Despatches - Common Activities

• Despatches - Common Activities
• • Despatch States for Route Points
  • Load States for a Despatch
  • Direct Loading/Unloading between Despatch Types
  • Despatch Quality
  • • Composite Samples
    • Lot Samples
    • DU Lot Samples
    • Package Samples
    • Certificates
  • Videos
  • Traceability

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.
Loading	At least one transaction onto the despatch exists.
Loaded	At least one transaction onto the despatch exists and actual end loading date has been entered.
Unloading	At least one transaction from the despatch exists.
Fully Unloaded	At least one transaction from the despatch exists and actual end unloading date or actual departure date has been entered.

Direct Loading/Unloading between Despatch Types

Material can be loaded from one despatch type to another despatch type, instead of unloading to a stockpile or warehouse and then loading the subsequent despatch from that stockpile or warehouse. Direct loading or unloading requires appropriate material flows and route plan times.

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.

See Direct Loading Between Despatches.

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.

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.

Composite Samples

Composite samples are used to determine the quality of bulk material in the despatch, either overall, or for selected transactions regardless of the tonnage in each transaction.

Lot Samples

Lot samples are specific to a single despatch order. Lot samples are usually created before composite samples as they relate to the lot-by-lot loading of the despatch, using a lot sample regime. This regime specifies the number of lot samples to be created, based upon a predefined bulk material weight (default sample tonnes) and the total tonnage (sum of the quantity of each selected transaction). Lot samples may go across transactions.

DU Lot Samples

Discrete unit (DU) lot samples are specific to a single despatch order. The regime specifies the number of DU lot samples to be created, based upon a predefined net packaged material weight (default sample tonnes) and the total tonnage (sum of the quantity of each selected movement). DU lot samples may go across movements.

Package Samples

Package samples are for discrete unit movements, where a single sample is created and associated with a selected package.

Certificates

A certificate of quality is a document issued by a seller confirming the laboratory-tested quality of materials that have been despatched.

In MineMarket, a certificate records quantity and quality for a despatch order on the despatch, and does not require bulk transactions or discrete unit movements.

Videos

A Datamine consultant recorded this video about composite and lot samples in MineMarket.

A Datamine consultant recorded a video about certificates in MineMarket.

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.