Calculate Lane Summary Statistics

This page is accessed via Sourcing > Lane Aggregation > Lane Summary Criteria > Actions > Calculate Lane Summary Statistics.

Note: This action only works with shipment type TL.

This action calculates statistics for a lane summary.

Calculating Lane Summary Statistics

1. Select N (No) or Y (Yes) in the Remove Outliers drop-down list.

   Note: An outlier is a value whose difference from the mean is more than 3 times the standard deviation. The mean is the arithmetic average.
   
   Let's look at an example. A shipment set has a total of 30 shipments, and 29 of those shipments have a distance of 1 mile and 1 of those shipments has a distance of 20 miles. Then, the average distance is 1.6 miles and standard deviation for the distance is 3.4 miles. The shipment which travels 20 miles has a difference from the average of 18.4 miles (shipment distance - average distance). If you take 3 x 3.4 (standard deviation), the result is 10.2 which is the minimum outlier value. Since 18.4 is greater than 10.2, this shipment is considered an outlier.

2. If you want to run the action in the background, accept the default of Yes for the Run Job in Background field. The server can time out while waiting for a result if the action is run in the foreground for a large data set.  Hence, for large data sets, you need to run the action in the background.
3. Designate a contact in the Contact ID field if you selected Yes to Run Job in Background. When the action finishes, an email will be sent to the contact. Email notification is the only communication method even if fields are populated for other communication methods. There is no results page so the email notification is the only notification.

4. Click Calculate Lane Summary Statistics to run the action.