OpenReference

The steps of consolidating shipments on the same route or to the same destination into a single transport.

Use Cases

• Combining multiple Less-Than-Container Loads into a Full Container Load
• Planning the Merge-In-Transit of multiple shipments/sources to a single delivery
• Shipments to a hub in a Hub-and-Spoke distribution model

Hierarchy

ID	Name	Level	x
D104	Schedule Transportation	3	D104
D10402	Plan Loads	4	D10402

Term(s)

ID	Name	Clear	x
LCL	Less-Than-Container Load		LCL
MIT	Merge-In-Transit		MIT

Workflow

From Input(s)	Process	Output(s) To
wf_process wf_arrow D10401 Routed Shipment	D10402	wf_arrow wf_process Loads D10403

Plan Loads Schedule Transportation 410402 4 Merge-in-Transit, Plan Loads, Consolidation, Logistics, Freight, Schedule Transport, Supply Chain Consolidating shipments on the same route or to the same destination into a single transport