5265: Transportation Modeler Level II

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Course Type

    Duration

    • 3 days

    Target Audience

    • SuperUser

    Course Description

    This curriculum offers advance training on Transportation Modeler (TMod). First, you will have a recap of the topics covered in Level I curriculum, explaining Carrier Equipment Availability with examples. After that, through a combination of concepts and hands-on exercises, you will learn how to model Domiciles, Tractor and Trailers, Dock Scheduling, and Performance Rating. You will also learn about the parameters and constraints associated with containerization, 3D load building, and axle balancing.

    Course Notes

    • 8 Lessons
    • Additional Resources (Hands-on Exercises from All Modules and Other Additional Reference Material).

    Lesson Details

    5265-01: Introduction

    Lesson Objectives

    • Recall the topics covered in Transportation Modeler (TMod) Level 1 training
    • Identify TMod's position in the Transportation Suite footprint
    • Describe TMod's Context and Data Flows
    • Describe some of the important TMod Entities and Relationships
    • Identify the topics included in this curriculum

    Lesson Exercises

    Not Applicable

    1 Hour 30 Minutes ILT
    5265-02: CEA Recap

    Lesson Objectives

    • Explain the overview of Carrier Equipment Availability (CEA)
    • Describe modeling CEA at Carrier, Tariff/Service, and Lane levels
    • Describe how penalties/soft constraints are used in modeling CEA

    Lesson Exercises

    Not Applicable

    1 Hour 30 Minutes ILT
    5265-03: Domicile Modeling

    Lesson Objectives

    • Establishing the Baseline
    • Modifying the Model‭
    • Optimizing the Model

    Lesson Exercises

    • Define domiciles
    • Describe how domiciles and equipment types are modeled
    • Describe rating requirements for modeling domiciles
    • Identify the strategies used to reduce domicile penalty costs
    • Describe how domicile vehicles are modeled
    3 Hours ILT
    5265-04: Tractor and Trailer Modeling

    Lesson Objectives

    • Describe equipment type associations at domiciles
    • Define tractors and trailers
    • Explain multi trailer configuration
    • Describe how tractor and trailers are modeled in Transportation Modeler (TMod)

    Lesson Exercises

    • Configuring Tractor Trailer
    • Updating ART File
    • Configuring Solver Options
    • Editing Strategy and Parameter Files
    2 Hours 30 Minutes ILT
    5265-05: Dock Scheduling

    Lesson Objectives

    • Describe dock scheduling and its benefits
    • Explain how to model dock scheduling
    • Set up and use dock scheduling
    • View the results of dock scheduling

    Lesson Exercises

    • Viewing Shipments
    • Creating Docks
    • Associating Docks to Locations
    • Associating Docks to Commodities
    • Modifying Strategy and Parameter Files
    • Optimizing the Model
    3 Hours ILT
    5265-06: Modeling Performance Rating

    Lesson Objectives

    • Understand how performance rating works while assigning loads
    • Enable a performance-based rating system

    Lesson Exercises

    • Modifying Service Details
    • Performing Baseline Optimization 1
    • Modifying Lane Details
    • Performing Baseline Optimization 2
    • Modifying the Scenario‭
    • Optimizing the Model
    2 Hours 30 Minutes ILT
    5265-07: Dynamic Shipment Splitting

    Lesson Objectives

    • Describe dynamic shipment splitting
    • Explain the key concepts of dynamic shipment splitting
    • Describe how to enable dynamic shipment splitting

    Lesson Exercises

    • Viewing Shipments
    • Optimizing the Model
    • Enabling Shipment Splitting Exercise
    • Optimizing the Model
    2 Hours 30 Minutes ILT
    5265-08: Containerization & Axle Balancing

    Lesson Objectives

    • Describe containerization, product packaging, and capacity degradation
    • Explain the containerization parameters that are used to control the Load Configurator (LC) verification
    • Describe the containerization constraints
    • Describe product loading factor and product loading detail percentage
    • Calculate the product loading detail percentage and percentage utilization factor for an equipment
    • Describe axle balancing

    Lesson Exercises

    • Adding Equipment in ART
    • Adding Shipment Component
    • Adding Equipment Axles
    • Setting Use Axle Balancing Parameter
    4 Hours 30 Minutes ILT