this work assignment planning. Click View Overrides to view parameters set differently from the defaults.
Domain Name	Shows the domain you are working in.
Status	Shows the status.
Last Updated	Time when the process began.
Start Time	The time when the work assignment planning process began.
End Time	The time when the work assignment planning process completed. If the End Time is blank, then processing is still in progress. Click the Refresh button at the bottom of the page until an End Time appears to review the results.
Shipments Selected	Displays the number of shipments considered in the work assignment planning.
Shipments Assignable	Displays the number of shipments which are assignable in the work assignment planning.
Shipments Assigned	Displays the number of shipments that are assigned in the work assignment planning. Note: If you ran the Scenario Bulk Plan or the Scenario Work Assignment Optimization actions the Shipments Built link opens the Modeling Shipment finder results and view screens.
Shipments Failed	The number of shipments failed as a result of the work assignment planning.
Total Slack Duration	The total slack duration of all work assignments. Slack time is time between the end of a shipment and the start of the next shipment that is not empty transit time. For example, shipment 1 ends at 09:00 and shipment 2 doesn't start until 11:00 due to a pickup window on the order. If the transit time from the last stop of shipment 1 to the first stop of shipment 2 is only 30 minutes, the other 1 hour 30 minutes between the shipments would be considered slack time.
Total Rest Duration	The total rest duration of all work assignments
Total Transit Duration	The total transit duration of all work assignments
Total Transit Distance	The total transit distance of all work assignments
Resources	Applicable Instances - Number of resource schedule instances applicable Newly Generated - Number of resource schedule instances newly generated
Work Assignments	Created - Number of work assignments created Note: If you ran the Scenario Work Assignment Optimization action the Created link opens the Modeling Work Assignments finder results and view screens. Minimum - Minimum number of shipments in Work Assignments of all work assignments saved so far Maximum - Maximum number of shipments in Work Assignments of all the work assignments saved so far Average - Average number of shipments in Work Assignments saved so far
Costs before Work Assignment	Shows total weighted cost and actual cost of all assignable shipments before work assignments creation
Costs after Work Assignment	Shows total weighted cost and actual cost of all assignable shipments after work assignments creation
Modeling Project ID / Modeling Scenario ID	These fields are populated if the work assignment optimization was run via the logistics network modeling action of Scenario Work Assignment Optimization. They show values for work assignment optimization invoked from a modeling project or modeling scenario. Note: The metrics and values in the screen do not correspond to work assignment optimization but are the result of the scenario planner initiated work assignment optimization (as expected).

Metrics Tab

The first section summarizes metrics derived from the total work assignments.

Work Assignment Planning Level Metrics	Description
Available Instance Counts	The total number of resources calculated as sum of the counts on each resource schedule instance. For example, if 5 RSIs have count of 5 each, the total available resources are 25.
Used Instance Counts	Displays the number of resource used instances (Resource Schedule Instance); this is same as number of work assignments created.
Minimum Shipments	Minimum number of shipments per work assignment.
Maximum Shipments	Maximum number of shipments per work assignment.
Average Shipments	Average number of shipments per work assignment.
Minimum Cost	Minimum cost per work assignment.
Maximum Cost	Maximum cost per work assignment.
Average Cost	Average cost per work assignment.
Minimum Transit Duration	Minimum total duration per work assignment.
Maximum Transit Duration	Maximum total duration per work assignment.
Average Transit Duration	Average total duration per work assignment.
Minimum Slack Duration	Maximum slack duration per work assignment.
Maximum Slack Duration	Minimum slack duration per work assignment.
Average Slack Duration	Average slack duration per work assignment.
Minimum Rest Duration	Maximum rest duration per work assignment.
Maximum Rest Duration	Minimum rest duration per work assignment.
Average Rest Duration	Average rest duration per work assignment.
Minimum Total Distance	Minimum total distance per work assignment.
Maximum Total Distance	Maximum total distance per work assignment.
Average Total Duration	Average total duration per work assignment.

The second section displays Utilization Metrics.

Work Assignment Planning Utilization Metrics	Description
Average Resource Utilization	Shows the average percentage of the resource count used during planning. Each RSI has count of resource schedule instances available. So if 3 RSIs have count of 5 each which were used during planning and 3 resource schedule instances from first RSI were used to create work assignments, then the average percentage of RSI count is calculated as: (((3/5)+5+5)/3 ) *100
Average Transit to Total Time Utilization	Shows how much available time was utilized on the work assignment - computed per work assignment first and then average of those values.
Average Slack to Total Time Utilization	Shows how much of the work assignment duration was slack.
Average Rest to Total Time Utilization	Shows how much of the work assignment duration was rest.

Performance Tab

Work Assignment Planning Level Metrics	Description
Status	Shows the status.
Last Updated	Time when the milestone process began.
Total Time	Amount of time consumed by the completed process.
Start Time	Time when the milestone process began.
End Time	Time when the milestone process ended.

Milestone Metrics	Description
Planning Milestone ID	Lists the process or milestone. These are pre-defined. Additional ones cannot be created.
Status	Shows the status.
Time	Displays how long that process took to run.
Percentage	Compared to total run time.
Progress	Displays the progress of the milestones which can be in process, submitted, or completed . For example, it may show 6 out of 8 shipments are assignable.
Algorithm	Shows the algorithm used, if one was used.
Error Count	Shows exceptions. If there is a number in this column, the number is a hyperlink. Click the hyperlink to see the error message.
Warning Count	This column shows number of warnings about certain parameter settings or excessive logging. If there is a number in this column, the number is a hyperlink. Click the hyperlink to see the message; for example, "Excessive Logging" or "Potentially Excessive Runtime". The message is also a hyperlink. Click the link for further details. Note: There are work assignment planning properties that enable you to adjust warning settings. See glog.workassignment properties.

Work Assignment Planning

Results Tab

Metrics Tab

Performance Tab

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