You have defined the transportation zone hierarchy and means of transport hierarchy as shown in the screenshot. Transportation lanes have been defined for all means of transport between all…

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Options

• AOrientation: Along; From: 4; To: 2; Means of transport: A
• BOrientation: Within; From: 1; To: 1; Means of transport: A
• COrientation: Within; From: 1; To: 1; Means of transport: B
• DOrientation: Along; From: 4; To: 5; Means of transport: C
• EOrientation: Along; From: 2; To: 3; Means of transport: B

• A
  13% (7)
• B
  31% (16)
• C
  56% (29)

Explanation

In SAP Transportation Management, a freight order consumes allocations that match its route through the zone hierarchy and its means of transport (MoT) upward through the MoT hierarchy. For MoT B traveling from zone 4 to zone 5: allocation C is consumed because zones 4 and 5 both fall within zone 1 (the top of the zone hierarchy) and MoT B matches exactly; allocation D is consumed because the route directly matches zone 4→5 and MoT C is the parent of B in the MoT hierarchy (parent allocations are consumed by child MoTs); allocation E is consumed because zone 4 is a child of zone 2 and zone 5 is a child of zone 3, so the order travels along the 2→3 corridor with an exact MoT B match. Options A and B are wrong because they reference MoT A, which is a child of B in the hierarchy - consumption only flows upward (child MoT consumes parent allocations, never the reverse), and allocation A also has the wrong direction (4→2 instead of 4→5).

Memory tip: Think of allocation consumption as a tree - a freight order "touches" allocations at its exact level and all levels above it in both the zone hierarchy (Within/Along) and the MoT hierarchy, but never below.

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