Split Air Transport Orders into Independent Legs (Pre-carriage, Air Leg, On-carriage)
Goal
Multimodal air shipments often combine road collection, the airport-to-airport leg, and final road delivery in one Transport Order (TO). That bundles rates, carriers, and milestones in a single record. This release lets you split those journeys into up to three independent TOs, each with its own operational and commercial handling—while keeping air-specific data on the correct leg.
Overview
You can now split air orders at Airport of Origin and Airport of Destination (splitting between origin and destination—e.g. on an air routing stop—is not supported).
Leg | Typical stops | Mode | What stays on this TO |
Pre-carriage | Collection → Airport of Origin | Road | Truck milestones (collect, arrive, deliver, depart) |
Air leg | Airport of Origin → (optional Air Routing) → Airport of Destination | Air | Flight information, MAWB/HAWB, airline, Manifested (MAN) and Received from Flight (RCF) |
On-carriage | Airport of Destination → final delivery | Road | Final delivery milestones |
Important rules
Flight data (flight number, MAWB, HAWB, airline, cut-offs) stays only on the air leg TO—not copied to pre- or on-carriage TOs.
Air routing stops remain on the air leg TO after a split.
Airport stop types are preserved (they are not turned into generic collect/deliver stops).
Resulting TOs are managed independently (rates, carriers, milestones); there is no automatic cascade of changes across legs.
How to Use
How to Use
Open a multimodal air TO that includes airport stops.
Use the existing split workflow at Airport of Origin to separate pre-carriage from the remainder.
Optionally split again at Airport of Destination to separate the air leg from on-carriage.
Assign carriers, rates, and milestones on each leg as you would for any standalone TO.
Key Benefits
Key Benefits
Clear accountability per leg (road haulier vs airline vs final mile).
Correct air tracking: MAN/RCF and flight details remain on the air TO.
Operational flexibility for customers who invoice or tender each leg separately (e.g. pre-carriage / main air / on-carriage).
Configurable Milestones for Force Finish
Goal
Transport Orders sometimes cannot reach “Finished” because a milestone never arrives—visibility mismatches, missing collection events, or partner-specific milestone rules. That blocks downstream processes (e.g. freight audit). This release extends Force Finish so you can define which milestone types must be satisfied—or which are out of scope—when forcing completion.
What’s New
What’s New
New configuration in TO settings let you define milestone types that are required for Force Finish.
If a required milestone list is configured and all listed milestones have actual timestamps, Force Finish can complete the TO.
If no required list exists, the previous default Force Finish behavior still applies (all activity milestones filled with actuals, then force finished).
Note: Material Orders are not auto-finished when a Transport Order is force finished if collection/delivery rules on the MO are still open.
For more Transport Order Status information have a look at following page Transport Order Status.
How to Use
How to Use
Go to TO settings --> enable the Force Finish
Define which milestone types are required for your process.
Key Benefits
Key Benefits
Fewer blocked orders when visibility or partners do not send every milestone.
Process-aligned completion (e.g. ocean: finish when discharge is present, not when every intermediate event exists).
Controlled override rather than manual workarounds.
Rate Explorer: “Find Alternative” Button
Goal
When the current carrier or service level cannot meet cut-offs, weight limits, or constraints, planners need a fast way to re-run rate search without manually resetting filters.
What’s New
What’s New
A Find Alternative action in Rate Explorer:
Clears carrier, currency, and service level filters for searching
Automatically targets freight and surcharges for a full picture.
Runs a new Rate Explorer search.
You can still use Select Carrier on a result to assign carrier and service level.
As result the carrier and the Rate can be overtaken to the Order. Data like Service level will not be overwritten and the original value would be left.
Extended Transport Order File Upload Template
Goal
Customers using Transport order file upload need additional material fields in the import template without manual UI entry.
What’s New
What’s New
The upload template supports now:
Override Parts → stored on the MO override section
Override Volume → stored on the MO override section
Cargo Ready Date → stored on the MO
How to Use
How to Use
Add the new columns to your existing TO upload file according to your division template; upload as before via the TO file upload function.
Improvements
Force Ready for Reporting Setting available in Sales Order Settings