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Transport lanes

A lane describes the connection between two buildings: how long goods travel, what a trip costs, and from what size a shipment makes sense. Without a lane the module falls back to the global transit lead time and cannot judge whether a trip is worth it.

Stockly → Warehouses → warehouse → Transport lanes.

It starts at this warehouse and ends at the chosen one. The return direction is created from the other building’s lanes tab.

Add laneDestination warehouse. One lane may exist per pair of buildings.

  • Transit (days) — how many days goods travel. It fills the expected arrival date when a transfer is confirmed. Empty means the global transit lead time.
  • Cadence (hours) — the planned rhythm of departures, in hours, so that 24 describes one departure a day.
  • Cost per trip — the flat cost of a single trip, stamped on the transfer at confirmation.
  • Minimum measured in — what the minimum shipment is measured in: Value, Weight (kg) or No minimum.
  • Minimum shipment — the threshold a shipment has to reach to be worth the trip.

The Weight tiers section prices a trip by the total weight of the shipment: From [kg], Up to [kg], Cost. The last bracket is always open (∞), and typing a bound into it starts the next one.

Where tiers exist they override the flat cost per trip. Products without a weight fall back to the flat figure.

A lane records the transport parameters that would otherwise be known only to the dispatcher:

  • time — the arrival date is known, so it can be checked whether the goods reach an order in time,
  • cost and minimum — the module does not propose a trip across the country for three units,
  • rhythm — suggestions and schedules are aligned with the actual departure timetable.