Freight Movements are categorized in VIA one of two ways: Either as Orders or as Segments. If your organization uses orders to define the freight movement; you still have the option to group your individual orders into segment movements. In this way you can move multiple orders from together with others in an LTL or Multimode transportation modal.
In order to group your orders together into a segment you will have to have both a segment board and an order board defined. You will also need to have the role permission to access the Segment Builder from the side menu on the orders board. To grant access to this function you will need to have View Segment Builder enabled within your role in the Sidebar section of the role screen:
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To begin, you will need one or more orders that you would like to group onto a segment move. If you have multiple orders picking up or delivering at the same location then they can be merged together within this tool. Additionally, if you have terminal stops your would like to use in order to move freight within an LTL environment, you can use the segment builder for that as well.
Once you have your Once you have a segment created (either through the segment builder or by manually creating a segment). You can edit the segment using the segment editor. Note that you can only create the segment using the segment builder located in the order board. Once the segment is created, adding or removing orders, splitting the segment and other tools are all completed in the segment board in the corresponding segment Editor tool. In order for you to utilize the feature, you will need to have the segment editor option enabled within the roles screen; located in the administrator section of VIA.
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Once you have your segment and any related orders created, click on the side menu and select the toolbox option. Within this menu item you should see the segment builder editor option.
Click on the Segment Builder to expand the tool
There are two options for getting the orders into the segment builder:
Drag individual bills into the segment builder
Press the multi selection button at the top right side of the screen to select the bills you want to add to the segment builder. Click on the boxes for each bill and then drag one of them into the segment builder.
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Editor tool to begin. Drag your segment that you want to work on into the segment editor.
Once you have added all the orders segment from the board into segment builder, the system will split them out into each of the stops. At the top of the segment builder you will be able to see a summary of how many orders you have in the builder editor you will see a summary section at the top of the tool to show you how many segments you have as well as how many stops make up those orders. You can start to optimize the segment using the tool buttons at the top of the segment builder:
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Edit Stops total stops are on the segment. Below that you will find the segment editor buttons:
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These buttons will perform the following actions:
Add Stop - When you press this option, you will be able to Add a stop such as a terminal or border crossing, remove all pickup stops or remove all delivery stops. If this is an LTL Regional pickup for example, you may want to add a terminal stop and then remove the deliveries as they will be added to a different segment when the orders reach the delivery terminal.
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