Overview

This Function shall be capable of providing the following facilities:

(1) The ability to ensure the commercial interface to the customer - the Principal actor in the Consignor/Consignee terminator, who has a need to transport freight.
(2) The ability to handle the customer Freight Transport opportunity, order and contract.
(3) The ability to take responsibility for finding the best appropriate fleet supplier, optimising multi-modal transport in inter-urban area and booking storage areas.
(4) Once the commercial negotiation is achieved, the ability to hand over the execution of the contract plus responsibility for administrative activities including invoicing and payments to the functionality in charge of performing the Freight Transport Operation.

Functional Requirements

(a) receive needs from the customer and take all needed means to manage them (including for instance freight server)
(b) request a multi-modal optimisation and if appropriate propose to the customer a change in the transport conditions
(c) request for a fleet supplier choice
(d) send a proposal to the Principal
(e) receive an order from the Principal
(f) send a contract to the Principal
(g) if requested by the Principal or required by transport optimisation, request for a storage area booking
(h) save all operation information (need, order and contract) in a store of Consignment Data
(i) request for the operation preparation
(j) request for the freight transport optimisation in order to inform other transport modes about the registered operation
(k) wait until the freight has been conveyed then inform the Principal and request for an internal administrative closure.

Diagrams

Parent Higher Level Function

• 8.1.1 Manage Freight Business Transactions

Input logical dataflows

• mffo_ack_on_area_booking
• mffo_answer_on_fleet_choice
• mffo_answer_on_freight_optimization
• mffo_fleet_commercial_information
• mffo_fleet_transport_order_confirmation
• mffo_input_from_principal
• mffo_negotiation_data_from_freight_operator
• mffo_read_consignment_principal_transaction_data
• mffo_request_for_freight_closure
• mffo_statutory_documents_for_freight

Output logical dataflows

• mffo_freight_statutory_document
• mffo_freight_transport_order
• mffo_load_consignment_principal_transaction_data
• mffo_negotiation_data_for_freight_operator
• mffo_outputs_to_principal
• mffo_request_for_area_booking
• mffo_request_for_fleet_choice
• mffo_request_for_freight_administrative_closure
• mffo_request_for_freight_optimization
• mffo_request_for_freight_preparation_NPR

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