Overview

This Function shall be capable of providing the following facilities:

(1) The ability to take responsibility for providing the commercial interface between the freight management centre and the Fleet Operators who will transport freight.
(2) The ability to process a Feet Operator's order, proposal and contract.
(3) The ability to take charge of negotiations with the Feet Operator when a registered order change is requested.

Functional Requirements

(a) get and store fleet transport availability or opportunity sent by fleet company
(b) get a request for a fleet choice on defined freight operation
(c) get the characteristics of the freight operation
(d) get the potential fleet suppliers list using list of fleet company and their availability status
(e) send a need description to the suppliers
(f) receive and analyse suppliers proposal
(g) answer to the request for a fleet choice
(h) save the fleet supplier characteristics in a store of Consignment Data.

Diagrams

Parent Higher Level Function

• 8.1.1 Manage Freight Business Transactions

Input logical dataflows

• mffo_fleet_operator_data_from_freight_operator
• mffo_fleet_transport_capacity_availability
• mffo_fleet_transport_offer
• mffo_fleet_transport_opportunity_request
• mffo_read_consignment_fleet_supplier_transact_data
• mffo_request_for_fleet_choice

Output logical dataflows

• mffo_answer_on_fleet_choice
• mffo_fleet_operator_data_for_freight_operator
• mffo_freight_transport_opportunity
• mffo_load_consignment_fleet_supplier_transact_data

User needs