Build a LOAD for a collection of LTL shipments?
My client has been on JDE E-1 9.0 (and earlier versions) for several years. They are a building products manufacturer. They now want to start using JDEdwards Transportation Management. A very large percentage of their orders are shipped using a dedicated 3PL carrier, this is TL mode. Thus, they will be building loads to assist in the loading, delivery document preparation, shipping/delivery, and payment of the loads. They also have a fair amount of items that are shipped via LTL carriers.
They think that it would be a good idea to place the LTL shipments on a load. I have told them that a load is when you are loading one (or several) shipments onto a delivery vehicle, and are planning to deliver them to one or multiple destinations. Placing them on a load allows you to plan for, and execute the load, as you will be rating/routing the entire load, especially for payable freight. They counter with the fact that they are placing the LTL shipments for a given day onto a trailer that was dropped by the carrier. That