A shipment in OTM consists of one or more Equipment records (containers or trailers), Shipment Ship Units loaded into each equipment, and Shipment Ship Unit Lines that link back to the original Order Release lines. Understanding this structure is essential for troubleshooting planning results, writing integration queries, and working with carrier tracking events.

Shipment Structure:

When OTM plans an Order Release to a shipment, it creates Shipment Ship Units and assigns them to equipment. If a Bulk Plan splits an order across two containers — say 60 units in one and 40 in another — that split is recorded at the Shipment Ship Unit Line level. This line is the critical link between the shipment and the originating order: it ties back to a specific item, Order Release Line, Order Release, and Order Base.