How o9 Works Understanding the Basics

Chapter 1 · Topic 8

BOD: Transport lead time

Item B Location 1 BOD 1 week Item B Location 2
  • Time from departure at origin to arrival at destination
  • Drives shipment release dates — when o9 must trigger a transfer order
  • Expressed in days or hours depending on the distribution network
  • Longer transit times increase in-transit (pipeline) inventory
  • Varies by transport mode — air is faster, sea and road are slower

Transport Lead Time is the time an item spends in transit on a distribution lane — from the moment it departs the origin node to the moment it arrives at the destination node. The planning engine uses transit time to offset shipment release dates: if a DC needs stock on day 10 and transit takes 3 days, the shipment must leave the warehouse on day 7. Accurate transit times prevent phantom supply — situations where the plan assumes goods are available before they actually arrive.