Overview

This Function shall be capable of providing the following facilities:

(1) The ability to take charge of facilitating the booking of storage area for use during the transfer between the transport modes being used for a Freight Transport Operation.
(2) The ability to achieve the booking through communication with the Freight Reservation Agency actor in the External Service Provider terminator.

Functional Requirements

(a) wait for a storage request then request externally for a storage facility
(b) on booking information request and after answer of Storage Area Manager, store the results under a store of Consignment Data and acknowledge the Freight Operator about the storage booking action that can be positive or not
(c) on request of an actual booking request manage all operations with Storage Area Manager: negotiation of condition, contract, invoice reception and payment.

Diagrams

Parent Higher Level Function

• 8.1.5 Manage Inter-modal Transport Synchronisation

Input logical dataflows

• fesp.fsra-storage_answer
• mffo_read_consignment_intermodal_storage_data
• mffo_request_for_area_booking
• mffo_storage_area_request_data

Output logical dataflows

• mffo_ack_on_area_booking
• mffo_load_consignment_intermodal_storage_data
• mffo_storage_area_request_results
• tesp.fsra-storage_request

User needs