Right. This idea is in conjunction with the last suggestion in the
previous email. After the parameter is set, this set up does have the
desired effect, and it's done without maintaining Rate Factors.

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From: owner-otmsig (AT) solutionbeacon (DOT) net
[mailtowner-otmsig (AT) solutionbeacon (DOT) net] On Behalf Of Rick v100
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 10:32 PM
To: otmsig (AT) solutionbeacon (DOT) net
Subject: RE: Using Routing Rules

you would need to turn on planning parameters for OTM to consider rates
at all geo-hierarchies for that to work. OTM out of the box (at least
prior to 5.5) took most specific lane over the more generic.

Rick

--- Marnie.Schultz (AT) kraft (DOT) com wrote:

> To take the last suggestion one step further, and this may or may not
> work for your business, is looking at the geographical hierarchies of
> the rates in question. If the more expensive rates have a more
> specific geo hierarchy (you determine the hierarchy as well), they
> will be chosen over the less expensive rates. It's easier to maintain

> and trouble shoot later.
>
>
>
> Marnie Schultz
> Logistics Operations - Center of Excellence*Kraft Foods Global,
> Inc.*(60 285-6229*Marnie.Schultz (AT) Kraft (DOT) com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-otmsig (AT) solutionbeacon (DOT) net
> [mailtowner-otmsig (AT) solutionbeacon (DOT) net] On Behalf
> Of Rick v100
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 8:28 PM
> To: otmsig (AT) solutionbeacon (DOT) net
> Subject: Re: Using Routing Rules
>
> There are several ways in OTM to solve this problem.
> You could specify the carrier on the leg in the
> itinerary, you could use
> rate factors, you could set up the planning
> parameters to look at other
> factors besides cheapest cost.
>
> All depends on how it will impact planning on other
> orders.
>
> Rick
>
> --- OTMSIG <otmsig (AT) otmfaq (DOT) com> wrote:
>
> >
> > I would be looking at rate quality factors for
> this scenario. I have
> > used them in a few implementations and they should
> work fine for what
> > you are looking to achieve.
> >
> > I am not sure that routing rules were ever
> designed to accomplish this
> > kind of operational planning scenario.
> >
> > An alternative, if you know that each order coming
> out of a location
> > should be shipped with a specified service
> provider, is to enforce
> > that as a constraint on the order release. You
> could do that with a
> > Direct SQL update agent at the time of order
> release / order base
> > creation.
> >
> >
> > --
> > bmj_23
> >
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