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Transport consolidation icons #2943

Closed kheijboer closed 6 years ago

kheijboer commented 6 years ago

Add consolidation icons for the Transport section. For example: master Master house House consolidation Consolidation

PeterShaggyNoble commented 6 years ago

Can you provide a bit more context on what these might be used for?

kheijboer commented 6 years ago

Hello,

We are developing software for forwarding and transportation. In our software system we need some icons for consolidation. I have copied part of our help text to help you understand what consolidation is:

Consolidation: If the Consolidation tab is available, consolidation (groupage) is available in your system. It is possible to combine multiple shipment legs into one Master shipment. When you click this tab, the Consolidation planning form is opened.

Master: A Master shipment contains one or more House shipments. The Master shipment can be addressed from one agent to another. These consolidated shipments are ultimately the least expensive method of shipping for the individual shippers and consignees. The duration of transportation to the final destination may well be considerable longer when compared to a direct shipment, this is because the agent needs to accumulate several shipments with the same or similar places of departure and destination in order to build a greater volume and weight which results in a lower price per chargeable kilo from the carrier. Most agents offer a midweek and a weekend service consolidation. A house shipment delivered to the airline on a Thursday, for example, will wait until the weekend consolidation, shipping on a Saturday or Sunday.

House: A House shipment can be combined with other shipments into a Consolidated shipment (Master). The goal of creating house shipments is to consolidate multiple house shipments under a single master shipment, because the greater the combined total weight/volume of the shipments, the more favorable the rates for transport costs. The name House shipment derives from the fact that the shipment is an "in-house transport" and will be processed between shipper and agents and consignee.

Another example of consolidation definitions can be found on (there are many more): https://www.globalnegotiator.com/international-trade/dictionary/consolidated-shipment/ http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/consolidated-shipment.html http://blog.chrobinson.com/global-transportation/freight-consolidation-bridging-gap-ltl-full-truckload-2/

In the Material design icons we could not find any icons that we could use for this, that’s why my request.

Templarian commented 6 years ago

I'm going to mark this as too niche for the general icon pack.

Thanks for the in depth explanation, but might be best to use vector for these more one-off icons in your application.