Create a Truck Despatch Loading Plan

Security Note: You need the Allow truck loading/unloading security right in the Trucks domain security rights group for this activity.

Activity Steps

  1. Open the Truck Despatch.
  2. Ensure that a Truck is assigned to the truck despatch.
  3. Select the loading route point in the Route diagram.
  4. Ensure that Loading / Unloading in the truck despatch header field group is Loading. This setting depends on the route configuration. See Edit the Route of a Truck Despatch.
  5. Select the Planned Loading tab.

    The Loading field group displays the process flows that exist from source locations to the location of the route point.

  6. Create a despatch loading plan:
    1. Right-click in the Despatch Plan Versions table and select New » Loading Plan from the menu.
    2. Enter Comments if required. The maximum length is 1024 characters. The comment for the selected plan also displays in the Comments field in the Despatch Plan Versions table.
    3. Enter a Tolerance value as a percentage if required. The tolerance is the maximum variation between the actual quantity and the planned quantity specified in the plan. If the actual quantity is out of tolerance, the transaction is highlighted red in the Loading tab.
  7. Add sequences and planned loading transactions:
    1. Select the required plan.
    2. To add a loading sequence with a transaction:
      1. Expand the Process Flow » Location tree in the Loading field group.
      2. Drag the required stockpile to the compartment in the truck diagram.

        If successful, MineMarket adds a transaction to the end of the list of transactions.

    3. To add a sequence, right-click in the Transactions table and select New » Sequence from the menu.

      MineMarket creates the sequence with a single transaction after the last sequence.

    4. To add a transaction to a sequence, right-click a sequence in the Transactions table and select New » Transaction from the menu.
  8. Update the following fields for the transactions in the Transactions table as required.
    • Start Date
    • End Date
    • Process Flow
    • Source
    • Movement Product—Select from the products and brands defined on the Material panel of the Solution Explorer.
    • Planned Mass
    • Unit—Select from the Mass units defined in the Unit Conversion Editor. Default: The Default UOM of the truck despatch template if applicable, or else metric tonnes.
    • Despatch Order—Select from the despatch orders associated with the despatch. If only one associated despatch order matches the selected movement product for the transaction, that despatch order is selected by default.
    • Planned Equipment—Select from the equipment items associated with the selected process flow.
    • Comment
  9. To reorder the sequences, right-click a sequence and select Move Sequence Up or Move Sequence Down from the menu.
  10. To reorder the transactions within a sequence, right-click a transaction and select Move Sequence Item Up or Move Sequence Item Down from the menu.
  11. If the plan is ready to use, check Completed for the plan in the Despatch Plan Versions table. Multiple plans can be marked as Completed.
  12. To duplicate a plan and its transactions, right-click the plan in the Despatch Plan Versions table and select Duplicate from the menu.
  13. Select which plan is Active if required. Only one plan can be active. For truck despatches, whether the plan is active can be used for reporting purposes.
  14. Click Save.