Reasons to Upgrade to the
Latest OTM Version 6.3.x
Gregg Lanyard
August 13, 2014
OTM SIG Conference
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Agenda
Functional Highlights of:
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OTM 6.3.2
2
OTM 6.3.3
3
OTM 6.3.4
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6.3 Rollups
• Released every 4 months
• Able to patch against specific Rollups
• Include more robust enhancements:
– Incremental DB additions
– Incremental XML additions
– Property / Parameter controlled enhanced functionality
• Improved upgrade experience
– Due to more focus on incremental controls – if current
– Working on reducing downtime for Rollups – if current
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Comparison of 6.2 vs 6.3 Rollups
Roll
up
Date
Enhancements
Corrections
Roll
up
Date
Enhancements
Corrections
6.2.7 Aug2012
6
103
6.3.1 Apr2013
21
386
6.2.8 Dec2012
5
159
6.3.2 Sep2013
50
184
6.2.9 May2013
0
150
6.3.3 Feb2014
29
171
6.2.1 May0
2014
5
155
6.3.4 Jun2014
18
163
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OTM Timeline
Adding pillars for depth and breadth
Release 6.3
GTM Customs
and License
Mgmt
Fleet Planning
Advanced Layout
Mobility
Multi-tier
Networks
Ship Unit
Planning
Document Mgmt
Demurrage
Tracking Events
Flex Fields
FTI
Sourcing
December
2012
Release 6.3.2
Release 6.3.1
Technology
GTM
March
2013
In-Memory
Logistics
Command
Center (LCC)
Promote to
Production
Fleet
Management
Advanced Layout
Network Routing
Usability
Sept
2013
Release 6.3.3
GTM-Global Trade
Intelligence
Planning/Optimization
Deactivate Locations
Fleet Continuous Moves
Sourcing-Manual Awards
3-D Load Config-Patterns
FTI
Network Routing
Usability
Reporting
GTM
February
2014
Release 6.3.4
Planning
Fleet Management
Usability
RIQ
Network Routing
June
2014
Release 6.3.5
Planned
Highlights Only – not all features listed
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OTM Release Resources
My Oracle Support
Release Content Documents
Note Id 796594.1
Future: Product Feature Tool
Transfers of Information (TOIs)
Note Id 605155.1
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OTM 6.3.2
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Planning: Weight Distribution
• Goal: Abide by stacking limitations
to improve equipment packing
• Logic:
– Weight is considered on multiple layers
of items
– Weight is distributed when an item
rests on two or more items
A
100
B 100
C
100
D 100
• Example:
– Weight of box A (plus B) affects box C
(and D)
– Combined weight of box A and B is split
across C and D
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OTM 6.3.2
Planning: Load Splitting, Partial Pallets
• Goal: Split pallets to achieve
higher equipment utilization
• Ability to define load split options
– Weight, volume, and dimensions of each
piece (ship unit)
• Constraints
– Only works for ship unit based orders
where the ship unit count = 1
– Splits for a pallet are always in the same
equipment
– Partial on full footprint
– No partial on partial
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OTM 6.3.2
Network Routing - Overview
• Use Case:
– Order’s path from source to destination
may require multiple shipments through
intermediate locations
– Choice of intermediate locations exists
– Routing decisions are made at time of
planning
– Routing choice can be influenced by order
volumes on multiple lanes
• A Network (new 6.3 object) is an
association of locations and
regions that represent the
possible flows of orders from a
source to a destination
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OTM 6.3
Planning: Network Routing
• Network Planning with
Commitment Allocation
– Use percentage commitments when
making network routing decisions
– Now considers FEU and TEU
commitment as criteria
• Assigned equipment will change to satisfy %
commitments
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OTM 6.3.2
Usability: User Defined Pick list/Drop Lists
for Flex Fields
• Turn flex field into a pick list or drop list on
finder sets and manager layouts
PickList
DropList
FixedDropList
FlexPickList
FlexDropList
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OTM 6.3.2
Usability: Refresh Query on Screen Set
Results
• Re-run current query from Finder
results page
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OTM 6.3.2
Usability
• Rapid Order Base and
Order Release Entry
Screens
– Configurable managers for OB
and OR that support in-line
editing for Ship Units or Lines
and active refreshing
• Effective/Expiration
Dates on GL_USER
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OTM 6.3.2
Execution
• PCMiler Web Services
– Data now available as a service through ALK’s
hosted data center
– Provides alternative programming interface for
existing PCMiler tools
– Certified External Distance Engine (EDE)
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OTM 6.3.2
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Promote to Production
Migration Process
Create
Project
Production
• Select Objects
• Validate Data
Export
• Export Project
• Modify
Custom Data
Import
• Import
Project
• Validate Data
Test
Development
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OTM 6.3.2
Fusion Transportation Intelligence
• Ability To Run FTI with a RAC
Database
– Tested and documented
• FTI to OBIA Manual Merge
Documentation
– Tested and documented
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OTM 6.3.2
Fleet Management
• Multiple Equipment Support
– Planning and Execution
• 2013 HOS Rules Changes Supported
– Period based rules for proper resets
• Ground Schedule Enhancements
– Allow shipment changes
• Kit Assignment Enhancements
– LAI buckets not required
• Advanced Layout / Map Enhancements
– Show Related Shipments (by Driver, by Mode; Assigned
vs. unassigned; (*For Non-Fleet: by mode)
– Enable drag and drop of one or more orders from one
place on a map to a shipment on the map
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OTM 6.3.2
OTM 6.3.3
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Planning
• Patterns for 3D Load Building
– Place multiple items into a unique
grouping where the predefined
combination efficiently fills the
available space
– Benefit over individual placement is
that items can be arranged as a set
rather than simply sorted by some
criteria and then fed into the
packing algorithm one item at a time
– User defined and auto-generated
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OTM 6.3.3
Planning
• Activating and De-activating
Source/Destination Locations
– Planning and tendering constraint
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OTM 6.3.3
Planning
• Support Additional Location
Calendars Based On:
– Flex Commodity
• Frozen vs Dry
– Mode Profile
• LTL vs Parcel vs TL
– Inbound Location Profile
• DC1 Appliances to Store 1
• DC2 Soft Lines to Store 1
– Outbound Location Profile
• DC1 to Northeast Stores - MWF
• DC1 to Southeast Stores - TR
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OTM 6.3.3
Planning – Network Routing
• Network Routing: Time and
Cost at Throughpoint
– Planning-related handling time and
cost included in decision
• Planning Handling Time
– Fixed (DD/HH/MM)
– Variable (per weight)
– Defined at location
• Planning Handling Cost
– Per volume
s
$5 per Cu ft
1 day
D
$2 per Cu ft
2 days
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OTM 6.3.3
Usability
• Added Flex Fields to Rate Cost
Level
– 20 Varchar2 fields
– 10 Date fields
– 10 Number fields
– 3 Currency fields
• Add Description Field to RO, RR
and Accessorial Cost Screen
Sets
– Also added to Finder, Results and
XML
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OTM 6.3.3
Usability
• Header Information on Every Tab
– Shipment, Order Release, Freight
Forwarding, Order Base, Quote,
Location, Invoice/Bill
• Refnums as Hyperlinks on Track &
Trace
• Enable Hyperlinks on NonManager
Finder Results
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OTM 6.3.3
Usability
• SELECT ALL/SELECT NONE box on Finder Results
After
Before
Now
goes between
from selected
rows toand
select
all to select
none
Toggled
selected
unselected
rows
Only current tab, not across tabs
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OTM 6.3.3
Usability
• Add a SELECT ALL/SELECT NONE box on Manager Results
Page
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OTM 6.3.3
RIQ - Network Rate and Route
• Uses network routing logic to show multiple
options (equipment, schedules) for the
primary leg in an itinerary, versus just the
best option per itinerary
• Additional input criteria added, additional output
information, new configuration options and XML APIs to
support the new capabilities
Example: 2 itineraries generates 6 options to consider
3 different equipment groups (20’, 40’, 40’ HC) available out of 2 different Ports of Discharge
(Osaka and Kobe)
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OTM 6.3.3
RIQ - Network Rate and Route
New RIQ Input Fields for XML and for UI
• New Filter Fields
– Port Of Load
– Port Of Discharge
– Voyage ID
• New Fields for Primary Options
– Primary Option Definition
• How responses will be grouped –either “itinerary” or by “schedule and
equipment group”
– Maximum Primary Options
• The number of “best results” based on the grouping that was selected by the
Primary Option Definition
– Maximum Supporting Options
• Always 1 in the UI for now – can be manipulated via the API
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OTM
6.3.3
RIQ – For Rail Users
• Pre-configured Rate Inquiry screen
– Includes input and output
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OTM 6.3.3
Execution
• LTL
– Support for cloud based Rateware XL
with CarrierConnect XL
– Equivalence to on-prem functionality
• Certifications Expanded
– PCMiler Worldwide 26.1 and 27.1
– PCMilerRail 19 and 20
– HERE platform services (formerly
Navteq)
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OTM 6.3.3
Sourcing
• Manual Awarding
– Ability to bypass the
Sourcing Solver and
update/create your own
solutions
– Use the collaboration
capabilities without
needing to use the
optimizer
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OTM 6.3.3
Continuous Moves
• Insert a new shipment into an existing
tour re-driving the entire tour to find
best option
• Support for Dedicated Fleet Planning
• Consider HOS rules as part of tour
planning/across the shipments in the
tour
• Enhanced logging and diagnostics
• Add a preference/penalize wait time to
lower wait times between shipments
• Ability to have depots as just the
beginning and ending stop of a tour
• Map enhancements
S
1
Shipment
1
S
2
S
3
Shipment
2
D
Shipment
3
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4
S
5
S
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OTM 6.3.3
Reporting
• Reporting
– Provide reports in XLSX format
– Modify Previously Scheduled Reports
– Set default operator values in report
parameters
– Daylight savings time adjustment for
scheduled reports
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OTM 6.3.3
OTM 6.3.4
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Planning
3D Load Config Tolerances for Auto-Generated
Patterns
– Allow items to be considered the same shape and size
based on tolerances
– Expand dimensions that are considered the same for
Pattern based 3D Load building
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OTM 6.3.4
Planning
• Commitment Allocation
Groups
– 3PL/FF use case
• LSP or Freight Forwarder with
multiple customers on the same lane
geo, each with different carrier
allocation commitment requirements
– Single shipper use case
• Need allocations set up on order
lanes, where ocean leg is same but
origin dictates commitments
SWITZ
EURO PORT
US PORT
D
GERM
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OTM 6.3.4
Planning
• New Action – “Show Network
Routing Options – Ocean”
– Provides new constraints to consider
when generating options
• Voyage ID, Itinerary ID, Port of Load, Port
of Discharge etc
– Provides an expanded Routing Options
screen which includes ocean centric
information
– Commit order to voyage
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OTM 6.3.4
Planning Documentation
• Bulk Plan Performance and Tuning
– “How To/Configuration Topics” added to Help
– Provides the user with an overview of the bulk planning
process and includes:
•
•
•
•
•
Setup Objects
Process
Solution quality tuning
Performance tuning
Diagnostics
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Planning and Fleet Management
• Continuous Move Improvements:
– Additional solution quality improvements for continuous
move/dedicated fleet planning
– Re-drive for continuous move tours minimizes wait time in- between
shipments
– Continuous Move Link Shipment action
• Operate on more than two shipments, provide improved simulation
and sequencing
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OTM 6.3.4
Usability
• Flex Fields Added to Order Release Line and Order
Release Ship Unit
–
–
–
–
20 Varchar2 fields
10 Date fields
10 Number fields
3 Currency fields
• Financials: Run Invoice Reports From Actions and
Smartlinks
– Set of available Action Definition IDs has been extended to
include Invoice
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OTM 6.3.4
Execution / Settlement
• Network Routing Throughpoint Settlement
– Allows for match and pay activities
– Calculate thoughpoint charges for all ship units associated with an
outbound crossdock shipment via Secondary Charge Shipment
Logic and additional RBIs
s
s
OR 2 Arrives Day 1
5 cubic Feet
OR 3 Arrives Day 2
6 cubic Feet
s
OR 1 Arrives Day 0
10 cubic feet
D
Outbound Freight Shipment Departs
Day 3
Handling Fee
$1 per cu ft
Holding Fee
$2 per cu ft per
day
1 day free
Secondary Charge Shipment = $71
Cost Type Shipment Cost
Handling = $21
Holding
= $50
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OTM 6.3.4
e-Location Supports ALK’s Hosted Mapping
Service
• Option to use a locally installed version of Oracle's
spatial e-Location service to connect to the ALK Map
hosted mapping service
• ALK Map is a subscription based mapping service that
OTM clients can subscribe to for their mapping and
distance engine requirements
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Sourcing
• Flex Fields Added to Project
– Project manager can now be customized via Manager Layouts
to use flex fields
– Flex fields also extended to the Carrier Response Template
(CRT) Configuration and the generated CRT spreadsheet
• Manual Awards Report
– Shows manual awards for each lane compared to demand and
total awarded
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