Order Model Overview

Order Base and Order Release

Orders may be entered into Oracle Transportation Management as order bases or order releases. An order base represents the total amount of product to be shipped, generally in intervals over a period of time. An order release represents the amount of product to be planned for shipping by Oracle Transportation Management. Order releases may be entered directly into Oracle Transportation Management via the user interface or XML integration, or they may be created from order bases using various actions.

Lines and Ship Units

Order bases and order releases may be entered with line items or with ship units. In general, line items (or lines) should be used when information is known about the product itself such as net weight or net volume and not much is known about how it will be packed for shipping. Ship units should be used when it is known how the product will be packed for shipping. For example, ship units would be an ideal mechanism to model 10 pallets each with a known gross weight, gross volume, or dimensions.

When creating order releases from an order base, portions of an order base line may be used to create order release lines. Similarly, portions of order base ship units may be used to create order release ship units.

Order Planning

The Oracle Transportation Management planning algorithm determines optimal shipping based on order release ship units. As described above, order releases may be created with line items or with ship units. If the order is created with line items, Oracle Transportation Management will create ship units based on the packing algorithm using Ship Unit capacities and order line consumption values. Details on this configuration are described later in this document.

The below diagram summarizes the interaction of order bases and releases and the various entry points to load orders in Oracle Transportation Management.