Add vehicles involved in your export and import operations to maintain details of the fleet and assign the right vehicles for a shipment. With the vehicle master, create and maintain a repository of the dimensions, weightage, and other vehicle characteristics that aid in mapping shipments with the right vehicle types and to the right containers. This helps optimize delivery orders and derive maximum efficiency.


Field Glossary

Fields marked * are mandatory and will need to be filled for the entry to be accepted. 

NOTE: When Mandatory fields are left empty in bulk imports, the import will be rejected.


VEHICLE MASTER

Field

Description 

Field Format

Vehicle Name 

Give a name to the Vehicle. This could ideally be the brand name of the vehicle or the class of the vehicle 

String 

CFT*

CFT or Cubic feet is a measure of volume. It helps calculate how much room your shipment occupies. This figure is important when it comes to Ocean freight or trucking where prices are calculated in volume that is measured in cubic feet. Provide the maximum volume of shipment your vehicle is capable of carrying.

String 

KG* 

Provide the total weight (in kilograms) carrying capability of the vehicle.  
 
Significance: This helps cap load carrying capabilities and enables Optima to assign only loads that can be moved by the vehicle 

String 

Weightage 

Assign the weight class to which the vehicle belongs 

 

Vehicle Type*

Select between two types— 

Dropdown 

Exclude SKU Categories 

Provide the SKU/material categories that should never be loaded on this Vehicle. This is to ensure that a material should be carried on the right vehicle type.  
 
For example, if your vehicle is a tanker, then it is important that you only carry liquids on the vehicle and avoid all other material categories on the same, 

String 

Length 

Length of the vehicle. Measured in CMs 

String 

Breadth 

Breadth of the vehicle. Measured in CMs 

String 

Height 

Height of the vehicle. Measured in CMs 

String 

Description 

Provide a description for the vehicle 

String 

Associated Containers

Associate containers with the Vehicle type. Containers will have to be created in the container master before they can be associated with Vehicle types. 

Dropdown 

Fuel Type

Type of fuel on which the vehicle will run. 

String 

Status 

Select whether the Vehicle type is Active or Inactive  

String