DRP & Load Building
Prioritize customers and channels, allocate availability through fair share, and convert deployment needs into viable loads across dedicated, semi-dedicated and spot fleets.
DRP is not only a replenishment quantity. It is the decision of who receives constrained supply, from where, when and in which vehicle.
01 · DEPLOYMENT
Translate demand, projected inventory, open orders and replenishment lead times into transfers between plants, warehouses and distribution centers while preserving the alternatives available in the network.
02 · PRIORITY & FAIR SHARE
Rank customers, channels or markets and distribute shortages consistently. Fair share can protect current demand or the formation of target safety stocks, replacing manual negotiation with a repeatable policy.
03 · LOAD & VEHICLE FORMATION
Build consolidated loads across dedicated, semi-dedicated and spot fleets using the capacity, eligibility, lane, shipment multiple and cost profile of each vehicle type. Compare service and economics before releasing trips.
04 · SECTOR-SPECIFIC RESTRICTIONS
For perishable or aging-sensitive products, avoid shipping lots that will not retain sufficient shelf life at destination and expose future writeoff risk. These rules extend DRP without defining the general process.
Unconstrained and constrained DRP scenarios separate the distribution opportunity from fleet, lane, stock and lead-time feasibility.
The numbered rows make customer prioritization, fair share, load formation and constraint analysis explicit. Enterprise solves supply, allocation and transport formation as one richer decision.
| Capability | Community | Pro / Enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| Heuristic DRP, deployment and priority-based replenishment | Included | Included as a fast planning option. |
| Point 05ACustomer prioritization and fair-share allocation | Included Heuristic policies allocate constrained supply by priority and can protect either current demand or safety-stock formation. | Expanded with simultaneous network, inventory and transport constraints. |
| Point 05BVehicle-aware load building across fleet types | Not included | Enterprise Form loads across dedicated, semi-dedicated and spot fleets using each type’s lane eligibility, capacity, shipment multiple and cost profile. |
| Simultaneous supply, allocation and transport optimization | Not included | Enterprise |
| Point 06Unconstrained versus constrained distribution scenarios | Deployment gaps remain visible after stock, lane and lead-time rules are applied. | Enterprise Trace demand impact by destination, customer and period, then test fleet, capacity or lead-time changes required to recover service. |
| Shelf-life, lot expiration and projected writeoff | Not included | Enterprise For relevant product configurations. |