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Container Management
using OTM
OTM SIG 2012,
Philadelphia, USA, 13-15
th
August
KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd.
Hrishikesh Mhatre
Nikhil Gupta
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Contents
Introduction
Business Scenarios
Key Requirements
Leveraging OTM features
Business Value
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Introduction
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Introduction
Leading Export House
Large volume of Reefer
and Dry Containers
movement
Domestic distribution
Own Fleet of flatbed
and Reefer Vans
About Client
OTM Modules
Implemented
OTM-EBS Integration
OTM-Third Party
Integration
Transportation
Management
Operational Planning
Freight Settlement
Fleet Management
Current ERP
EBS
Delivery to OTM
Planned Shipment to
EBS
Actual Shipment to
OTM
Freight Accrual from
OTM to EBS
A/P Invoice to EBS
Driver Synchronization
from EBS to OTM
OTM Maersk line
(Sailing Schedule,
Booking Request,
Container events)
OTM INTTRA (Sailing
Schedule, Booking
Request)
Key Requirement How do we manage containers in OTM?
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Business Scenario
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Container Journey
Empty
Container
Yard
Stuffing Factory
Port of
Loading
(POL)
Port of
Discharge
(POD)
Customer Factory
/ WH
Empty
Container
Yard
ICD
START
END
Factory Locations
Inland Container Depot (ICD)
Port
Empty Container Yard
ICD
Rail
Head
Rail
Head
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Port of
Loading
(POL)
Port of
Discharg
e (POD)
Customer
Factory /
WH
Rail Head
START
ICD Factory Rail Head
Empty
Contain
er Yard
ICD Empty
Container
Yard
S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6
Empty Pick-up from
container yard
Capture container
details
Pick-up date and
time (free days
start)
Container number
check
Empty
Container
s at ICD
Selection
of best
container
Road movement can be by own fleet (fleet
management module) or third party
Road Rail Road
Road Rail
Road Ocean Road Road
- Handover to Liner
- Detention on
(Total Turnaround
time - Free days)
END
Container
Tracking till it
reaches
destination
X
X
X X X X
Booking Container
against forecasts
(Manual Orders)
Consume Container from empty inventory as
per Orders from EBS
No shipment created for
these legs
Ship Confirm from
EBS
Empty Loaded
- Loading
Confirmation
- Excise/Customs
sealing
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Delivery Details from EBS
Deliveries from EBS to OTM (One delivery is one container)
Delivery ID
Estimated Stuffing Date (Early Pick-up Date)
Stuffing factory (Source Location)
Customer (Destination Location)
POD (Plan-to Location)
Cargo Details (Item ID, Commodity, Weight, Volume)
Mode, Liner, Equipment (Container Type) constraints
Inco Terms, Container Specifications (temperature, vent settings)
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Key Requirements for
Container management
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System to help user select
the correct container from
the inventory yard based
on customer requirements
Operational Requirements | Financial Requirements | Tracking/Visibility
Requirements
Vessel schedules from
shipping lines.
Validation of container data
E.g.
- Is container number is correct?
- Tare weight, payload, seal number
entered by user ?
- Is the container overloaded
(Weight > Payload)
Easy to search for containers
Display of containers details in
single screen
Minimum data entry time
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Daily tracking of
detention incurred on a
container and alerts in
case of free days expiry
Operational Requirements | Financial Requirements | Tracking/Visibility
Requirements
Calculation of Actual
detention incurred on
container based on the
contract with owner of
that container
(shipping line)
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Tracking current position of a
container.
Tracking container based on
Load /Damage/Assignment
Status and current shipment
and order.
Tracking of containers based on
various parameters like type,
temperature, payload/tare
weight, line, cargo, stuffing
location & date, pickup yard
and date, excise & customs etc.
Operational Requirements | Financial Requirements | Tracking/Visibility
Requirements
Visibility of number of
containers at or in
transit to a particular
Container Inventory
Location or at/in-transit
to afactory.
Visibility of total
containers exported in
a time frame (by type
and cargo)
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Container Gate In at PORT
Shipment Event:
Container Gate-In at PORT
Container Created as
Equipment in OTM
Container Free Days
value set to 0
Enter
Container Details on
Empty leg shipment
Validate Validate
Container Number
Shipment Event: Shipment Event:
Empty Container
Picked up from Yard
Calculate
Over Due Days
Calculate
Actual Detention value
Shipment Event:
Container Returned
Empty to Depot
Create Version of
Container in
Equipment Object
Delete Original
(To Handle repetition of
Delete Original
Container Equipment
(To Handle repetition of
same container)
Scheduled Process Scheduled Process
in OTM
Balance Free Days
Calculation
Set Balance Free Days
to Free Days (System
Date-Pickup Date)
Stop
Calculation
Stop
Over Due Days and
Estimated Detention
Calculation
Calculate
Estimated Detention
Update Hand Over Date
Turn Around Time
Update Hand Over Date
And Calculate
Turn Around Time
Container Life Cycle Event Driven
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Operation Operation
al
Proposed Container Logic
Validate Container Logic
Liner Integration
Screen Customization
Financial
Estimated Detention Logic
Actual Detention Logic
Tracking & Tracking &
Visibility
Event based Status Updates
Screen Customization
Reports
Requirements Mapping
Event based configuration.
Container as an equipment.
Container Versioning.
Container Validation using ISO 6346.
Integration with Liner/INTTRA.
Detention calculation (Estimated & Actual).
Assignment of best container from
inventory
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Container EDI events
Gate-out empty against a booking
Gate-in full for a booking
Container loaded on rail
Container unloaded rail
Container loaded to vessel
Vessel departure
Vessel arrival
Discharge from vessel
Customs release (US Import Only)
Freight release
Container available
Gate-out for delivery to customer
Container returned empty to depot
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Use of Shipment Group
Train / Rake Formation
S1
S2
S3
S4
S45
SG1
Rake Plan to
Train
Operator
(Email or
Fax)
45 containers on a rake
Booking Request &
Shipping Bill
S1
S2
S3
S4
SG1
4 containers on a
same booking
Booking
Request to
Liner /
INTTRA
(Integration)
.
.
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Business Value Created
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Business Value Created
Better Visibility of Containers in Inventory across
various locations.
Automated location update of container based on
events from Liner through OTM-Liner/INTTRA
Integration.
Track and Trace of containers at any given point in
time (including in-transit containers).
Visibility on container detention costs
Increase in productivity with easy data
entry and reduced errors with container
validation check.
Automated process for updating of
Vessel schedules from liners resulting in
fewer vessel misses
Single integrated platform to plan,
execute and track shipments from
container pickup from empty yard till
final delivery to the customer.
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Q&A
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Presenters
Hrishikesh Mhatre
Principal Consultant,
Supply Chain Applications Practice
hrishikesh.mhatre@kpitcummins.com
Nikhil Gupta
Functional Consultant,
Supply Chain Applications Practice
nikhil.gupta@kpitcummins.com
Nikhil is a Functional consultant with experience in
implementation of Oracle Transportation Management in an
integrated environment (integration with Oracle EBS and
other third party systems).
A Computer Engineer and a MBA Gold Medalist, Nikhil has
demonstrated innovation in various dimensions of his work
and was awarded a national level prize for the best project
idea presentation
Hrishikesh leads the pre-sales for Supply Chain
Applications practice. He has implemented OTM
projects in various capacities like functional
consultant, solution architect and project
manager.
Hrishikesh is a graduate in Production Engineering
and has a post-graduation in Industrial
Management from NITIE with specialization
Supply Chain Management.