[ianlo]

Hi bmj_23,

Yep I have tried all the above functionalities and options you have pointed out. I am actually quite surprised that other companies have not encountered an issue with this.

From the way I see it, if there are 2 service providers having rates for a lane with two different equipment groups, it must be possible for the system to replan using the other carrier's equipment group.

Acutally, changing the equipment group is also not an option because it 'assumes' that you will only use 1 equipment group - when actually, a combination of equipment groups my result in a better plan.

OTM should not assume that the other carrier has the same equipment group as the previous one and allowing only 1 equipment group to be specified during Change Equipment.

The way I see it, there are several fundemental flaws:
1) Change carrier should re-optimise the shipment with another carrier's equipment group to gain the least cost equipment option available

2) You should not restrict the user from only changing 1 equipment group for the shipment. Selecting multiple equipment groups should be made available for the user to submit to OTM to suggest the most optimal equipment group combination

I have raised this to Metalink and am hoping they have a good answer for this.

Thanks for your kind help and time. Do you know of anyone else facing this issue?