Itinerary

An Itinerary defines the route OTM Bulk Plan uses to move freight — the origin region, destination region, transport mode, and equipment types for each leg. Bulk Plan matches order release origins and destinations against itinerary lanes to determine which route to use. Without a matching itinerary, planning will fail.

For the TCRP scenario we defined four itineraries — three single-leg and one multi-leg. Refer to the business scenario for the full network diagram.

Itinerary summary:

Table showing ITIN-A through ITIN-D with source, destination, carriers, and equipment

S = Source Location D = Destination Location

Create itineraries:

Shipment Management > Itinerary Management > Itinerary

Itinerary list screen showing ITIN-A, ITIN-B, ITIN-C, ITIN-D

Single-leg itineraries (ITIN-A, ITIN-B, ITIN-C):

ITIN-A, ITIN-B, and ITIN-C are each single-leg itineraries — one direct lane from source to destination. The header defines the lane (source and destination location groups) and the leg defines the transport mode and equipment types.

ITIN-A header showing source and destination lane

ITIN-A leg details showing transport mode and equipment group profile

ITIN-B configuration screen

ITIN-C configuration screen

Multi-leg itinerary (ITIN-D):

ITIN-D is a multi-leg itinerary — DC to LOC-A (Leg 1), then LOC-A to LOC-B (Leg 2). The itinerary header shows only the overall source and final destination; the intermediate stop (LOC-A) is defined at the leg level.

Note: The lane definition on the itinerary header shows the source location and final destination only. Intermediate stops are configured within each leg.

ITIN-D header showing DC as source and LOC-B as final destination

ITIN-D lane definition screen

Leg 1 — DC to LOC-A:

ITIN-D Leg 1 header showing sequence and name

ITIN-D Leg 1 details showing source DC, destination LOC-A, transport mode, and equipment

Leg 2 — LOC-A to LOC-B:

ITIN-D Leg 2 header

ITIN-D Leg 2 details showing source LOC-A, destination LOC-B, transport mode, and equipment

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