Keep the order connected through to dispatch.
Delivery and dispatch connect delivery orders with transport schedules, routes and load planning, including partial deliveries.
Follow the delivery even when production is split
The sales agreement, the factory’s work allocation and the actual delivery each serve a different purpose. Dispatch connects them, allowing a sales order to be followed through multiple production orders into the relevant deliveries.
This supports partial deliveries and grouping manufactured units to suit their shipment. The connection back to order lines makes the contents of each delivery traceable.
Plan transport alongside delivery
A delivery date also depends on when transport reaches the destination. Transport schedules and routes give production and dispatch a shared planning horizon.
Week and delivery zone are described as possible planning dimensions. The route and date model is worked out with you, aligning production planning and shipment with your distribution arrangements.
- Sales order
The agreed contents and delivery needs.
- Production orders
Work allocated to production batches.
- Delivery orders
Units grouped for the actual shipment.
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Bring route, vehicle and load into one plan
Vehicle allocation and load planning link goods to the transport that carries them. Together with pallet packing, this provides a basis for planning the handover from the factory’s finished-goods area.
Vehicle allocation here means outbound transport. Moving parts on trolleys between factory work centres is a separate part of internal logistics. The loading and packing algorithms remain to be defined.
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Some factories plan dispatch themselves. Others use an existing production or logistics system. Tomstok links deliveries to sales and production orders.
We work with you to determine where planning belongs and which data needs to be exchanged. The chosen approach can then fit your systems and transport arrangements.
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