About Compartments

This page is accessed via Shipment Management > Equipment Management > Equipment Group. Then click Add a Compartment on the Equipment Group Manager.

Compartments allow you to separate goods. You may want to separate goods because of temperature, refrigerated and non-refrigerated; compatibility and orders. The planning logic takes compartment constraints such as length/width/height and temperature control into account when packing orders into equipment.

Enter any storage compartment information required for this equipment group. This specifies an additional level of detail for purposes of shipment planning. You can enter multiple compartments and edit or delete them as needed.

The logic configuration container optimization parameter "EQUIPMENT COMPARTMENT SORT CRITERIA" can be set to define how compartments are packed. They can be packed by compartment item compatibility (default) based on restrictions, or you can pack compartments based on compartment number.

Out of gauge (OOG) loads are loads whose dimensions exceed those of the container. OOG cargo is normally carried in Open Top containers (OT), Flat Racks (FR),  or Platforms (PL) due to the nature and size of the cargo. These loads can be accommodated by using the Widthwise Offset and Length Offset fields. The new fields are used to determine placement of the load on the equipment to get the out of gauge envelope. Only use out of gauge for a single compartment. Out of gauge items are included in calculation of loaded equipment dimensions for external distance engines. This may be part of the configuration for sending equipment dimensions to external distance engines.

Note: Generally, if fields exist on the equipment group and the compartment, the data on the compartment will be used since compartment data is more specific.

Adding a Compartment

1. The Equipment Compartment Number field designates the number of the compartment. The Max Weight and Max Volume fields identify the maximums that the compartment can accommodate.
2. The Length, Width, and Height of the compartment are used in planning and optimization calculations.
3. The Allow Commodity Mixing check box enables the mixing of commodities or packaged items with this compartment. The property glog.business.conopt.checkSamePIs determines whether OTM checks commodities or packaged items when considering whether to allow mixing in a compartment. This does not pertain to bulk.
4. The Temperature Control ID field represents the acceptable temperature within this compartment for the item being transported.
5. The Door Height limits the height of an object that can be added. It checks to make sure that the minimum dimension of the object placed is less than the door height. If door height is 8 FT, and the dimension of the object is 7x10x10, then this object can be loaded since the minimum dimension of the object is 7 FT. However, if the object's dimensions are 9x9x9, then it cannot be loaded.
6. The Start Length Position, Start Width Position and Start Height Position fields allow you to define the starting position of the compartment. This enables compartments to be front to back, side-by side or one on top of the other. Enter the value of each along with the UOM for each.
7. Select the Has Meter check box to indicate if there is a meter on the equipment. The meter is used to measure how much product is discharged at any given stop. If there are 20 stops and orders that range from 10 gal to 300 gal, the driver is not going to dip in a 5 gallon bucket to make deliveries. OTM checks for the presence of a meter on the compartment before allowing the same packaged item to multiple customers (stops).
8. Enter a Commodity ID, aka shipping family. Only items with the specified commodity will be compatible with this compartment.
9. Enter the Compartment Type ID.
10. Select the Bulk check box if this is for a bulk compartment.
11. For out of gauge (OOG) loads, enter the Widthwise Offset and/or Lengthwise Forward Offset values. OTM uses these fields for calculating equipment dimensions for use by External Distance Engines.
    • The widthwise offset is the shift of the compartment by a distance widthwise offset towards the left of the equipment origin (0,0,0).
    • The lengthwise forward offset is the shift of the compartment forward by a distance lengthwise offset towards front of the equipment origin (0,0,0).
12. List the compatible packaged items. Only specified packaged items can go into this compartment.