Overview

This Function shall be capable of providing the following facilities:

(1) The ability to take responsibility for the control of the Freight Transport Operation.
(2) The ability to get information about the status of the cargo and send it on request to the Freight Management Operator.
(3) The ability to control whether or not the Freight Transport Operation is completed and when necessary activate the closure request.

Functional Requirements

(a) when received save all operation information in the store of Consignment Data
(b) check for the operation completion and then request for the operation closure
(c) continuously monitor for receipt of the cargo status request data flow from the Freight Management Operator
(d) when the data flow in (c) has been received, get the cargo status information from the store of Consignment Data
(e) send the information obtained in (d) to the Freight Management Operator in the requested cargo status data flow
(f) when the status request data flow is received from the Principal Consignor/Consignee, collect the data from the store of Consignment Data
(g) when (f) is complete, send the result to the Principal Consignor/Consignee in the cargo status data flow.

Diagrams

Parent Higher Level Function

• 8.1 Manage Logistics and Freight

Input logical dataflows

• fcc.p-status_request
• fo.fro-cargo_status_request
• mffo_fleet_operational_information
• mffo_read_consignment_freight-cargo_data
• mffo_request_for_freight_control

Output logical dataflows

• mffo_freight_status_request
• mffo_load_consignment_freight-cargo_data
• mffo_request_for_freight_closure
• tcc.p-cargo_status
• to.fro-requested_cargo_status

User needs