Equipment capacity degradation

Equipment capacity degradation can be used to reduce the available capacity of a trailer or container when the number of items, loading types or drop stops for the load will present operational challenges that might prevent the space from being fully utilized.

OptParameter Exclude3DItemsFromLoadingPctConstraint will control whether equipment capcity degradation is applied to the all freight on the load, or just for the shipment details where the Is 3D Loading Required flag is False. This shipment detail flag will always be False for shipments using item detail level or container detail level. The Is 3D Loading Required flag can be controlled for shipment details for shipments using item summary level.

If Degradation Type is Pallets or Pieces, equipment capacity degradation will be applied to the lowest applicable maximum in the tariff restrictions. For Weight and Volume, equipment capacity degradation will be based on the lower of the actual capacity of the trailer and the lowest applicable maximum in the tariff restrictions. For Loading Percentage, equipment capacity degradation will reduce the maximum loading percentage for the load down from 100%.

If more than one row in the equipment capacity degradation table is applicable for a load, the lowest percentage amount qualifying rows will be used. This applies both to the minimum and maximum values for loading type, items and drop stops as well as the optional origin and destination shipping location.

Equipment capacity degradation will be enforced when routing/rating/scheduling or optimizing loads where the Planning Status is Free or Picked.

Example 1:

If the Opt Parameter Exclude3DItemsFromLoadingPctConstraint is False and the applicable equipment capacity degradation is 95% based on Weight and the trailer capacity is 45,000 pounds, then the sum of the weights for all shipment details on the load cannot exceed 42,750 pounds (i.e. 45,000 * 95%).

Example 2:

If the Opt Parameter Exclude3DItemsFromLoadingPctConstraint is True and 60% of the trailer has been consumed by shipment details where the Is 3D Loading Required flag is True, then a maximum of 40% of the actual capacity for the trailer or container can be used for non-3D items (i.e. shipment details where the Is 3D Loading Required flag is False).

In this case, the applicable equipment capacity degradation percentage will define what portion of this 40% of the trailer can actually be loaded with freight.

If the applicable equipment capacity degradation is 90% based on Loading Percentage, then the sum of Equipment percentage utilization factor for each of the shipment details where Is 3D Loading Required is False cannot exceed 36% (.90 * .40).