Despatches - Common Activities

Many activities are applicable to most or even all despatch types.

Materials can be despatched by:

• Rail—Managed with trains. See Despatches by Rail (Trains).
• Truck—Managed with truck despatches. See Despatches by Truck.
• Barge—Managed with service trips. See Despatches by Barge (Service Trips).
• Vessel—Managed with shipments. See Despatches by Vessel (Shipments).
• Direct feed—By associating transactions or movements with a despatch order. See Associate Bulk Transactions Directly with a Despatch Order and Associate Discrete Units Directly with a Despatch Order.

Despatch States for Route Points

Despatch states are determined by whether arrival, start loading and departure dates are defined for loading and unloading route points. Despatch states do not apply for intermediate points in the route.

Despatch State	Determination Basis
None	No actual arrival at the first route point. Only planned dates exist.
Waiting At None	Actual arrival date entered for a non-defined route point.
Waiting At Loading	Actual arrival date entered for a loading route point.
Loading	Actual start loading date entered for a loading route point.
Loaded Transit	Actual departure date entered for a loading route point.
Waiting At Unloading	Actual arrival date entered for an unloading route point.
Unloading	Actual start unloading date entered for an unloading route point.
Unloaded Transit	Actual departure date entered for an unloading route point, but there are one or more route points ahead in the route.
Complete	Actual departure date entered for an unloading route point, and there are no other route points ahead in the route.

Load States for a Despatch

Load states are determined by the existence of transactions or movements onto the despatch stockpile (that is, train, truck despatch, service trip or shipment).

Load State	Determination Basis
Empty	No transactions exist.
Loaded	At least one transaction onto the despatch stockpile exists.
Unloaded	At least one transaction from the despatch stockpile exists.
Fully Unloaded	Transactions exist, but the tonnage on the despatch stockpile is zero.

Direct Loading/Unloading between Despatch Types

Material can be loaded from one despatch type to another despatch type, instead of to or from a stockpile or warehouse. Direct loading or unloading requires appropriate material flows and route plan times. See Direct Loading Between Despatches.

The transactions or movements can be created on either despatch, and can be viewed and updated on the other despatch. For example, if a direct loading transaction is entered on a shipment, the equivalent unloading transaction can be viewed on the other despatch.

Important: If a despatch order (DO) is to be associated with bulk transactions, the DO should be only assigned to the fulfilment despatch. For example, if the despatch fulfilment type of the DO is By Unloading Transactions, and a shipment is being unloaded directly to barges at the fulfilment location, the DO should be assigned to the shipment and not to the barges. However, if the fulfilment location is a barge terminal where the barges unload to stockpiles, the DO should be assigned to the barges.

Despatch Quality

Apart from making assumptions using Assume Source or Assume Product, the quality of a despatch can be determined by taking samples and entering the analytical results.

Sample data for despatches can be entered using:

• Composite samples—For bulk material transactions, where a single sample is created and associated with selected transactions.
• Lot samples—For bulk material transactions, where multiple samples are created and associated with selected transactions, one sample for each lot of material from the combined selected transactions.
• Package samples—For discrete unit movements, where a single sample is created and associated with a selected package.
• DU Lot samples—For discrete unit movements, where multiple samples are created and associated with selected packages, one sample for each lot of material from the combined selected packages.

When more than one type of sample exists for a bulk material transaction or discrete unit movement, the result type precedence determines which sample's results are used to establish the quality.

Certificate details can be entered for trains, truck despatches and shipments. A certificate records quantity and quality for a despatch order on the despatch, and does not require bulk transactions or discrete unit movements.

Videos

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Traceability

Traceability displays all sources from which and destinations to which there are transactions, and the total quantity moved across each process flow, as applicable at a selected date.

For default traceability settings, see Configure the Traceability Display.