Equipment Groups and Equipment Types in Bulk Planning

Equipment groups define the size and shape of the equipment. The capacity of the equipment is defined in terms of Effective Weight, Effective Volume, Equipment Reference Units (ERUs) and equipment dimensions, Compartments, Length, Width and Height. The equipment dimensions are important for placing the items inside the equipment using the 3D load configuration engine.

An equipment group can have different types of equipment. For example, a 48FT equipment group might have an equipment type of rollup or swing door trailer. However, the weight, volume, ERUs, and dimensions of these equipment types are assumed to be the same as that of the equipment group. Although OTM supports many-to-many associations of equipment groups to equipment types, it is strongly recommended that each equipment type is associated with only one equipment group. However, an equipment group can be associated with several equipment types.

Equipment group profiles categorize equipment groups which have a common attribute. Equipment Group Profiles can be defined on:

• Itinerary Legs (Itinerary Legs can also define multiple equipment group profiles through Multi-Modal Equipment Sets)
• Order Release Constraints and Order Movement Constraints
• Locations
• Rate Offerings
• Rate Records