How to Configure Emission Calculation

This page describes how to configure master data for calculating emissions for a shipment. Emissions will be calculated based on the information available on the shipment and its child entities.

Setting up Emission Calculation

The following configurations are required to set up the emission calculation in the application:

1. Setting Up Emission Type:  
   • Create the emissions types for the given business scenarios in the Emission Types page.
2. Setting Up Emission Activity Types: 
   • Define the Activity Type. For example, TRANSPORTATION for movement of goods.
   • Add necessary attributes for the Activity Type like Haul Type for air mode, Service Provider Grouping for truck load and any other required information to be added as a remark on the Emission Activity.
   • Add applicable emission types to  the Activity Type.
3. Setting Up Emission Activity Rule: 
   • Create Emission Activity Rules for the defined Activity Type. These rules can be specific to a mode profile and region.
   • The Emission Activity Rule for the Activity Type will be determined based on the mode profile, region, priority, and any additional criteria specified in the activity rule remarks which will be based on the matching of one of the shipment order release remarks. 
     • Setting up Data Configuration: Use the Association Type Shipment to Emission Activity for copying the attributes from the source entities such as Shipment Equipment Group, Shipment Packaged Item, Shipment Service Provider, Shipment Rate Service, Shipment Derived Fields (Haul Type) to the Emission Activity with the target as the remark qualifier.

       Note: When the property glog.emission.haulType is configured, the application will compute the haul type. If you want the computed haul type, it must be configured in the data configuration for the association type Shipment - Emission Activity. 

       Note: The property glog.emission.supportedShipmentTypes is used to specify the shipment types for which emission calculations are supported. By default, the calculation is only supported for TRANSPORTATION shipment type.

       Note: Only the remark qualifiers listed as additional attributes on the Activity Type will be copied.

   • Use the Rate Distance to compute the distances on the Emission Activity and Emission Activity Detail.
   •  Configure an Accessorial Code for calculating accessorial cost from the generated emission activity.
4. Setting Up Emission Rule with Emission Factors: 
   • Create the Emission Rule which is used to calculate the emissions based on the created emission activity.
   • Emission Rule can be either region or mode profile specific.
   • Configure the Emission Factor Constraint Set of Constraint Set Type EMISSION RULE for matching the emission factors with the emission activity. 
     • Set up the Emission Factor Constraint Set by using the Constraint Type EMISSION RULE and mention the constraint details.
   • If a factor is matched then the application will use the Formula Expression mentioned at either Activity Level Formula Expression or Activity Detail Level Formula Expression to determine the emissions based on the Emission Factor Value and its UOM.

     Note: If Emission Activity Details or Activity Detail Level Formula Expression is unavailable then Activity Level Formula Expression will be used if it is available.

5. Setting Emission Factors: 
   • Create the Emission Factor for the specified Emission Type. Specify the additional attributes to match with Emission Activity according to the Emission Factor Constraint Set as the String Flex Fields by customizing the manager layout and provide the Emission Factor Value and the corresponding UOM for the given attributes which are mentioned as String Flex fields.

     Note: Emission factor UOM should be configured on the Units of Measure Screen for the UOM Type "Quantity". Only UOMs with weight in the numerator will appear in the Emission Factor UOM drop-down list.

Invoke Emission Calculations

Now you can invoke the emission calculations from

1. Bulk Plan of Shipment: Set up a Planning Parameter Set with the Planning Parameter Qualifier CALCULATE EMISSIONS having two options "Calculate Emissions During Rating" and "Calculate Emission", and EMISSION ACTIVITY TYPE to specify the Activity Type for which emission activity to be created with emissions.
2. Recalculation of Shipment Cost: Similar to the Bulk Plan, shipment emissions will be recalculated based on any changes made to the shipment.
3. Calculate Emission Actions: Use the action CALCULATE EMISSIONS (via Web and Agent) to calculate the emissions for the activity type specified on the Planning Parameter Set of the shipment.

Note: Calculate Emissions will always create a new emission activity, remove the existing one, and update the shipment emission accordingly