Delivery plan

A delivery plan is a complete sequence of movements needed to deliver one or more orders from one or multiple origins to one or multiple destinations. A delivery plan is comprised of shipments, loads, origins, stops, and destinations.

Shipment

A shipment is a delivery of one or more orders and order lines from a single shipper to a single consignee. A shipment can be carried through multiple loads and by multiple carriers.

Load

A load carries one or more complete shipments (never a partial shipment) between two points. A load has one origin and one destination, but it can have multiple intermediate stops. Shipments can be added to a load at its origin or any intermediate stop and can be dropped off at the load destination or any intermediate stop.

Origin

An origin is the node the load originally ships from.

Stop

A stop is any location where a shipment is picked up or dropped off. A load has a stop sequence that determines its travel route.

Destination

A destination is the last node or address in the load’s travel route where all remaining shipments in a load are dropped off.