Dispatch Pre-Routing

Overview: Pre-route deliveries and pickups by simply assigning a trip name and calculating on-site time. Trip names organize contracts into manageable geographical areas for ease in routing. On-site (unload/load) time is important if the dispatcher wants to accurately calculate route times.

1.   Selecting All Trucks will display all transactions for the day

2.   Selecting Unassigned will display only un-routed transactions.

3.   Make sure the “Trip” column is visible on the screen by right-clicking a column heading and clicking “Move Up” or “Move Down” and click save.

4.   Clicking the “Trip” field for a contract will open the Modify Stop Details screen. Use the site/address information to determine the geographical location and create/assign an appropriate trip name for the contract. If necessary the Map It option can be used for unfamiliar areas.

5.   Clicking the “Items” button displays all items. This is useful in determining the unloading/loading time. Utilizing the item and site information a dispatcher can accurately assign on-site times. If set up times have been assigned to items, the system will calculate the total time as a guide. This is also where user experience comes into play. If the dispatcher knows one-stop has 4 flights of stairs, they can add in extra unload time right then.

6.   Repeat this process until all unassigned contracts are routed.

Un-routed Contracts will be grouped together in Unassigned.    

Routed contracts will be grouped by their trip names in NotOnATruck.

7.   After pre-routing is done, contracts will be grouped by their respective trip names. Pre-routing makes the overall routing process more manageable by breaking the day into smaller segments of contracts. It also allows the user to quickly identify pickups in a particular area when drivers clear in an area with an empty truck.

8.   Using drag and drop an entire trip or an individual contract within a trip can be dropped on any truck or combined with any other trip.

9. If the route is going to go overweight or oversize, the user will be warned with a pop-up. The cubic column shows the total cubic size of the contract.  This is derived from that field located on the options tab of the item. If it is oversized, the max weight column will show yellow. If it is overweight, the max weight column will show red. If it is both, overweight will take precedence and it will show red.