[ianlo]

Hi everyone, I am encountering an issue with bulk planning on OTM 5.5 CU3. Basically, bulk plan does not consolidate orders having pickup and delivery time windows that are close by each other. Expected results are two shipments built, instead four individual shipments are built.

Summary:
Four order movements bulked plan together did not yield an optimal result. In these four order movements, two of them OM1 and OM2 can be consolidated into one shipment as they have a pickup and delivery time window that is close to each other; and another two, OM3 and OM4 could have also been consolidated for the same reason. I've managed to prove my hypothesis by performing bulk planning separately on OM1 and OM2 to yield ONE shipment. Likewise, on OM3 and OM4.

Observed results:
4 OMs bulked plan resulted in 4 individual shipments

Expected results:
4 OMs bulked plan should result in two shipments, i.e. 2 OMs consolidated into one, and the other 2 OMs consolidated into another.

Business impact:
The current behaviour results in a shipment cost that is much higher than what is optimal. In the example on my slides, the shipment cost resulted from the bulk plan is 100% more because there was no consolidation.

Has anyone encountered such an issue? Attached is the powerpoint description of the issue.

Appreciate any replies!

Thanks!
Ian