hough, alexandra family dollar - otm user conference presentation - july 2013
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Back to Basics: Family Dollar’s Approach to
Inbound TransportationLexa Hough
Lead Specialist – Planning & Carrier Development
Wednesday, July 31st 8:00AM Loews Philadelphia Hotel - Commonwealth B
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Agenda
• The Family Dollar & OTM Relationship• Family Dollar’s OTM Environments• Family Dollar’s Inbound Transportation
Planner• Creating/Managing Orders• Planning Orders/Shipments• Scheduling & Tendering• Post-Tender Capabilities
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OTM V 6.1(2011)
• Enhanced practices
OTM V 5.5(2008)
• Import Visibility • Outbound
Routing
The Family Dollar & OTM Relationship
Global Logistics(2003)
• Inbound Routing
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Family Dollar’s OTM Environments
• Active environment
• Operations
• Explore setting changes
• IT Transportation/ Operations
• All patches and upgrades tested in Development first.
• IT Transportation/ Oracle
• Used when performing testing on an upgrade
• IT Transportation
QUALITY ASSURANCE TEST
PRODUCTIONDEVELOPMENT
• Replicated version of Production.
• Hosted off-site.
• Only used in event of disaster.
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Family Dollar’s Production Environment
• Database server• Stores Orders, Shipments, Events,
etc.
• Application Server • Inbound Bulk Plans, Agents, Actions.
• Web Server• This is the part of OTM that the
users interact with; the Graphical User Interface (GUI).
• Integration Server• How information is passed in and
out of OTM.
The Active environment. The System of
Record.
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Family Dollar’s Inbound Transportation Planner
• Creating/Managing Orders• Planning Orders/Shipments• Scheduling & Tendering• Post-Tender Capabilities
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Creating/Managing Orders
Order BaseIntegration
Supplier Support
Ready to
Ship
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Creating/Managing Orders
Ready to Ship
• Collect Inbound Freight• Inventory Managed
Quantities• Increased Supplier
Compliance
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Ready to Ship
• Order Base Integrated from Retek
• Supplier Managed Order Release• Multi-SKU Releases• Release Items Based on
Availability
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Ready to Ship
• Suppliers pull up Ready To Ship Orders.
• Select SKUS to release.• Click on Simple Ready to
Ship for Shipment specifications.
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Simple Ready to Ship
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Simple Ready to Ship
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Simple Ready to Ship
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Simple Ready to Ship
Ship Complete
Partial Ship
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Simple Ready To Ship
• ORDER RELEASE• Release Number• Ship/Delivery Dates• Order Base• Weight/Volume• Source & Destination
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Planning Orders/Shipments
• BULK PLANNING• Destination Based• Auto-Generated• Supplier Commodity Constraints
• Product Category
• Shipping Constraints• Distance Between Stops• Weight/Volume
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Bulk Planner
• BULK PLAN MANAGER • Run time • Orders Selected• Shipments Created• Failed Orders• Modes Used• Carriers Assigned
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Bulk PlannerFamily Dollar Rates in OTM
Committed – (TOPS)• Transportation
Opportunities for Partnering Success
• Specific Source to DC
Backhaul (FDT_DC)• Family Dollar’s dedicated
fleets.• Within Store Delivery
Territory to DC
Less Than Truckload(LTL)• State to DC
Non-Committed (RAN)• Random/Ad-hoc• State to DC
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Bulk Planner
• BULK PLANNER QUERY VISIBILITY• Shipment ID• Remarks• Number of Stops• Carrier Assigned• Lane/Rate• Total Weight• Total Volume• Destination• Start and End date• Mode• First stop source location
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Bulk PlannerOrder Status Indicators
• Failed Order Release• Un-planned/New
Order Release• Planned Order
Release• Un-assigned Order
Release
Shipment Status Indicators
• Declined/Rejected Shipment
• Un-tendered Shipment
• Accepted Shipment• Pending Shipment
Promotional Order/Shipment Remark on Order/Shipment
Special Indicators
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Bulk PlannerManually Modifying Shipments
• Add/Remove Stops• Merge Shipments• Re-sequence Shipments• Change Transit Mode• Change Carrier
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Scheduling & Tendering Shipments• Auto-accepted by carrier• Pickup Scheduled by
Supplier• Consolidated delivery
LessThan
Truckload
• Pre-set Delivery Appointment• Tender Notification sent to
Supplier• Pickup scheduled by Carrier
Truckload/ Intermodal
• Tendered without appointment
• Scheduled with dedicated outbound store delivery
Backhaul
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Scheduling Shipments
Pre-set Appointment Process:
• Shipment processed by Family Dollar Appointment Coordinators
• Carrier is Assigned a Delivery Confirmation Number
• 2 Day Drop Window prior to Pre-Set Appointment for Asset Carriers
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Tendering Shipments
Pre-Set Delivery
Appointment
EDI(Electronic Data
Interchange)
Transmission to Carrier
Vendor Tender
Notification
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Post Tender Capabilities
• TRACKING ORDERS & SHIPMENTS• Status Update • EDI Transmissions• 214
• Shipment Events• Manual Updates
• Carrier Reschedule
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Summary
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Q & A